New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands | ||||
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Released | 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1986–1996 | |||
Genre | Avant-garde | |||
Length | 72:38 | |||
Label | Tzadik TZ 7311 | |||
Producer | John Zorn | |||
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New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands is the eighth album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn consisting of improvised music from paired instruments and narration in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.[1] The pieces are listed individually within Zorn's game pieces and were composed in 1986, 1988 and 1990 respectively.[2]
Reception
Stacia Proefrock of Allmusic stated, "This is one of John Zorn's greatest achievements to date.".[3]
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Track listing
- "Hu Die" - 25:09
- "Hwang Chin-Ee" - 16:41
- "Que Tran" - 30:46
- All music by John Zorn.
- Text by Arto Lindsay (Track 1), Myung Mi Kim (Track 2), and Lyn Hejinian (Track 3).
Personnel
On 'Hue Die'
- Bill Frisell: Guitar
- Fred Frith: Guitar
- Zhang Jinglin: Narrator
On 'Hwang Chin-Ee'
- Joey Baron: Drums
- Samm Bennett: Drums
- Jung Hee Shin: Narrator
On 'Que Tran'
- Anthony Coleman: Keyboards
- Wayne Horvitz: Keyboards;
- Anh Tranc: Narrator
References
- ^ Tzadik catalogue
- ^ Liner notes for Xu Feng, John Zorn's Game Pieces vol. 1, Tzadik, TZ 7329
- ^ a b Proefrock, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 17, 2012