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John Zorn
Person · male · United States · New York City · born 1953 · recording since 1978
American composer, saxophonist and bandleader
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Debut release: School
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Album: On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits
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Album: The Testament of Solomon: Music From the Sefer Shirim Shel Shir Hashirim
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Album: 49 Acts of Unspeakable Depravity in the Abominable Life and Times of Gilles de Rais
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Biography
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Biography
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, producer, arranger and saxophonist who "deliberately resists category". Zorn's avant-garde compositions and experimental improvisations meld jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, contemporary, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, Jewish and world music performed by "often unexpected groups of players.. getting startling, unrepeatable results". 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".
Zorn re-arranged and radically orchestrated Ennio Morricone's spaghetti Western, gangster and war movie themes for The Big Gundown, released on Nonesuch Records in 1986 to critical acclaim. His following albums, Spillane
SpillaneSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1Spillane25:172Two-Lane Highway: Preacher Man / White Line Fever / Nacogdoches Gumbo / East Texas Freezeout / San Angelo Release / Rollin' to Killeen / Blowout / Devil's Highway / Midnight Standoff / Marchin' for Abilene13:323Two-Lane Highway: Hico Killer / Long Mile to Houston4:504Forbidden Fruit10:20 (1987) and Naked City
Naked CitySpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 26 tracks1Batman2:052The Sicilian Clan3:333You Will Be Shot1:324Latin Quarter4:125A Shot in the Dark3:146Reanimator1:437Snagglepuss2:208I Want to Live2:129Lonely Woman2:4610Igneous Ejaculation0:2411Blood Duster0:1712Hammerhead0:1113Demon Sanctuary0:4214Obeah Man0:2015Ujaku0:3116Fuck the Facts0:1417Speedball0:4418Chinatown4:2819Punk China Doll3:0620N.Y. Flat Top Box0:4621Saigon Pickup4:5122The James Bond Theme3:0623Den of Sins1:1424Contempt2:5425Graveyard Shift3:3226Inside Straight4:17 (1990) continued to merge styles and challenge formats. His alternative hardcore influenced bands, Naked City and Painkiller gained him wider exposure in the early 1990s. From 1994 until 2018, Zorn composed and recorded over three hundred Masada project compositions performed by many different ensembles.
Zorn's extensive recordings have been released through his independent Tzadik Records since 1995. Zorn has composed concert music for classical ensembles and orchestras, for opera, sound installations, film and documentary. His live performances are often highlighted at festivals featuring different ensembles interpreting his diverse repertoire.
Early studies
John Zorn was raised in Utopia, Queens, and studied piano, guitar and flute at the United Nations International School. Zorn's mother, Vera (née Studenski; 1918–1999), listened to classical and world music; his father, Henry Zorn (1913–1992), was interested in jazz, French chansons, and country music; and his older brother collected doo-wop and 1950s rock and roll records. Zorn spent his teenage years "listening to The Doors and playing bass in a surf band" while also exploring the experimental and avant-garde music of György Ligeti, Mauricio Kagel and Karlheinz Stockhausen and listening to cartoon soundtracks and film scores.
Zorn taught himself orchestration and counterpoint by transcribing scores and studied composition under Leonardo Balada before enrolling at Webster College where he attended lectures by Oliver Lake. While at Webster he incorporated elements of free jazz, avant-garde and experimental music, film scores, performance art and the cartoon scores of Carl Stalling into his first recordings and discovered Anthony Braxton's groundbreaking solo album For Alto which inspired him to take up the instrument. "I'm not going to sit in some ivory tower and pass my scores down to the players", said Zorn, "I have to be there with them, and that's why I started playing saxophone, so that I could meet musicians. I still feel that I have to earn a player's trust before they can play my music."
Leaving Webster after three semesters, Zorn lived on the West Coast before returning to Manhattan where he gave concerts in his apartment and other small New York venues, playing saxophone and a variety of reeds, duck calls, tapes, and other instruments. Zorn immersed himself in the underground art scene, assisting filmmaker Jack Smith with his performances and attending plays by Richard Foreman.
Early compositions and recordings
In the mid-1970s Zorn was performing experimental downtown music in New York, collaborating with other artists to develop improvisational and compositional strategies he commenced recording by the end of the decade. The 1980s saw him touring internationally and led to further independent releases in Europe and Japan before Zorn established the Tzadik record label in 1995.
Zorn's early major compositions included many game pieces described as "complex systems harnessing improvisers in flexible compositional formats". These compositions "involved strict rules, role playing, prompters with flashcards, all in the name of melding structure and improvisation in a seamless fashion". Zorn's early game pieces had sporting titles like Lacrosse (1976), Hockey (1978), Pool (1979), and Archery (1979), which he recorded and first released on Eugene Chadbourne's Parachute label. His most enduring game piece is Cobra, composed in 1984 and first recorded in 1987 and in subsequent versions in 1992, 1994 and 2002, and revisited in performance many times.
In the early 1980s, Zorn was heavily engaged in improvisation as both a solo performer and with other like-minded artists. Zorn's first solo saxophone recordings were originally released in two volumes as The Classic Guide to Strategy in 1983 and 1986 on the Lumina label. Zorn's early small group improvisations are documented on Locus Solus (1983) which featured Zorn with various combinations of other improvisers including Christian Marclay, Arto Lindsay, Wayne Horvitz, Ikue Mori, and Anton Fier. Ganryu Island featured a series of duets by Zorn with Michihiro Sato on shamisen, which received limited release on the Yukon label in 1984. Zorn has subsequently reissued these early recordings.
Breakthrough recordings
Zorn's breakthrough came in 1986 with the acclaimed The Big Gundown released on Nonesuch Records. The album was endorsed by composer Ennio Morricone, who said: "This is a record that has fresh, good and intelligent ideas. It is realization on a high level, a work done by a maestro with great science-fantasy and creativity ... Many people have done versions of my pieces, but no one has done them like this".
Zorn followed with Spillane in 1987, his second major-label release, featuring performances by Albert Collins, the Kronos Quartet, and the sprawling title track, an early "file-card" composition. This method of combining composition and improvisation involved Zorn writing descriptions or ideas on file-cards and arranging them to form the piece. Zorn described the process in 2003:
I write in moments, in disparate sound blocks, so I find it convenient to store these events on filing cards so they can be sorted and ordered with minimum effort. Pacing is essential. If you move too fast, people tend to stop hearing the individual moments as complete in themselves and more as elements of a sort of cloud effect ... I worked 10 to 12 hours a day for a week, just orchestrating these file cards. It was an intense process.
