''New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands'' is the eighth album by
American
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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 ...
consisting of improvised music from paired instruments and narration in
Chinese
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* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...
,
Korean and
Vietnamese. The pieces are listed individually within Zorn's
game pieces and were composed in 1986, 1988 and 1990 respectively.
[Liner notes for Xu Feng, John Zorn's Game Pieces vol. 1, Tzadik, TZ 7329]
Reception
Stacia Proefrock of
Allmusic stated, "This is one of John Zorn's greatest achievements to date.".
[Proefrock, S]
Allmusic Review
accessed February 17, 2012
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
Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improviser.
Probably best known for his guitar work, Frith first came to attention as one of the founding members of the English avant-rock ...
: Guitar
*
Zhang Jinglin: Narrator
On 'Hwang Chin-Ee'
*
Joey Baron: Drums
*
Samm Bennett
Samm Bennett is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Samm Bennett is a singer and songwriter, a drummer and percussionist, and a player of string instruments such as the stick dulcimer (sometimes called a dulcitar) and the ...
: Drums
*
Jung Hee Shin: Narrator
On 'Que Tran'
*
Anthony Coleman
Anthony Coleman (born August 30, 1955) is an avant-garde jazz pianist. During the 1980s and 1990s he worked with John Zorn on '' Cobra'', ''Kristallnacht'', ''The Big Gundown'', ''Archery'', and ''Spillane'' and helped push modern Jewish music in ...
: Keyboards
*
Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz (born 1955) is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer. He came to prominence in the Downtown scene of 1980s and '90s New York City, where he met his future wife, the singer, songwriter and pianist Robin Holcomb. He ...
: Keyboards;
*
Anh Tranc: Narrator
References
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1997 albums
Albums produced by John Zorn
John Zorn albums
Tzadik Records albums