John Zorn and the Limits of Materialism

Is too much of a good thing ever enough?

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…