''The Crucible'' is an album by John Zorn. It is the fourth album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of

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and

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, following '' Moonchild: Songs Without Words'' (2005), '' Astronome'' (2006) and '' Six Litanies for Heliogabalus'' (2007). It also features

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on guitar and Zorn on alto saxophone.

Reception

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called it "a mad mélange of modern classical music, doom-laden metal, power chord-driven rock, and freely improvised jazz."Allmusic Review
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reviewer Mark Corroto noted "The exchanges are crisp and the musicianship (no surprise here) is top rate. The band displays a gentle beauty in the excess that is this music."Corroto, M
All About Jazz Review
All About Jazz, September 7, 2009

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stated "No matter how far Zorn experiments out into the ether, he always keeps grounded in the same place. And that place is always breathtaking, full of weird wonderment, amazing power and lithe musicianship."Kivel, A
Consequences of Sound Review
''Consequences of Sound'', January 2, 2009

Track listing

''All compositions by John Zorn'' # "Almadel" – 7:10 # "Shapeshifting" – 3:19 # "Maleficia" – 8:13 # "9x9" – 5:37 # "Hobgoblin" – 2:54 # "Incubi" – 7:44 # "Witchfinder" – 3:44 # "The Initiate" – 5:41

Personnel

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voice The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound producti ...

* John Zorn – alto saxophone *

– bass *

– drums *

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

(track 4)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crucible, The 2008 albums Moonchild albums Albums produced by John Zorn Tzadik Records albums