Artist: John Zorn Title: Dictée/Liber Novus Released: May 2010 Label: Tzadik – TZ 7382 Series: Archival Series Genre: Avant-garde Jazz Format: mp3, 320 kbps Total Time: 39:20 Size: 90 MB Cover Tracklist: 1 Dictée (23:18) Cello, Voice [Korean Narration] – Okkyung Lee Effects [Folky Effects], Sampler [Samples] – John Zorn Piano, Voice [French Narration] – Sylvie Courvoisier Shakuhachi, Flute [Bass], Clarinet – Ned Rothenberg Vibraphone [Vibes], Percussion, Other [Wollesonics] – Kenny Wollesen 2 Liber Novus (16:01) Effects [Sound Effects] – David Slusser Organ – John Medeski Percussion – Kenny Wollesen Piano – Stephen Gosling Voice [German Narration] – John Zorn Personnel: Sylvie Courvoisier: Piano, French Narration Okkyung Lee: Cello, Korean Narration John Medeski: Organ Ned Rothenberg: Shakuhachi, Bass flute, Clarinet David Slusser: Sound Effects Kenny Wollesen: Vibes, Percussion, Wollesonics John Zorn: Foley Effects, Samples, German Narration Stephen Gosling: Piano Notes: Radical in both conception and execution, Zorn’s studio compositions are among his most personal and unique creations. Owing as much to film as to any musical model, these evocative postmodern tone poems have been described as cinema for your ears. This CD presents two exciting new pieces. The first, Dictée, is a ritualistic homage to Korean/American writer and conceptual artist Theresa Hak-Kyung Cha, whose brilliant work about loss, memory, language and identity is finally receiving due respect. The second piece, Liber Novus is a mythic psychodrama inspired by the legendary Red Book of Carl Jung; scored for keyboards, percussion and sound effects, this is truly Zorn at his best. Two outrageous, intense and poetically beautiful pieces filled with dynamic moments of sonic drama and experimental lyricism on one CD. /Tzadik/
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