''O'o'' is an album by

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conducting, conductor, saxophonist, arrangement, arranger and record producer, producer who "deliberately resists category". His Avant-garde music, avant-garde and experimental music, ex ...

released in 2009. It is the second album by The Dreamers following their 2008 release '' The Dreamers''. The title refers to the '' ʻōʻō'' of the

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, the last living members of the now-extinct songbird family

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. The song titles likewise refer extinct or nearly-so birds, from the prehistoric ''

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'' to the Zapata rail of which a few hundred survive in Cuba.

Reception

The

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review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "''O'o'' is every bit as accessible and fun to listen to as '' Dreamers'' is, but in many ways, it's even more satisfying because it feels like a work rather than a collection of tunes. In fact, the only thing more pleasing than listening to this album would be hearing it performed live."

Track listing

''All compositions by John Zorn.'' # "Miller's Crake" – 4:18 # "Akialoa" – 4:46 # "Po'o'uli" – 5:41 # "Little Bittern" – 6:29 # "Mysterious Starling" – 4:31 # "Laughing Owl" – 4:44 # "Archaeopteryx" – 5:06 # "Solitaire" – 2:10 # "Piopio" – 5:11 # "The Zapata Rail" – 2:52 # "Kakawahie" – 4:14 # "Magdalena" – 5:07

Personnel

Marc Ribot Marc Ribot (; born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer. His work has touched on many styles, including no wave, free jazz, Rock music, rock, and Cuban music. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notab ...

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Jamie Saft Jamie Saft is an American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist and composer. He was born in New York City and raised a Conservative Judaism, Conservative Jew, and studied at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory, New England Conserva ...

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Joey Baron Bernard Joseph Baron (born June 26, 1955 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American drummer best-known for working in avant-garde jazz with Bill Frisell and John Zorn. Music career Baron, who is of Jewish heritage, was born on June 26, 1955, in Ric ...

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drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

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References

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