Zorn's file-card method of organizing sound blocks into an overall structure largely depended on the musicians he chose, the way they interpreted what was written on the file cards, and their relationship with Zorn who stated "At the end of the day, I want players to say: this was fun—it was a lot of fucking work, and it's one of the hardest things I've ever done, but it was worth the effort."
Three further releases on Nonesuch followed; Spy vs Spy in 1989, Naked City in 1990, and Filmworks 1986–1990 (1992) before Zorn broke with the label.
Jazz
Zorn's most direct explorations of jazz included a 'memorial' to hard bop composer Sonny Clark, Voodoo in 1986, and the News for Lulu trio featuring Zorn, Bill Frisell and George E. Lewis performing compositions by Clark, Kenny Dorham, Freddie Redd, and Hank Mobley. He recorded Spy vs Spy featuring hardcore punk versions of Ornette Coleman's compositions in 1989. According to Cook, "Zorn's admirers often consider him a masterful bebop alto player, but when he does perform in something approaching that style his playing has little of the tension and none of the relaxation of the great beboppers, often sounding more strangulated than anything".
Film music
Zorn stated that "After my record The Big Gundown came out I was convinced that a lot of soundtrack work was going to be coming my way". While interest from Hollywood was not forthcoming, eventually independent filmmakers like Sheila McLaughlin and Raúl Ruiz sought his talents. Filmmaker Walter Hill rejected his music for a film to be called Looters. Although Zorn's score did not make the final cut he used the money he received to establish the record label, Tzadik, on which he released Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill in 1995. Zorn also produced a series of commercial soundtracks for the advertising firm Wieden+Kennedy, including one directed by Jean-Luc Godard, a long-term Zorn inspiration. Zorn used his film commissions to record new ensembles like Masada and the Masada String Trio. From the mid-1990s, Zorn composed film music for independent films dealing with BDSM and LGBT culture, documentaries exploring the Jewish experience, and films about outsider artists. In 2013, after releasing 25 volumes in his Filmworks Series, Zorn announced that he would no longer be releasing music for film.
Hardcore: Naked City, Painkiller and beyond
Zorn established Naked City in 1988 as a "compositional workshop" to test the limitations of a rock band format. Featuring Zorn (saxophone), Bill Frisell (guitars), Fred Frith (bass), Wayne Horvitz (keyboards), Joey Baron (drums), and vocalist Yamatsuka Eye (and later Mike Patton), Naked City blended Zorn's appreciation of hardcore punk and grindcore bands like Agnostic Front and Napalm Death with influences like film music, country or jazz often in a single composition. The band performed pieces by film composers Ennio Morricone, John Barry, Johnny Mandel and Henry Mancini and modern classicists Alexander Scriabin, Claude Debussy, Charles Ives, and Olivier Messiaen and recorded heavy metal and ambient albums.
In 1991, Zorn formed Painkiller with Bill Laswell on bass and Mick Harris on drums. Painkiller's first two releases, Guts of a Virgin (1991) and Buried Secrets (1992), also featured short grindcore and free jazz-inspired compositions. They released their first live album, Rituals
RitualsSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 5 tracks1I4:482II7:453III4:214IV5:225V4:19: Live in Japan, in 1993, followed by the double CD Execution Ground (1994), which featured longer dub and ambient-styled pieces. A second live album, Talisman: Live in Nagoya, was released in 2002 and the band was featured on Zorn's 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12 (2005) with Hamid Drake replacing Harris on drums and guest vocalist Mike Patton.
Both bands attracted worldwide interest, particularly in Japan, where Zorn had relocated following a three-month residency in Tokyo.
In 2006, Zorn formed Moonchild with Mike Patton, Trevor Dunn, and Joey Baron as "a compositional challenge, as a song cycle, songs without words" as he decided "I want to work with Patton more; Patton was very hungry to do more work together. ‘OK, so let's start it with just bass, drums, and voice". Rolling Stone said that Moonchild was "a band that, much like Naked City, mutated radically across its lifespan as Zorn kept raising his compositional bar. While it touched on similar extremes as that group... its episodes are more sustained, its structures more conventionally songlike" noting "For the first five of Moonchild's seven albums, released from 2006 through 2014, Patton utilized his full whisper-to-scream range while operating entirely without lyrics".
Concert music
As Zorn's interest in Naked City waned, he "started hearing classical music in [his] head again." Zorn started working on compositions that drew on chamber music arrangements of strings, percussion and electronic instruments. Elegy, a suite dedicated to Jean Genet, was released in 1992.
The establishment of Tzadik allowed him to release many compositions which he had written over the previous two decades for classical ensembles. Zorn's earliest released classical composition, Christabel (1972) for five flutes, first appeared on Angelus Novus in 1998. He credits the composition of his 1988 string quartet Cat O' Nine Tails (commissioned and released by the Kronos Quartet on Short Stories) to awakening him to the possibilities of writing for classical musicians. This composition also appeared on The String Quartets (1999) and Cartoon S/M (2000) along with variations on "Kol Nidre", inspired by the Jewish prayer of atonement which was written at the same time as the first Masada Book.
Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra (1998) was Zorn's first full-scale orchestral release featuring pianist Stephen Drury, the Hungarian Radio Children's Choir and the American Composers Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies.
Much of Zorn's classical work is dedicated or inspired by artists who have influenced him:
Duras: Duchamp (1997) contains tributes to Marguerite Duras and Olivier Messiaen
Songs from the Hermetic Theatre (2001) features compositions dedicated to Harry Smith, Joseph Beuys, and Maya Deren
Madness, Love and Mysticism (2001) featured Le Mômo, inspired by Antonin Artaud, and Untitled, dedicated to Joseph Cornell
Chimeras (2001) was based on Arnold Schoenberg's atonal composition, Pierrot Lunaire
Several of Zorn's later concert works drew inspiration from mysticism and the works of Aleister Crowley in particular; Magick (2004) featured a group called the Crowley Quartet. A 2009 performance of the album's centerpiece Necronomicon was described as "... frenetic vortexes of violent, abrasive motion, separated by eerily becalmed, suspenseful sections with moody, even prayerful melodies. The music is sensational and evocative, but never arbitrary; you always sense a guiding hand behind the mayhem".
