Biography
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and improvised music. He incorporates diverse styles in his compositions, which he identifies as avant-garde or experimental. Zorn was described by Down Beat as "one of our most important composers".
Zorn established himself within the New York City downtown music movement in the mid-1970s, performing with musicians across the sonic spectrum and developing experimental methods of composing new music. After releasing albums on several independent US and European labels, Zorn signed with Elektra Nonesuch and received wide acclaim with the release of The Big Gundown, an album reworking the compositions of Ennio Morricone. He attracted further attention worldwide with the release of Spillane in 1987 and Naked City in 1990. After spending almost a decade travelling between Japan and the US, he made New York his permanent base and established his own record label, Tzadik, in the mid-1990s.
Tzadik enabled Zorn to maintain independence from the mainstream music industry and ensured the continued availability of his growing catalog of recordings, allowing him to prolifically record and release new material, issuing several new albums each year, as well as promoting the work of many other musicians. Zorn has led the hardcore bands Naked City and Painkiller, the Jewish music-inspired jazz quartet Masada, composed 613 pieces as part of the three Masada songbooks that have been performed by an array of groups, composed concert music for classical ensembles and orchestras, and produced music for opera, sound installations, film and documentary. Zorn has undertaken many tours of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, often performing at festivals with many other musicians and ensembles that perform his diverse output.
Filmography
all 68
Movies 68
self 10
Writer 3
Producer 2
John Zorn: The Hermetic Organ Volume 10 - Bozar, Brussels (2022)
Zorn III (2018 – 2022) (2022)
Zorn II (2016 – 2018) (2018)
Zorn I (2010 – 2016) (2017)
La ronde (2014)
The Nobel Prize Winner (2012)
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness (2012)
Well Then There Now (2011)
KiyaKiya (2011)
Bare Room (2011)
15 Scenes: 254 Shots (2011)
The General (2010)
Arcana (2010)
Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags (2009)
Ray Bandar: A Life With Skulls (2009)
Kikoe (2009)
Belle de Nature (2009)
The Last Supper (2009)
Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation) (2009)
Boy (2008)
Bhima Swarga: The Journey of the Soul from Hell to Heaven (2007)
The Treatment (2007)
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2007)
Notes on Marie Menken (2006)
Workingman's Death (2005)
Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise (2005)
Protocols of Zion (2005)
Invitation to a Suicide (2004)
Masada: Live at Tonic 1999 (2004)
Between Science and Garbage (2004)
Hiding and Seeking (2004)
Shaolin Ulysses: Kung Fu Monks in America (2003)
Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII (2002)
Shirts & Skins (2002)
Despite Treblinka (2002)
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002)
A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn (2002)
Trembling Before G-d (2001)
Sabbath in Paradise (2000)
The eye (1999)
The Port of Last Resort (1998)
Latin Boys Go to Hell (1997)
Anton, Mailman (1997)
Mechanics Of The Brain (1997)
Hollywood Hotel (1995)
Tears of Ecstasy (1995)
Zigrail (1995)
Credits Included: A Video In Red And Green (1995)
The Elegant Spanking (1995)
Die Kunst des Erinnerns – Simon Wiesenthal (1994)
Great Girl (1994)
Little Lieutenant (1994)
A Lot of Fun for the Evil One (1994)
Thieves Quartet (1993)
Maohgai (1993)
The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993)
The Golden Boat (1991)
Step Across the Border (1990)
Gotham (1990)
Neo-Geo: An American Purchase (1989)
Put More Blood Into the Music (1988)
Le deuxième jour (1988)
She Must Be Seeing Things (1987)
White and Lazy (1986)
Rising Tones Cross (1985)
Money (1985)
John Zorn's Naked City: Montreux Jazz Festival 1990
The Viking of Sixth Avenue
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GenderMale
Birthday1953-09-02 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known Asジョン・ゾーン
AwardsMacArthur Fellows Program
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