John Zorn
Ornette Coleman celebrated at Prospect Park w/ Patti Smith, Flea, Thurston Moore, Ornette himself & more (pics, setlist)
The 2014 Celebrate Brooklyn! season continued with another free show in Prospect Park this past Thursday (6/12), a tribute to pioneering free jazz great Ornette Coleman (also part of Blue Note Jazz Fest)…
Many Arms = punk-jazz from Caribou, Deleted Scenes mems, releasing a new LP on John Zorn's label (stream it), touring
In one corner, Nick Millevoi’s dissonant trichords and veiny, muscle-bound threads of notes superimpose guest musician Colin Fisher’s tantrum outbursts of squalling noise…
William S Burroughs Centenary Celebration underway (events scheduled around NYC and the world)
Literary and postmodern icon William S Burroughs, who died in 1997, would have turned 100 this year and there are Centenary celebration events happening all over the world…
Nils Frahm, Atlas Moth, Kraftwerk, The Orwells, The Julie Ruin, a The Knife presale, Arcade Fire & more tickets
Kraftwerk @ NYC’s MoMA in 2012 (more by Ryan Muir)
Tickets to see Hannibal Buress‘ second show at the Vic Theatre go on sale today (1/17) at 11AM CST…
John Zorn's Bladerunner (with Dave Lombardo & Bill Laswell) playing a pair of shows at Reggie's in May
As seen on BrooklynVegan, revered saxophonist // composer John Zorn is always keeping busy with some kind of project. Last year was about celebrating his 60th birthday by performing all sorts of folk, and he just recently played with Thurston Moore at the former Twilight member‘s NYC residency…
John Zorn to debut 20 new Masada compositions at "shuffle concert" at NYC's Town Hall (dates)
John Zorn at Maxwell’s, 2008 (more by Tim Griffin)
John Zorn describes his Masada songbook as follows: “The idea is to put Ornette Coleman and the Jewish scales together…
John Zorn's Bladerunner (feat. Dave Lombardo & Bill Laswell) playing NYC and Australia's Adelaide Festival
Legendary saxophonist/composer John Zorn has a well-known proclivity for collaborating from musicians from all walks of life; he recently played with Thurston Moore during the latter’s residency at The Stone, for instance and spent much of last year playing with all sorts of folk while celebrating his 60th birthday…
Thurston Moore played NYE at The Stone; residency underway; '1991: The Year Punk Broke' screening in Brooklyn
Initially, Messrs. Moore and Zorn played together contrasting their musical vocabularies. Mr. Zorn was full of quicksilver licks, rhythmic clucking sounds and urgent wails from his horn, with Mr…
Thurston Moore's Stone residency updates: Chelsea Light Moving playing New Year's Eve, Lee Ranaldo added to Jan
Chelsea Light Moving at Bowery Ballroom in April (more by Greg Cristman)
As discussed, Thurston Moore is kicking off a residency at The Stone with two New Year’s Eve shows at the…
Lou Reed memorial happened at the Apollo w/ Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Debbie Harry, Antony, Paul Simon (pics)
The late Lou Reed was honored with a last-minute memorial in Harlem at the legendary Apollo Theatre last night (12/17), which was organized by his wife Laurie Anderson…