Later works expanded to include vocal and operatic works; Mysterium released in 2005 featured Frammenti del Sappho for female chorus; Rituals (2005) featured Zorn's opera composed for the Bayreuth Opera Festival in 1998; and La Machine de l'Être composed in 2000, premiered at the New York City Opera in 2011, and recorded for the 2012 album Music and Its Double
Music and Its DoubleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1À rebours11:122Ceremonial Magic I5:373Ceremonial Magic II4:074Ceremonial Magic III5:525Ceremonial Magic IV4:036La Machine de l'être: Tetème4:107La Machine de l'être: Le révélé3:268La Machine de l'être: Entremêlés4:04.
Zorn's concert works have been performed all over the world and he has received commissions from the New York Philharmonic, Brooklyn Philharmonic and BBC Radio 3.
Masada books
Conversations with Joey Baron led Zorn to explore and embrace Jewish culture. A further file-card composition Kristallnacht (1992) reflected on the Night of Broken Glass that violently and destructively targeted Jews in Germany and Austria in 1938.
Several movements used the Phrygian dominant and Ukrainian Dorian scales common to klezmer music. Zorn set himself the task of writing 100 compositions using the scale within a year.
Book One
In 1993 Zorn engaged Baron along with Dave Douglas (trumpet) and Greg Cohen (double bass) to provide musical cues for Joe Chappelle's first film Thieves Quartet (later collected on Filmworks III: 1990–1995) and established the first Masada group to perform his recent compositions using the instrumental lineup and improvisational approach of Ornette Coleman's pioneering free jazz quartet.
Within three years, the number of compositions had grown to 205 and became known as the first Masada Book. Zorn explained:
The project for Masada was to create something positive in the Jewish tradition something that maybe takes the idea of Jewish music into the 21st century the way jazz developed from the teens and 1920s into the '40s, the '50s, the '60s and on ... My initial idea was to write a hundred tunes. And then I ended up writing over 200 for the first book and then performed it countless time for years.
In 1996, Zorn released Bar Kokhba featuring Masada compositions recorded by a rotating group of musicians. Two ensembles arose from this album: the Masada String Trio, composed of Greg Cohen (bass), Mark Feldman (violin), and Erik Friedlander (cello); and the Bar Kokhba Sextet which added Marc Ribot (guitar), Cyro Baptista (percussion), and Joey Baron (drums), both of which were featured on 1998's The Circle Maker. The Masada String Trio were also featured on Zorn's Filmworks series, as part of his 50th Birthday Celebration, and released two albums as part of the Book of Angels project, Azazal and Haborym. In 2003, Zorn formed Electric Masada, a band featuring Zorn, Baptista, Baron, and Ribot, along with Trevor Dunn (bass), Ikue Mori (electronics), Jamie Saft (keyboards), and Kenny Wollesen (drums) releasing their debut live album from Zorn's 50th Birthday Concert series and a double live CD recorded in 2004. In 2019, Zorn formed the New Masada Quartet with Julian Lage (guitar), Jorge Roeder (bass), and Kenny Wollesen (drums).
A Tenth Anniversary Series of Masada recordings was released by Zorn beginning in 2003. The series featured five albums of Masada themes including Masada Guitars by Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell, and Tim Sparks; Masada Recital by Mark Feldman and Sylvie Courvoisier; Masada Rock by Rashanim; and two albums featuring various artists, Voices in the Wilderness and The Unknown Masada.
Book Two
In 2004, Zorn began composing the second Masada Book, The Book of Angels, resulting in an additional 316 compositions. Zorn explained:
After 10 years of performing the first book, I thought "Maybe it'd be nice to write some more tunes." And I wrote 300 more tunes. When I started writing those it was "Let's see if I can write a hundred songs in a month this time." I've been working on these scales and playing these tunes all this time. In the back of my head somewhere are lodged all kinds of new ideas. Let's see if I can come up with 100 tunes in a month instead of in a year. So in the first month, I popped out a hundred tunes; the second month, another hundred; in the third month, a third 100 tunes. I had no idea that was going to happen.
Zorn released thirty-two volumes of Masada Book Two compositions performed by many varied artists. The titles of many Masada Book Two compositions are derived from demonology and Judeo-Christian mythology.
The Masada quartet performed at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in March 2007 for what were billed as their final concerts. Zorn reformed the band as a sextet with Uri Caine and Cyro Baptista in 2009 saying:
I felt like we kind of hit a plateau a little bit with it in 2007 and I said, "Well, maybe the quartet is really done. Maybe we've accomplished what we can accomplish. Maybe it's time to put this to bed." And then I was asked by the Marciac Jazz Festival to put together a slightly larger group. They asked me what if I added a couple of people to Masada and I said, "I can't add anybody to the quartet. The quartet is the quartet, that's what we do." But then I thought, "Well, if I was going to add someone I would probably ask Uri and Cyro." So we tried it at Marciac and it was unbelievable. We didn't even have any rehearsal time. I just passed the charts out and said, "OK, just watch me because I'll be conducting. Let's just do it." And it was one of those magical clicks on the bandstand that sometimes happens. So yeah, this band is taking off again. After 15 years of doing this music, we can still find new things.
Zorn's Masada compositions and associated ensembles have become a central focus of many concerts and festivals and he has established regular 'Masada Marathons' that feature various bands and musicians performing music from the Masada Books.
Book Three
Zorn completed the third Masada book, titled The Book Beriah, in 2014.
The Dreamers
Zorn released one of his most popular albums, The Gift
The GiftSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Makahaa5:212The Quiet Surf3:153Samarkan6:414Train to Thiensan3:525Snake Catcher6:336Mao’s Moon5:207Cutting Stone7:108La flor del barrio3:109Bridge to the Beyond5:3410Makahaa (reprise)4:35, in 2001, which surprised many with its relaxed blend of surf, exotica and world music. On February 29, 2008, at St Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, Zorn premiered The Dreamers, which saw a return to the gentle compositions first featured on The Gift and established the band of the same name. The Dreamers released their second album, O'o, in 2009, an album of Zorn's Book of Angels compositions in 2010 and a Christmas album in 2011.
Tzadik Records
In 1992, John Zorn curated the Avant subsidiary of the DIW label with jazz producer Kazunori Sugiyama and released several Naked City recordings on the label as well as many other albums featuring Zorn affiliated musicians including Derek Bailey, Dave Douglas, Erik Friedlander, and Marc Ribot.
