John Zorn -The Complete Works (1977-2007)

John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in Queens, USA) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist.

Though not well-known to the general public, Zorn's recorded output is astonishingly prolific, with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer or producer. His work has touched on dozens of musical genres, but he is probably best-known for his jazz and contemporary music; he also led the notable experimental band Naked City.

Solo Albums

• 1981 - John Zorn - The Classic Guide to Strategy, Volume 1
• 1983 - John Zorn - Yankees
• 1983 - John Zorn - Locus Solus
• 1984 - John Zorn - Ganryu Island
• 1985 - John Zorn - The Classic Guide to Strategy, Volume 2
• 1986 - John Zorn - The Big Gundown
• 1987 - John Zorn - Spillane
• 1989 - John Zorn - Spy vs. Spy
• 1992 - John Zorn - Elegy
• 1993 - John Zorn - Kristallnacht
• 1995 - John Zorn - First Recordings 1973
• 1995 - John Zorn - Nani Nani
• 1995 - John Zorn - Redbird
• 1995 - John Zorn - The Book Of Heads
• 1995 - John Zorn - Yearbook, Volume 2
• 1996 - John Zorn - Bar Kokhba
• 1996 - John Zorn - The Classic Guide to Strategy, Volumes 1 and 2
• 1997 - John Zorn - Duras, Duchamp
• 1997 - John Zorn - New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
• 1998 - John Zorn - Angelus Novus
• 1998 - John Zorn - Aporias
• 1998 - John Zorn - The Bribe
• 1999 - John Zorn - Godard/Spillane
• 1999 - John Zorn - The String Quartets
• 2000 - John Zorn - Cartoon S/M
• 2000 - John Zorn - The Big Gundown, 15th Anniversary Special Edition
• 2000 - John Zorn - Xu Feng
• 2001 - John Zorn - Madness, Love and Mysticism
• 2001 - John Zorn - Songs from the Hermetic Theater
• 2003 - John Zorn - Chimeras
• 2004 - John Zorn - Nani Nani II
• 2004 - John Zorn - Magick
• 2005 - John Zorn - Mysterium
• 2005 - John Zorn - Rituals
• 2005 - John Zorn - Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
• 2006 - John Zorn - Astronome
• 2006 - John Zorn - Moonchild, Songs Without Words
• 2007 - John Zorn - From Silence to Sorcery
• 2007 - John Zorn - Six Litanies for Heliogabalus

Filmworks series

• 1997 - John Zorn - Filmworks I, 1986-1990
• 1996 - John Zorn - Filmworks II, Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill
• 1997 - John Zorn - Filmworks III, 1990-1995
• 1997 - John Zorn - Filmworks IV, S/M
• 1996 - John Zorn - Filmworks V, Tears of Ecstasy
• 1996 - John Zorn - Filmworks VI, 1996
• 1997 - John Zorn - Filmworks VII, Cynical Hysterie Hour
• 1998 - John Zorn - Filmworks VIII, 1997
• 2000 - John Zorn - Filmworks IX, Trembling Before G-D
• 2001 - John Zorn - Filmworks X, In The Mirror of Maya Deren
• 2002 - John Zorn - Filmworks XI, Secret Lives
• 2002 - John Zorn - Filmworks XII, Three Documentaries
• 2002 - John Zorn - Filmworks XIII, Invitation to a Suicide
• 2003 - John Zorn - Filmworks XIV, Hiding and Seeking
• 2005 - John Zorn - Filmworks XV, Protocols of Zion
• 2005 - John Zorn - Filmworks XVI, Workingman’s Death
• 2005 - John Zorn - Filmworks XVII, Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar, A Life with Skulls
• 2005 - John Zorn - The Best of Film Works, 20 Years of Soundtrack Music
• 2006 - John Zorn - Filmworks XVIII, The Treatment

Music romance series

• 1998 - John Zorn - Music for Children, Music Romance Series Volume One
• 1999 - John Zorn - Taboo and Exile, Music Romance Series Volume Two
• 2001 - John Zorn - The Gift, Music Romance Series Volume Three
• 2002 - John Zorn - I.A.O., Music Romance Series Volume Four

Parachute years

• 1977 - John Zorn - Lacrosse
• 1980 - John Zorn - Hockey
• 1980 - John Zorn - Pool
• 1981 - John Zorn - Archery
• 1997 - John Zorn - The Parachute Years, 1977-1980, Lacrosse, Hockey, Pool, Archery

Cobra

• 1987 - John Zorn - Cobra
• 1992 - John Zorn - Cobra, Live at the Knitting Factory
• 1994 - John Zorn - Cobra, Tokyo Operation '94
• 2002 - John Zorn - Cobra, John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2

with Naked City

• 1989 - Naked City - Naked City
• 1990 - Naked City - Torture Garden
• 1992 - Naked City - Grand Guignol
• 1992 - Naked City - Leng Tch'e
• 1992 - Naked City - Heretic. Jeux des Dames Cruelles
• 1993 - Naked City - Radio
• 1993 - Naked City - Absinthe
• 1996 - Naked City - Black Box
• 2002 - Naked City - Naked City Live, Vol. 1: Knitting Factory 1989
• 2005 - Naked City - The Complete Studio Recordings

with Masada (John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron)

