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John Zorn and the Limits of Materialism

Is too much of a good thing ever enough?

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George Grella
Oct 04, 2023
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10CDs, $175, that’s a lot of media/cubic space/cash

John Zorn: Superstar

"The ambiguous superstar of the avant-garde," that's how one of the old editions of the Penguin Guide to Recorded Jazz describes John Zorn, and it remains the best capsulation of his work I know. Break it down, backward; Zorn is an avant-garde musician, he is very much a superstore i…

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