In 1995, Zorn established the Tzadik label, allowing him to record and release his continually expanding catalog and works by others. Zorn stated "I do feel that it’s a lot easier to keep your head clear from greed if you’re not involved with major corporations. When I was working with Nonesuch for a short period, I got wrapped up with the same shit of like, “Why does Bill Frisell have a bigger budget than me?” I mean like, that's something to think about? I could feel greed growing in me like a cancer. And for me, it's very hard to deal with.."
The label's releases are divided into series:
The Archival Series features Zorn's recordings exclusively, including re-releases of several albums that appeared on other labels, Zorn's film work, and recordings from 1973 onwards;
The 50th Birthday Celebration Series is 11 live albums recorded in September 2003 at Tonic as part of the month-long concert retrospective of Zorn's work;
The Composer Series features Zorn's music for "classical" ensembles along with work by many other contemporary composers;
The Radical Jewish Culture Series features contemporary Jewish musicians;
The New Japan Series covers Japanese underground music;
The Film Music Series features soundtracks by other musicians (Zorn's Filmworks recordings are featured in the Archival Series);
The Oracle Series promotes women in experimental music;
The Key Series presents notable avant-garde musicians and projects;
The Lunatic Fringe Series releases music and musicians operating outside of the broad categories offered by other series; and
The Spotlight Series promotes new bands and musical projects of young musicians.
Tzadik also releases special-edition CDs, DVDs, books and T-shirts. Since 1998, the designs of Tzadik releases have been created by graphic artist Heung-Heung "Chippy" Chin.
The Stone (music venue)
Zorn's earliest New York performances occurred at small artist-run performance spaces including his own apartment. As his profile grew, he became associated with several Lower East Side alternative venues such as the Knitting Factory and Tonic. On Friday April 13, 2007, Zorn played the final night at Tonic before it closed due to financial pressures.
Zorn was the principal force in establishing The Stone in 2005, an avant-garde performance space in New York's Alphabet City which supports itself solely on donations and the sale of limited-edition CDs, giving all door revenues directly to the performers. Zorn holds the title of artistic director and regularly performs 'Improvisation Nights'. Zorn feels that "The Stone is a unique space and is different from Tonic, the Knitting Factory, and most of the other venues we have played at as there is no bar ... so there is NO pressure to pack the house with an audience that drinks, and what night you perform has nothing to do with your power to draw a crowd or what kind of music you might play". On January 10, 2008, Zorn performed with Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson at a special benefit night at The Stone which was also released on The Stone: Issue Three on CD. In December 2016 Zorn announced that The Stone would close in February 2018 but that he was hopeful that a new location could be found, stating "Venues come and go, but the music continues on forever!" By March 2017 Zorn had negotiated with The New School to move The Stone to Greenwich Village. On February 25, 2018, the last performance was held at the original venue and Zorn moved operations to The New School's The Glass Box Theatre on the basis of a handshake deal.
50th and 60th birthday concert series
In September 2003, Zorn celebrated his 50th birthday with a month-long series of performances at Tonic in New York, repeating an event he had begun a decade earlier at the Knitting Factory. He conceptualized the month into several different aspects of his musical output. Zorn's bands performed on the weekends, classical ensembles were featured on Sundays, Zorn performed improvisations with other musicians on Mondays, featured his extended compositions on Tuesdays and a retrospective of game pieces on Wednesdays. A total of 12 live albums were released on his 50th Birthday Celebration Series.
Zorn's 60th birthday celebrations encompassed concerts across the globe from festival appearances to unique events in art galleries and unusual venues across 2013 and into 2014. The first concerts under the Zorn@60 banner were performed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in April 2013. This was followed by performances at the Museum of Modern Art and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The European leg of Zorn@60 commenced at the Barbican Theatre in London in July 2013. Festival appearances in Belgium, Poland, Spain and Germany followed soon after. These were followed by concerts in Victoriaville, Canada. Returning to New York City other concert appearances occurred at Alice Tully Hall and Lincoln Centre.
Zorn undertook another of his celebrated Masada Marathons at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in August. Further New York City concerts in September included performances of music for film at the Anthology Film Archives, classical works and Cobra at the Miller Theatre, a day-long concert at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a performance of improvised duets with Ryuichi Sakamoto. In October, the International Contemporary Ensemble performed a retrospective of Zorn's classical music at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. The final Zorn@60 concerts were performed as part of the Adelaide Festival in Australia in March 2014 featuring a four concerts covering the breadth of his compositional and improvisational range.
Arcana (book series)
In 2000, Zorn edited the book Arcana: Musicians on Music featuring interviews, essays, and commentaries by musicians including Anthony Coleman, Peter Garland, David Mahler, Bill Frisell, Gerry Hemingway, George E. Lewis, Fred Frith, Eyvind Kang, Mike Patton and Elliott Sharp, on the compositional process. Zorn released the second volume of Arcana: Musicians on Music in the summer of 2007. According to the preface by Zorn, "This second installment of what will be a continuing series of books presenting radical, cutting-edge ideas about music is made, like the initial volume, out of necessity." New volumes have since been released; the eighth volume was published in September 2017.
