Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/John_Zorn> ?p ?o. }
- John_Zorn abstract "John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, klezmer, soundtrack, ambient and improvised music. He incorporates diverse styles in his compositions which he identifies as avant-garde or experimental. Zorn was described by Down Beat as "one of our most important composers".Zorn established himself within the New York City downtown music movement in the mid-1970s performing with musicians across the sonic spectrum and developing experimental methods of composing new music. After releasing albums on several independent US and European labels, Zorn signed with Elektra Nonesuch and received wide acclaim with the release of The Big Gundown, an album reworking the compositions of Ennio Morricone. He attracted further attention worldwide with the release of Spillane in 1987, and Naked City in 1989. After spending almost a decade travelling between Japan and the US he returned to New York as a permanent base and established his own record label Tzadik in the mid-1990s.Tzadik enabled Zorn to maintain independence from the mainstream music industry and ensured the continued availability of his growing catalog of recordings, allowing him to prolifically record and release new material, issuing several new albums each year, as well as promoting the work of many other musicians. Zorn has led the hardcore bands Naked City and Painkiller, the klezmer/free jazz-influenced quartet Masada, composed over 600 tunes as part of the Masada Songbooks that have been performed by an array of groups, composed concert music for classical ensembles and orchestras, and produced music for opera, sound installations, film and documentary. Zorn has undertaken many tours of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, often performing at festivals with many other musicians and ensembles that perform his diverse output.Zorn's compositions cross many genres and he has stated "All the various styles are organically connected to one another. I'm an additive person - the entire storehouse of my knowledge informs everything I do. People are so obsessed with the surface that they can't see the connections, but they are there." For Zorn "Composing is more than just imagining music—it's knowing how to communicate it to musicians. And you don't give an improviser music that's completely written out, or ask a classical musician to improvise. I'm interested in speaking to musicians in their own languages, on their own terms, and in bringing out the best in what they do. To challenge them and excite them."".
- John_Zorn activeYearsStartYear "1973".
- John_Zorn alias "Dekoboko Hajime".
- John_Zorn associatedBand Bar_Kokhba_(album).
- John_Zorn associatedBand Hemophiliac_(band).
- John_Zorn associatedBand Masada_(band).
- John_Zorn associatedBand Naked_City_(band).
- John_Zorn associatedBand Painkiller_(band).
- John_Zorn associatedMusicalArtist Bar_Kokhba_(album).
- John_Zorn associatedMusicalArtist Hemophiliac_(band).
- John_Zorn associatedMusicalArtist Masada_(band).
- John_Zorn associatedMusicalArtist Naked_City_(band).
- John_Zorn associatedMusicalArtist Painkiller_(band).
- John_Zorn background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- John_Zorn birthDate "1953-09-02".
- John_Zorn birthPlace New_York_City.
- John_Zorn birthPlace Queens.
- John_Zorn birthYear "1953".
- John_Zorn genre Avant-garde_music.
- John_Zorn genre Experimental_music.
- John_Zorn genre Jazz.
- John_Zorn hometown New_York_City.
- John_Zorn instrument Alto_saxophone.
- John_Zorn instrument Clarinet.
- John_Zorn instrument Double_bass.
- John_Zorn instrument Drum_kit.
- John_Zorn instrument Flute.
- John_Zorn instrument Guitar.
- John_Zorn instrument Keyboard_instrument.
- John_Zorn instrument Percussion_instrument.
- John_Zorn instrument Pipe_organ.
- John_Zorn instrument Singing.
- John_Zorn instrument Theremin.
- John_Zorn instrument Wind_machine.
- John_Zorn occupation Composer.
- John_Zorn occupation Record_producer.
- John_Zorn recordLabel Avant_Records.
- John_Zorn recordLabel Soul_Note.
- John_Zorn recordLabel DIW_Records.
- John_Zorn recordLabel Earache_Records.
- John_Zorn recordLabel Hathut_Records.
- John_Zorn recordLabel Nonesuch_Records.
- John_Zorn recordLabel Shimmy_Disc.
- John_Zorn recordLabel Toy's_Factory.
- John_Zorn recordLabel Tzadik_Records.
- John_Zorn thumbnail Zorn@60@Met.jpg?width=300.
- John_Zorn viafId "49409876".
- John_Zorn wikiPageExternalLink composer.pl?comp=60.
- John_Zorn wikiPageExternalLink zorn.htm.
- John_Zorn wikiPageExternalLink IMP_2007_11_15.
- John_Zorn wikiPageExternalLink www.hipsroadedition.com.
- John_Zorn wikiPageExternalLink index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=360&Itemid=40.
- John_Zorn wikiPageExternalLink product_info.php?products_id=84773.
- John_Zorn wikiPageExternalLink turning-60-john-zorn-sees-his-eclecticism-as-a-musical-norm.html.
- John_Zorn wikiPageExternalLink www.thestonenyc.com.
- John_Zorn wikiPageExternalLink ?pageno=1.
- John_Zorn wikiPageExternalLink www.tzadik.com.
- John_Zorn wikiPageID "86018".
- John_Zorn wikiPageRevisionID "605626864".
- John_Zorn alternativeNames "Dekoboko Hajime".
- John_Zorn associatedActs "Naked City, Painkiller, Masada, Masada String Trio, Bar Kokhba, Hemophiliac, Moonchild".
- John_Zorn background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- John_Zorn birthDate "1953-09-02".
- John_Zorn caption "John Zorn performing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in September 2013".
- John_Zorn dateOfBirth "1953-09-02".
- John_Zorn genre Avant-garde_music.
- John_Zorn genre Experimental_music.
- John_Zorn genre Jazz.
- John_Zorn hasPhotoCollection John_Zorn.
- John_Zorn instrument Alto_saxophone.
- John_Zorn instrument Clarinet.
- John_Zorn instrument Double_bass.
- John_Zorn instrument Drum_kit.
- John_Zorn instrument Flute.
- John_Zorn instrument Guitar.
- John_Zorn instrument Keyboard_instrument.
- John_Zorn instrument Percussion_instrument.
- John_Zorn instrument Pipe_organ.
- John_Zorn instrument Singing.
- John_Zorn instrument Theremin.
- John_Zorn instrument Wind_machine.
- John_Zorn label "Tzadik, Avant, DIW, Elektra Nonesuch, Earache, Hat Hut, Shimmy-Disc, Eva, Toy's Factory, Nato, Lumina, Black Saint, Subharmonic, Parachute, Yukon, Rift".
- John_Zorn name "John Zorn".
- John_Zorn notableInstruments Alto_saxophone.
- John_Zorn occupation Composer.
- John_Zorn occupation Record_producer.
- John_Zorn origin "New York City, United States".
- John_Zorn placeOfBirth "Queens, New York City, USA".
- John_Zorn shortDescription "avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.".
- John_Zorn website www.tzadik.com.
- John_Zorn wordnet_type synset-musician-noun-1.
- John_Zorn yearsActive "1973".
- John_Zorn description "avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.".
- John_Zorn description "avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.".
- John_Zorn subject Category:1953_births.
- John_Zorn subject Category:20th-century_classical_composers.
- John_Zorn subject Category:21st-century_classical_composers.
- John_Zorn subject Category:American_experimental_musicians.
- John_Zorn subject Category:American_jazz_composers.
- John_Zorn subject Category:American_jazz_saxophonists.