''Nani Nani'' is an album of improvised music by

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composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jaz ...

(as Dekoboko Hajime) and Yamataka Eye. A sequel album Naninani II was released in 2004.Tzadik catalogue
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Reception

The

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review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4 stars stating "This album is not for Sunday afternoon relaxation, but its obvious playfulness make its more discordant elements eminently tolerable, even amusing in their cleverness".Proefrock, S
Allmusic Review
accessed July 25, 2011

Track listing

# "Eep Man" - 1:07 # "Test Tube" - 3:11 # "Thank You For Not Thinking" - 2:36 # "Pulp Wars" - 2:57 # "Sticky Beethoven's Pipeline" - 1:15 # "Laughing Eskimo" - 1:28 # "Damascus" - 1:11 # "Yoga Dollar" - 5:17 # "Propolution" - 1:36 # "My Rainbow Life" - 1:44 # "Bad Hawkwind" - 18:13 # "We Live" - 0:56 * All compositions by John Zorn & Yamataka Eye

Personnel

* Yamataka Eye - Vocals, Drums, Toys *

- Saxophone, Harmonica, Guitar, Sitar, Sampler

References

{{Authority control 1995 albums Albums produced by John Zorn John Zorn albums Tzadik Records albums