In other media
Zorn also appeared on the 1985 Henry Hills film Money about the financial struggles of Manhattan avant garde artists during the age of Reaganism.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 40 | 94.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 193 | 99.3th |
| Studio albums | 193 | 99.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 196 | 99.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 47 | 88th |
| Genres | 22 | 99.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (193 release groups · 193 studio albums)
Albums · 193
1978 · studio album
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Disc 1A1Solitude7:50A2Duet2:45A3The Return of Romance6:20A4The Shreeve1:40A5The Fling2:39B1Missing Persons7:45B2Welcome West15:05Disc 2C1Lacrosse (Take 3)23:05D1Lacrosse (Take 4)19:02D2Lacrosse (Take 6)6:101979 · studio album
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A1Environment for SextetA2Solo ImprovisationsB1Second Environment for SextetB2Solo Improvisations, Part Two1980 · studio album
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APool17:12BPool (continued)16:40CPool (conclusion)17:20D1Hockey (first Version)11:16D2Hockey (second Version, Take 2)3:42D3Hockey (second Version, Take 5)2:43D4Hockey (second Version, Take 8)0:50D5Hockey (second Version, Take 10)0:591980 · studio album
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1Take 11:132Take 23:133Take 311:324Take 411:235Take 23:436Take 42:457Take 110:548Take 131:029Take 13:1010Take 33:1611Take 51:0812Take 61:0013Take 71:0714Take 80:4515Take 91:2216Take 101:0317Take 121:161981 · studio album
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Disc 1AArchery A1-D220:35BArchery D2-G120:08Disc 2CArchery G2-L423:52DArchery L5-O1423:301982 · studio album
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A1City City City8:30A2The Legend of Enos Slaughter9:28A3Who's On First3:16B1On Golden Pond17:50B2The Warning Track5:281983 · studio album
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Disc 1A1Bass and the TrebleA2The Acquisition & Control of FireA3Honey-cabA4SwitchA5Juan Talks It Out of His SystemA6The WishA7A Case AroseA8The ElfB1Getting CurlyB2Don't SwitchB3Smooth Cheeks of a Big EgoB4Add WaterB5ColdB6Friar T.B7Too MeB8Self-SatisfiedB9Dot Dot, DotB10LiverDisc 2C1Heike Cipher MysteryC2Jedi Mind TrickC3Mysterious IslandC4You Only Live Twice, Mr. BondC5When Arrows MeetC6Never Say Never AgainC7Sign of the FourC8Locus Solus (Parts 1 & 2)D1Where Are My Victims?D2Disco VolanteD3Kaiser in BorneoD4The SaintD5The Violent Death of Dutch SchultzD6ThunderballD7White ZombieD8The Slaves of VesuviusThe Classic Guide To Strategy - Volume One
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ASenki (War Spirit)19:36BThe Moon In The Cold Stream Like A Mirror19:321985 · studio album
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A1Ryu Kyu Heishi (Warrior from Ryu Kyu)6:09A2Haguregumo (The Wanderer)14:10A3Two Ronin3:49B1Kagemusha10:39B2Odori Dayu (Evening Dance of a Courtesan)5:16B3Ganryu Island11:09B4Yoshiwara Kaidan (Ghosts of the Geisha District)3:301986 · studio album
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A1Schockproof8:13A2Du Gris3:17A3King Cobra4:46A4Tallulah3:20B1Dumb Boxer2:15B2Lady Whirlwind0:47B3Shadow Boxer3:03B4Sitting in the Park1:42B5Snow Blood2:27B6Chen Pe'i Pe'i3:08B7Jayne Mansfield5:02The Classic Guide to Strategy - Volume Two
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 43:29
A1Aoyama Michi11:10A2Enoken3:20A3Kazumi Shigeru6:28B1Kondo Toshinori5:55B2Yano Akiko5:20B3Togawa Jun8:48B4Mori Ikue2:28The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 50:45
1The Big Gundown7:272Peur sur la ville4:163Once Upon a Time in America: Poverty3:494Milano odea3:045The Burglars: Erotica4:276Battle of Algiers3:507Duck, You Sucker! Gui la testa6:068La classe operaia va in paradiso: Metamorfosi4:379Tre nel 50004:3810Once Upon a Time in the West8:311987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 53:59
1Spillane25:172Two-Lane Highway: Preacher Man / White Line Fever / Nacogdoches Gumbo / East Texas Freezeout / San Angelo Release / Rollin' to Killeen / Blowout / Devil's Highway / Midnight Standoff / Marchin' for Abilene13:323Two-Lane Highway: Hico Killer / Long Mile to Houston4:504Forbidden Fruit10:201987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:25:00
Disc 1A1Allegro4:40A2Largo6:15A3Moderato7:50A4Fantasia3:45B1Presto1:40B2Adagio Maestoso2:45B3Violento4:20B4Capriccio con gusto4:45B5Scherzo5:55B6Epilogue3:45Disc 2C1Prologue / Maestoso6:05C2Capriccio13:15D1Lento / Mysterioso9:35D2Allegro10:251988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:13:46
1K.D.'s Motion3:362Funk in Deep Freeze4:353Melanie4:094Melody for C4:305Lotus Blossom4:116Eastern Incident4:077Peckin' Time3:168Blues Blues Blues4:199Blue Minor 13:4610This I Dig of You3:1611Venita's Dance3:2612News for Lulu4:1113Olé3:5114Sonny's Crib5:2515Hank's Other Tune3:5616Blue Minor 23:3017Windmill0:4618News for Lulu (live)4:2119Funk in Deep Freeze (live)3:2920Windmill (live)1:06Spy vs. Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 41:02
1WRU2:422Chronology1:053Word for Bird1:144Good Old Days2:465The Disguise1:196Enfant2:377Rejoicing1:408Blues Connotation1:069C&D3:0710Chippie1:0911Peace Warriors1:2312Ecars2:2913Feet Music4:4714Broadway Blues3:4515Space Church2:2916Zig Zag2:5717Mob Job4:271990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 32 tracks · 45:37
1Power1:082Paper Jam0:173Warning0:254And Gate0:105Necker Cube0:566Fold1:067Ebb Tide0:528Marketing Research0:219Fixed Resistor0:1710Radiant Power1:1511Depth Reversal0:2112Dangerous Zone0:3713Hit The Road0:2114Smoking1:5515Waiting1:3216Electric Flux0:3717Cocktail Lounge0:3518Coat Check1:0519Detour0:2420Meter0:5921Circuit Breaker1:1222Surge Impendence0:4023Vision1:5824Black, To A Chimp0:2125Neon1:0126Emergency Shop3:1527Flame1:5528Bone5:4029Jolt6:0330Bolt4:3831Loops0:5732Drowning Offshore2:441990 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 55:14
