Pool

by John Zorn

Pool cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1980
  • Label: Parachute
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:42
  • Community rating: 3.39/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

An early testament to John Zorn's radical 'game piece' compositional strategies, 'Pool' relies on a complex set of rules to dictate sudden, abrupt changes in collective improvisation. The album is a chaotic, intensely dissonant collage of avant-garde jazz, noise, and electroacoustic experimentation. It established the fiercely uncompromising foundation for Zorn's towering influence over the New York downtown scene.

Genres

Descriptors: dissonant, avant-garde, instrumental, experimental, improvisation, conceptual, noisy

Tracklist

  1. Pool (17:12)
  2. Pool (continued) (16:40)
  3. Pool (conclusion) (17:20)
  4. Hockey (first Version) (11:16)
  5. Hockey (second Version, Take 2) (3:42)
  6. Hockey (second Version, Take 5) (2:43)
  7. Hockey (second Version, Take 8) (0:50)
  8. Hockey (second Version, Take 10) (0:59)

Credits

  • John Zorn - primary artist, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, clarinet [bb, mouthpiece], other [game calls]
  • Lesli Dalaba - conductor [prompter]
  • Eugene Chadbourne - electric guitar, effects [personal effects]
  • Bob Ostertag - electronics [serge]
  • Charles K. Noyes - percussion, saw, khene [kh茅ne]
  • Mark E. Miller - percussion, vibraphone, electronics [contact microphone]
  • Wayne Horvitz - piano [amplified]
  • Polly Bradfield - violin

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