Voodoo is an album by The
Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet which was composed of alto saxophonist
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 ...
, keyboardist
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 ...
, bassist
Ray Drummond
Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co- ...
and drummer
Bobby Previte. The album was released in 1986 on
Black Saint Records
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and featured the group’s arrangements of compositions of
hard bop pianist Sonny Clark.
Reception
The
Allmusic review by
Scott Yanow
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Biography
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...
awarded the album 4½ stars stating, "This unusual album is an unlikely success... Zorn creates fairly boppish solos with occasional hints at more advanced improvising techniques. Worth checking out".
[Yanow, S. Allmusic Reviewaccessed March 10, 2009.]
The
Rolling Stone review by Steve Futterman said that the album "brings out Zorn's anarchic tendencies... Quartet masterminds Zorn and Wayne Horvitz spit fire, never allowing this heartfelt tribute to get ''too'' reverential... Here Zorn sounds like he's having serious fun".
[Futterman, S., "Records: Voodoo", '' Rolling Stone'', Issue 498, April 23, 1987, pp 152]
Track listing
:''All compositions by Sonny Clark''
:*Recorded at Classic Sound, New York on November 25 and 26, 1985
Personnel
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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 ...
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alto saxophone
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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 ...
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piano/keyboards
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Ray Drummond
Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is an American jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co- ...
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bass
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Bobby Previte:
drums
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References
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John Zorn albums
Black Saint/Soul Note albums
1986 albums