1Batman2:052The Sicilian Clan3:333You Will Be Shot1:324Latin Quarter4:125A Shot in the Dark3:146Reanimator1:437Snagglepuss2:208I Want to Live2:129Lonely Woman2:4610Igneous Ejaculation0:2411Blood Duster0:1712Hammerhead0:1113Demon Sanctuary0:4214Obeah Man0:2015Ujaku0:3116Fuck the Facts0:1417Speedball0:4418Chinatown4:2819Punk China Doll3:0620N.Y. Flat Top Box0:4621Saigon Pickup4:5122The James Bond Theme3:0623Den of Sins1:1424Contempt2:5425Graveyard Shift3:3226Inside Straight4:171992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 29:27
1Blue7:092Yellow2:483Pink15:474Black3:431992 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:17:50
1Blue Minor I6:042Hank's Other Tune6:213News for Lulu5:254Gare Guillemins3:475Minor Swing5:406KD's Motion / Windmill5:027Funk in Deep Freeze4:368Eastern Incident5:589Lotus Blossom4:1510Melanie6:4011Ole'5:0112Blue Minor II5:0413Peckin' Time3:2914Blues, Blues, Blues4:4215Melody for C5:461993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 43:04
1Shtetl (Ghetto Life)5:552Never Again11:463Gahelet (Embers)3:284Tikkun (Rectification)3:025Tzfia (Looking Ahead)8:506Barzel (Iron Fist)2:037Gariin (Nucleus - The New Settlement)8:001994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:41
1The Combiner4:412The Ladder5:253The Chain4:554The Field7:585The Table8:446The Interpreter5:077The Tree4:218The Fountain and the Mirror4:30John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 50:57
1Cobra 1: Sensyo6:122Cobra 2: Tomobiki9:313Cobra 3: Senbu8:124Cobra 4: Butsumetsu8:585Cobra 5: Taian8:106Cobra 6: Shakko9:541995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 35 tracks · 56:22
1Étude #12:452Étude #20:323Étude #30:394Étude #42:045Étude #52:466Étude #61:037Étude #72:378Étude #81:269Étude #91:1110Étude #100:3111Étude #112:0512Étude #121:5213Étude #132:1914Étude #140:3815Étude #151:5816Étude #161:2717Étude #170:4618Étude #180:2819Étude #190:4320Étude #201:2021Étude #212:2122Étude #221:5223Étude #233:0924Étude #241:5225Étude #250:5826Étude #260:3727Étude #271:3028Étude #283:0829Étude #292:1130Étude #302:5031Étude #311:1032Étude #321:3133Étude #331:2234Étude #341:1935Étude #351:221995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:17:42
1Mikhail Zoetrope: Act I22:142Mikhail Zoetrope: Act II13:313Mikhail Zoetrope: Act III11:014Conquest of Mexico, Part 1: Warning Signs7:455Conquest of Mexico, Part 2: Confession3:406Conquest of Mexico, Part 3: Convulsions/Abdication3:567Wind Ko/La3:058Automata of Al-Jazari1:169Variations on a Theme by Albert Ayler11:141995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 49:52
1Dark River8:522Redbird41:001995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 41:37
1Eep Man1:082Test Tube3:113Thank You for Not Thinking2:364Pulp Wars2:575Sticky Beethoven’s Pipeline1:156Laughing Eskimo1:297Damascus1:128Yoga Dollar5:179Propolution1:3710My Rainbow Life1:4511Bad Hawkwind18:1312We Live0:571996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 1:01:16
1In Memory of Nikki Arane12:312In Memory of Nikki Arane19:593In Memory of Nikki Arane10:554In Memory of Nikki Arane17:511996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 25 tracks · 2:08:21
Disc 11Gevurah6:562Nezikin1:513Mahshav4:344Rokhev3:115Abidan5:196Sheloshim5:037Hath-Arob2:268Paran4:489Mahlah7:4810Socoh4:0711Yechida8:2512Bikkurim3:2513Idalah-Abal5:05Disc 21Tannaim4:392Nefesh3:343Abidan3:134Mo'ed4:595Maskil4:426Mishpatim6:477Sansanah6:568Shear-Jashub2:069Mahshav4:5110Sheloshim6:4511Mochin13:1112Karaim3:40New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 1:12:38
1Hu Die25:092Hwang Chin-ee16:423Quế Trân30:471997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 47:23
1Duras: Premiere Livre14:422Duras: Deuxième Livre0:513Duras: Troisième Livre16:474Duras: Epilogue1:465Étant Donnés: 69 Paroxysms for Marcel Duchamp13:171997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 27 tracks · 43:27
111:07221:06331:10441:07552:03661:06771:04882:01991:0210101:4211111:0612121:0013131:0714142:0315152:0616162:0517171:0118181:0419193:4420201:1421212:0622222:3823231:1424241:0825251:0226261:2027274:011998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 43:42
1The Viaduct9:242Welcome West14:183The Double AA5:304The English Channel (New mix) / W Va Spec (Newly Done version)14:301998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 47:15
1For Your Eyes Only13:482Christabel, Part 14:053Christabel, Part 23:534Carny12:435Angelus Novus: Peshat2:056Angelus Novus: Tzomet1:257Angelus Novus: Aliya4:358Angelus Novus: Herut1:469Angelus Novus: Pardes2:551998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 2:02:11
Disc 11Tahah2:322Sippur3:213Karet1:214Hadasha5:365Taharah3:516Mispar2:477Ratzah4:368Zebdi1:529Yatzah8:1410Malkhut1:5711Hodaah3:4912Elilah3:2113Meholalot4:5514Kochot4:5815Lachish1:3016Shidim4:3317Aravot2:5918Moshav5:07Disc 21Lilin6:582Hazor4:453Kisofim7:234Khebar4:545Laylah2:576Teli4:147Tevel4:278Eitan2:029Ner Tamid2:3910Idalah-Abal7:4111Gevurah6:521998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 47:38
1484 Broome5:442500 West 52nd6:173Eighth between B & C6:12477 White3:565228 West Broadway9:096Bleeker & Bowery7:2171 Morton St (Downtown Lullaby)8:59Aporias: Requia for Piano & Orchestra
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 33:11
1Prelude6:402Impetuoso3:313Con mistero2:584Languendo2:335Risentito2:506Freddamente2:337Religioso2:048Drammatico4:529Postlude4:2110Coda0:491998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:18:49
1Gill's Theme2:082Hydrant of the Vogue0:413The Big Freeze1:014Meters2:245The Bridge / Cocktails4:076The Willies1:027The Taxman Cometh1:168Night Walk1:099Skit Rhesus2:4410The Boxer0:5911Trick or Treat3:2312The Latin Trip / Gill's Theme3:3413A Taste of Voodoo3:2014Inhaling the Image1:4915City Chase3:2816Dreams of the Red Chamber11:3817Rash Acts1:3118Chippewa1:2519The Hour of Thirteen0:4820Radio Mouth / Gill's Theme3:0121Midnight Streets3:5922Victoria Lake3:1323Strip Central5:2624Pink Limousine9:1825Skyline3:1926Ordinary Lies / Gill's Theme2:061998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 49:17
