John Zorn
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who “deliberately resists category”. His avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, contemporary, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and world music.[ In 2013, Down Beat described Zorn as “one of our most important composers” and in 2020 Rolling Stone noted that “[alt]hough Zorn has operated almost entirely outside the mainstream, he’s gradually asserted himself as one of the most influential musicians of our time”..
NEWPORT, RI - AUGUST 1: The 60th edition of the Newport Jazz Festival kicks off with a full day of programming, with John Zorn's Masada Marathon being the highlight of the day. Other acts include Mostly Other People Do The Killing, the world premiere of Rudresh Mahanthappa's Charlie Parker Project, Jon Batista & Stay Human, Darcy James Argue's Secret Society, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and the URI Jazz Festival Big Band. Shot on Friday, August 1, 2014.
As of 2018, John Zorn and Bill Laswell have been musical collaborators for 40 years and counting. They make a rare duo appearance, their first ever on the west coast, Friday and Saturday, July 13-14, at The Chapel in San Francisco.
Motiv: John Zorn
John Zorn @ 60
Portrait of American jazz and avant-garde musician John Zorn, New York, New York, 2012. (Photo by Chris Felver/Getty Images)
John Zorn, in red, conducts music from "Book of Angels" with the Bar Kokhba Sextet (featuring Marc Ribot on guitar, Mark Feldman on violin, Erik Friedlander on cello and Cyro Baptista on percussion) during his "Masada Marathon" at Lincoln Center in New York on March 30, 2011.
