Spy vs. Spy

by John Zorn

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Elektra Musician
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:36
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Joey Baron, Mark Dresser, Ornette Coleman, Michael Vatcher, Tim Berne

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Spy vs. Spy' features John Zorn applying the brevity and extreme velocity of grindcore to the acoustic compositions of Ornette Coleman. Performing with a twin-alto saxophone and dual-drum configuration, the ensemble executes Coleman's complex harmonic frameworks through aggressive, high-speed improvisation, drastically reinterpreting the source material.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, technical, instrumental, noisy, dissonant, experimental, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. WRU (2:38)
  2. Chronology (1:08)
  3. Word For Bird (1:14)
  4. Good Old Days (2:44)
  5. The Disguise (1:18)
  6. Enfant (2:37)
  7. Rejoicing (1:38)
  8. Blues Connotation (1:05)
  9. C&D (3:05)
  10. Chippie (1:08)
  11. Peace Warriors (1:20)
  12. Ecars (2:28)
  13. Feet Music (4:45)
  14. Broadway Blues (3:42)
  15. Space Church (2:28)
  16. Zig Zag (2:54)
  17. Mob Job (4:24)

Credits

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