1Fils des etoiles2:162This Way Out1:103Music for Children14:264Bikini Atoll0:465Bone Crusher0:386Dreamer of Dreams5:497Cycles du nord20:558SooKi's Lullaby3:171999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 1:04:23
1Carny16:112Tango3:193Gabbro (Steinstück #1)9:584Vom Gleichwertigen und Ungleichwertigem19:135klavier&klaviere15:421999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:04:25
1Cat o’ Nine Tails13:562The Dead Man: I. Variations1:043The Dead Man: II. Sonatas0:424The Dead Man: III. Manifesto0:495The Dead Man: IV. Fanfare0:576The Dead Man: V. Meditation0:537The Dead Man: VI. Rondo0:488The Dead Man: VII. Romance0:319The Dead Man: VIII. Blossoms1:0810The Dead Man: IX. Fantasy0:5311The Dead Man: X. Folio1:1612The Dead Man: XI. Nocturne1:3913The Dead Man: XII. Etude0:4114The Dead Man: XIII. Prelude1:2315Memento Mori29:2316Kol Nidre8:221999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:01:24
1In the Temple of Hadjarim5:152Sacrifist4:523Mayim3:294Koryojang6:235Bulls‐Eye1:126Zeraim6:207Thaalapalassi10:298Makkot3:029A Tiki for Blue7:0110The Possessed6:2211Oracle4:3212Koryojang (End Credits)2:272000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 55:13
1Pool17:182Pool16:193Pool17:274Archery (test and false start)4:09Xu Feng: John Zorn's Game Pieces, Volume I
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:14:32
1The Valiant Ones10:212The Fate of Lee Khan9:033Legend of the Mountain4:074The Assassins2:385Dragon Gate Inn5:346The Beauty of Yang Hui-Chen10:497Trouble at Spring Inn6:328Hidden Fortress7:569Hsia Nü7:4210Raining in the Mountains5:3811A Touch of Zen4:122000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:49:47
Disc 11Cat o' Nine Tails15:362Carny12:353For Your Eyes Only13:024Kol Nidre (String Quartet in D minor)7:56Disc 21The Dead Man: Variations1:052The Dead Man: Sonatas0:413The Dead Man: Manifesto0:464The Dead Man: Fanfare0:585The Dead Man: Meditation0:466The Dead Man: Rondo0:567The Dead Man: Romance0:288The Dead Man: Blossoms1:099The Dead Man: Fantasy0:5110The Dead Man: Folio1:1511The Dead Man: Nocturne1:3212The Dead Man: Etude0:5713The Dead Man: Prelude1:2814Music for Children14:3015Memento Mori26:2816Kol Nidre6:482001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 51:31
1Makahaa5:212The Quiet Surf3:153Samarkan6:414Train to Thiensan3:525Snake Catcher6:336Mao’s Moon5:207Cutting Stone7:108La flor del barrio3:109Bridge to the Beyond5:3410Makahaa (reprise)4:352001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 52:05
1Le mômo16:222Untitled15:283Amour fou20:15Songs from the Hermetic Theater
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 51:22
1American Magus14:102In the Very Eye of Night11:213The Nerve Key9:374Beuysblock16:14Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces, Volume 2
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:10:48
1Pendet4:492Tabanan10:483Uluwati7:284Tamangiri7:515Paras6:076Sangeh11:277Penganggahan10:448Raksasa4:449Goa Gajah6:502002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 51:23
1Invocation7:192Sex Magick13:263Sacred Rites of the Left Hand Path6:314The Clavicle of Solomon9:285Lucifer Rising5:236Leviathan3:267Mysteries5:50Masada Anniversary Edition, Volume 1: Masada Guitars
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:14:37
1Abidan3:322Kodashim3:383Kedem3:314Bikkurim3:035Ravayah4:046Hadasha2:487Katzatz3:388Kanah3:299Hodaah3:2510Kisofim4:5611Sippur2:5112Sansanah5:5713Galgalim1:5014Elilah3:0615Kedushah4:3516Shevet3:1417Kochot3:5918Tzalim2:2319Kivah2:3620Avelut4:0821Moshav3:542003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 33:42
1One0:562Two2:423Three2:554Four2:065Five1:456Six2:087Seven4:398Eight3:199Nine2:4610Ten2:5411Interlude1:2412Eleven3:1813Twelve2:50Masada Anniversary Edition, Volume 4: Masada Recital
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 49:19
1Kanah4:162Socoh3:473Mahshav5:394Karet2:055Abidan3:076Malkut2:187Azekah6:068Nezikin2:149Karaim8:5510Hath Arob2:1211Aravot3:4812Mahlah4:522004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 31:30
1Necronomicon: I. Conjurations2:462Necronomicon: II. The Magus6:253Necronomicon: III. Thought Forms3:084Necronomicon: IV. Incunabula7:145Necronomicon: V. Asmodeus3:036Sortilége8:542004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 46:57
1Fuckxotica4:182Hilo Himo3:143Shiso Baba8:244UFOFF7:355Bar Time With Eno3:446Kiri Taki3:4474AB1:558Fat Anarchy on Airtube9:389Espimo2:1210Macabro Delicato2:13Masada Anniversary Edition, Volume 5: Masada Rock
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 47:54
1Bahir4:082Makom5:193Zidon4:394Shadrakh4:575Chorek4:586Anakim5:167Zemanim3:458Ahavah3:249Arad3:0110Terumah8:272005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 26:35
1I4:482II7:453III4:214IV5:225V4:19Astaroth: Book of Angels, Volume 1
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 55:26
1Shalmiel5:262Ygal3:113Astaroth6:114Ezeqeel4:235Ariel6:306Sturiel5:077Baal-Peor7:128Pursan2:239Lelahel9:0410Beleth5:59Azazel: Book of Angels, Volume 2
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:00:12
1Tufiel6:222Mibi1:533Tabaet6:464Symnay5:235Mastema6:396Bethor5:257Uriel4:378Gurid1:529Gazriel4:0410Azazel5:2611Rssasiel2:3812Garzanal5:2113Ahiel3:462005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 32:52
1Orphée9:152Frammenti Del Sappho13:383Walpurgisnacht: Movement 12:534Walpurgisnacht: Movement 25:125Walpurgisnacht: Movement 31:542006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 57:10
1The Heaven17:362The Wood4:433The Standard8:464The Wheel5:445The Painter20:21Malphas: Book of Angels, Volume 3
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 46:56
1Azriel4:152Basus3:283Rigal4:164Kafziel4:245Lahariel6:226Zethar1:497Paschal5:228Boel4:359Sammael3:0710Padiel6:2911Vretil2:49Moonchild: Songs Without Words
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 45:21
1Hellfire4:072Ghosts of Thelema4:333Abraxas3:144Possession5:225Caligula1:4766165:207Equinox4:088Moonchild6:519Le Part Maudit2:5010The Summoning2:3111Sorceress4:38Orobas: Book of Angels, Volume 4
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 48:25
