Name: John Zorn's OIympiad Vol. 2 Fencing 1978
Brand: John Zorn

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CDTZA8390

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-07-22

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

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UPC / Barcode

702397839026

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

John Zorn

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Tzadik

Two extremely rare live recordings of the classic Zorn composition Fencing from the early days of the Downtown scene. 

Featuring two realisations of the piece - one recorded at Zorn's artist loft The Theatre of Musical Optics with Eugene Chadbourne, Duck Baker, and Randy Hutton on guitars - and the other at Bard College with Chadbourne, Polly Bradfield, and John Zorn, a legendary concert that took place with George Lewis, Anthony Braxton, and Roscoe Mitchell in the audience. The music is astonishing - strange sounds, odd juxtapositions, stark silences, sudden explosions, all held together by a bizarre overarching compositional logic. 

Featuring a 16-page booklet replete with photos, scores, and extensive notes and remembrances by Zorn, Chadbourne, Baker, and George Lewis, this is a collector's dream. Vexing and powerful sounds from the 1978 New York Underground!

John Zorn's OIympiad Vol. 2 Fencing 1978

Music GB