• 1994 - Masada - 1 (Alef)
• 1994 - Masada - 2 (Beit)
• 1994 - Masada - 3 Gimel)
• 1994 - Masada - 4 (Dalet)
• 1995 - Masada - 5 (Hei)
• 1995 - Masada - 6 (Vav)
• 1996 - Masada - 7 (Zayin)
• 1996 - Masada - 8 (Heit)
• 1997 - Masada - 9 (Tet)
• 1997 - Masada - 10 (Yod)
• 1998 - Masada - Live in Taipei 1995
• 1999 - Masada - Live in Jerusalem 1994
• 1999 - Masada - Live In Middleheim 1999
• 2000 - Masada - Live in Sevilla 2000
• 2001 - Masada - Live at Tonic 2001
• 2002 - Masada - First Live 1993
• 2005 - Masada - Sanhedrin

Masada String Trio & Bar Kokhba Sextet

• 1998 - John Zorn - The Circle Maker

with Electric Masada

• 2005 - Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness

with Painkiller

• 1991 - Painkiller - Guts of a Virgin
• 1992 - Painkiller - Buried Secrets
• 1993 - Painkiller - Rituals, Live in Japan
• 1994 - Painkiller - Execution Ground
• 1997 - Painkiller - Collected Works
• 1998 - Painkiller - Guts of a Virgin/Buried Secrets
• 2002 - Painkiller - Talisman, Live in Nagoya

with Hemophiliac

• 2002 - Hemophiliac - Hemophiliac

Masada Anniversary series

• 2003 - John Zorn - Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 1, Masada Guitars
• 2003 - John Zorn - Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 2, Voices in the Wilderness
• 2003 - John Zorn - Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 3, The Unknown Masada
• 2004 - John Zorn - Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 4, Masada Recital
• 2005 - John Zorn - Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 5, Masada Rock

50th Birthday Celebration series

• 2004 - Masada String Trio - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume One
• 2004 - Milford Graves, John Zorn - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Two
• 2004 - Locus Solus - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Three
• 2004 - Electric Masada - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Four
• 2004 - Fred Frith, John Zorn - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Five
• 2004 - Hemophiliac - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Six
• 2004 - Masada - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Seven
• 2004 - Wadada Leo Smith, Susie Ibarra, John Zorn - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Eight
• 2004 - John Zorn (The Classic Guide To Stratigy Volume 3) - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Nine
• 2005 - Yamataka Eye, John Zorn - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Ten
• 2005 - Bar Kokhba Sextet - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Eleven
• 2005 - Painkiller - 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Twelve

Masada Book Two - The Book of Angels

• 2005 - Jamie Saft Trio - Astaroth, Book of Angels Volume 1
• 2005 - Masada String Trio - Azazel, Book of Angels Volume 2
• 2006 - Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier - Malphas, Book of Angels Volume 3
• 2006 - Koby Israelite - Orobas, Book of Angels Volume 4
• 2006 - Cracow Klezmer Band - Balan, Book of Angels Volume 5
• 2006 - Uri Caine - Moloch, Book of Angels Volume 6
• 2007 - Marc Ribot - Asmodeus, Book of Angels Volume 7
• 2007 - Erik Friedlander - Volac, Book of Angels Volume 8
• 2007 - Secret Chiefs 3 - Xaphan, Book of Angels Volume 9

Album collaborations

• 1978 - Eugene Chadbourne, John Zorn - School
• 1988 - John Zorn, Bill Frisell, George Lewis - News for Lulu
• 1990 - Bob Ostertag, John Zorn, Fred Frith - Attention Span
• 1992 - God - Possession
• 1992 - John Zorn, Bill Frisell, George Lewis - More News for Lulu
• 1994 - John Zorn, Fred Frith - Art of Memory
• 1995 - The Mystic Fugu Orchestra - Zohar
• 1997 - John Zorn & Bobby Previte - Euclid's Nightmare
• 1998 - John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Elliot Sharp, Bobby Previte - Downtown Lullaby
• 2006 - Various Artists - The Stone, Issue One
• 2007 - Various Artists - The NY Tapes

Albums featured

• 1985 - Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet - Voodoo
• 1989 - Blind Idiot God - Undertow
• 1990 - Kronos Quartet - Winter Was Hard
• 1992 - God Is My Co-Pilot - How I Got Over
• 1992 - Otomo Yoshihide - We Insist?
• 1992 - Hoppy Kamiyama - Welcome to Forbidden Paradise
• 1992 - Ruins - Early Works
• 1993 - Kronos Quartet - Short Stories
• 1993 - Big John Patton - Blue Planet Man
• 1993 - God Is My Co-Pilot - Speed Yr Trip
• 1993 - Ground Zero - Ground Zero
• 1994 - Praxis - Sacrifist
• 1994 - Marisa Monte - Mais
• 1995 - Big John Patton - Minor Swing
• 1997 - Mike Patton - Pranzo Oltranzista
• 1998 - Weird Little Boy - Weird Little Boy
• 1999 - Prelapse - Prelapse
• 1999 - Various Artists - Enfants Terribles

Filmography

• 2004 - A Bookshelf On Top Of The Sky
• 2004 - Masada Live at Tonic 1999
• 2005 - Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise
• 2007 - Sabbath in Paradise