JOHN ZORN NAKED CITY nonesuch 79238 Bill Frisell Fred Frith New York avant jazz

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TITLE: NAKED CITY
COUNTRY PRINTED: USA
CAT No: ELETRA NONESUCH, 79238-1
COVER: GOOD + no split seams but expect obvious wear
LABELS: VG (sticker residue)
VINYL: VG
TRACKS:
All compositions by John Zorn, unless otherwise noted.

"Batman" – 1:58
"The Sicilian Clan" (Ennio Morricone) – 3:27
"You Will Be Shot" – 1:29
"Latin Quarter" – 4:05
"A Shot in the Dark" (Henry Mancini) – 3:09
"Reanimator" – 1:34
"Snagglepuss" – 2:44
"I Want to Live" (Johnny Mandel) – 2:08
"Lonely Woman" (Ornette Coleman) – 2:38
"Igneous Ejaculation" – 0:20
"Blood Duster" – 0:13
"Hammerhead" – 0:08
"Demon Sanctuary" – 0:38
"Obeah Man" – 0:17
"Ujaku" – 0:27
"Fuck the Facts" – 0:11
"Speedball" – 0:37
"Chinatown" (Jerry Goldsmith) – 4:23
"Punk China Doll" – 3:01
"N.Y. Flat Top Box" – 0:43
"Saigon Pickup" – 4:46
"The James Bond Theme" (John Barry) – 3:02
"Den of Sins" – 1:08
"Contempt" (Georges Delerue) – 2:49
"Graveyard Shift" – 3:25
"Inside Straight" – 4:10
PERSONNEL:
John Zorn - saxophone
Bill Frisell - guitar
Fred Frith - bass guitar
Wayne Horvitz - keyboards
Joey Baron - drums

Special Guest:
Yamatsuka Eye - vocals

COMMENT: Biography of Naked City by Chris Kelsey
Naked City was something of an avant-rock/free jazz New York supergroup in the late '80s and early '90s, featuring an all-star cast of New York jazz experimentalists and led by the most-famous downtown musician of them all, John Zorn. Comprised of Zorn on alto sax, Wayne Horvitz on keyboards, Bill Frisell on guitar, Fred Frith on bass, and Joey Baron on drums (and occasionally vocalist Yamatsuka Eye), Naked City, more than any other Zorn-led group, established him with a rock audience. The band had an enormous repertoire and its sets were famously unpredictable. Zorn says that he conceived the band as a compositional workshop; the challenge was to write as much as possible within the limited format. Once he stopped "hearing and writing for the band," it disbanded.

COMMENT: on John Zorn by Thom Jurek
The one word virtually everyone can agree on in any discussion of the work of composer John Zorn is "prolific," in the strictest sense of the definition. Though he didn't begin making records until 1980, the recordings under his own name number well over 100, and the sheer number of works he has performed on, composed, or produced easily doubles that number. Though now an internationally renowned musician and the founder and owner of the wildly successful and equally prolific Tzadik imprint, Zorn is a cornerstone of New York's fabled and influential downtown scene. In addition, he has played with musicians of every stripe. He is also a musical gadfly: genre purity, and pursuing the ends by which it is defined, are meaningless in Zorn's sound world, thus making him a quintessential mirror for 21st century culture. He has mentored countless musicians in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has broadened the exposure of many other artists stateside via his Tzadik label. His compositions have been performed by hundreds of artists, including the Kronos Quartet and Medeski, Martin & Wood. In addition, he has composed literally dozens of film scores. He has been the subject of books and documentary films, as well.