Performer: John Zorn
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Tzadik
Catalogue: CDTZA8340
Release: 2016
Size: 171 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Bell, Book and Candle
02. The Witch’s Sabbath
Drawing upon traditions as varied as Messiaen, Xenakis, Ligeti, Bach, Tournemire, Ives, Korla Pandit and The Phantom of the Opera, Zorn’s organ improvisations are transcendent, inspiring, ecstatic experiences, offering a direct line to the workings of his rich compositional imagination. Recorded at midnight on the eve of Halloween on the largest organ in New York City, Zorn approaches this performance as ritual, creating a mysterious mood of contrasts, colors, bells, drones, counterpoint and simultaneity. This fourth volume documenting Zorn’s legendary organ recitals presents organ improvisation at its most surprising, extreme and sublime.