1Rampel6:312Zafiel4:413Ezgadi5:174Nisroc4:565Neyef5:546Khabiel6:297Chayo6:288Rachmiel8:09Balan: Book of Angels, Volume 5
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 40:16
1Zuriel4:182Suria7:563Dirael6:074Kadosh2:435Haniel5:026Jehoel5:177Asbeel5:058Aniel3:482006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 44:22
1Act 1, Scene 1: A Secluded Clearing in the Woods / Scene 2: A Single Bed in a Small Room / Scene 3: The Innermost Chapel of a Secret Temple14:352Act 2, Scene 1: A Mediaeval Laboratory / Scene 2: In the Magick Circle17:033Act 3, Scene 1: A Barren Plain at Midnight / Scene 2: An Unnamed Location12:442007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 44:34
1Litany I7:532Litany II7:063Litany III10:364Litany IV8:135Litany V4:306Litany VI6:162007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:09
1Goetia, Part I0:572Goetia, Part II2:463Goetia, Part III1:074Goetia, Part IV1:425Goetia, Part V1:126Goetia, Part VI1:547Goetia, Part VII2:538Goetia, Part VIII1:209Gris-Gris9:4110Shibboleth12:372008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 52:51
1Mow Mow3:042Uluwati3:373A Ride on Cottonfair4:224Anulikwutsayl9:025Toys2:476Of Wonder & Certainty4:307Mystic Circles6:088Nekashim3:579Exodus7:0210Forbidden Tears3:0711Raksasa5:15Lucifer: Book of Angels, Volume 10
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 54:46
1Sother5:592Dalquiel6:083Zazel3:224Gediel6:135Rahal3:496Zechriel7:557Azbugah3:028Mehalalel9:549Quelamia4:5910Abdiel3:252008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 44:31
1Almadel7:102Shapeshifting3:203Maleficia8:1449x95:375Hobgoblin2:556Incubi7:447Witchfinder3:498The Initiate5:422009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 44:33
1Mountain View (For Vince Guaraldi)5:082Novato (For Mike Patton)3:523Pacifica (For Harry Smith)3:584Benicia (For Paul Canales)3:485Half Moon Bay (For Lyn Hejinian)4:396Moraga (For Clint Eastwood)4:177Tamalpais (For Elissa Guest)4:088Larkspur (For Willie Winant)3:379Alhambra Blues (For Mo Siegel)4:2710Miramar (For Terry Riley)1:1911Tiburon (For David Lynch)5:202009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:16
1Miller’s Crake4:182Akialoa4:473Po’o’uli5:414Little Bittern6:305Mysterious Starling4:326Laughing Owl4:447Archaeopteryx5:068Solitaire2:119Piopio5:1310The Zapata Rail2:5311Kakawahie4:1412Magdalena5:072009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 51:49
1Lachen verlernt9:4724 Lauds: I. Statement: Remembering Aaron4:0134 Lauds: II. Riconoscenza per Goffredo Petrassi5:1344 Lauds: III. Rhapsodic Musings3:0754 Lauds: IV. Fantasy: Remembering Roger5:056Pulsar5:367Goetia: I1:268Goetia: II3:159Goetia: III1:1710Goetia: IV2:3711Goetia: V1:4512Goetia: VI2:5813Goetia: VII3:4614Goetia: VIII1:562009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 35:26
1Femina, Part One11:422Femina, Part Two10:113Femina, Part Three10:164Femina, End Titles3:17Astronome: A Night at the Opera (A Disturbing Initiation)
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 1:23:00
1Astronome: A Night at the Opera1:03:002King Richard20:002010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 51:28
1Prelude: From a Great Temple4:152Sacred Dance (Invocation)4:473The Book of Shadows5:144Affirmation5:055The Magus9:086Hymn for a New Millenium5:317Journey of the Magicians4:038Mythic Etude7:279Postlude: Prayers and Enchantment5:58Ipos: Book of Angels, Volume 14
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 54:23
1Tirtael3:552Hashul3:513Galizur7:344Oriel5:295Zavebe4:406Qalbam8:027Hagai4:158Zortek5:369Ezriel7:2610Kutiel3:352010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 50:23
1Foetid Ceremony5:342Mosquito Slats2:093Horse Rehab5:434Legend of the Small2:175Baffled Hats3:206Movements of Harried Angels7:297The Fourth Mind9:408Creature Comforts3:119Slow Lattice5:5810Ankle Time5:02Baal: Book of Angels, Volume 15
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 47:56
1Chachmiel7:202Asimor4:273Irin4:314Pharzuph7:185Lahash2:516Reqel7:177'ifafi5:088Uzza3:099Poteh5:552010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 39:20
1Dictée23:182Liber Novus16:02The Goddess: Music for the Ancient of Days
2010 · studio album
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1Enchantress7:442Ishtar5:363Heptameron5:184White Magick6:375Drawing Down the Moon5:496Beyond the Infinite11:517Ode to Delphi4:442010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 49:15
1Seven Sigils6:392The Book of Los8:213Apparitions I3:444Supplicant5:325Tabula Smaragdina6:126Apparitions II4:097The Changeling6:328Warlock4:569Apparitions III3:102010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 42:22
1Contes de Fées13:182(Fay çe que vouldras)22:533777 (Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted)6:112010 · studio album
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1Interzone 115:212Interzone 227:373Interzone 311:212011 · studio album
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1Chemical Garden3:442Port of Saints5:213Rain Flowers4:414The Outer Half3:505Dead Fingers Talk2:206The Ticket That Exploded4:037Blue Veil7:218IC 21187:379Lost Words2:2010Between Two Worlds5:022011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 37:08
1Ode I3:482Ode II3:393Ode III2:544Ode IV3:505Ode V2:356Ode VI4:337Ode VII3:368Ode VIII1:399Cerberus10:342011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:34
1Enigma One3:072Enigma Two3:363Enigma Three4:244Enigma Four3:185Enigma Five2:566Enigma Six4:427Enigma Seven4:068Enigma Eight4:319Enigma Nine4:3110Enigma Ten3:2011Enigma Eleven2:1912Enigma Twelve2:442011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 48:31
1The Eternals5:552Song of Innocence6:443A Dream of Nine Nights8:334Light Forms3:245The Æons5:526Liber XV6:297Dance of Albion6:368Song of Experience4:582011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 48:07
A1Winter Wonderland4:13A2Snowfall5:10A3Christmas Time Is Here4:37A4Santa’s Workshop5:21A5Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas5:18B1Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!4:03B2Santa Claus Is Coming to Town6:29B3Magical Sleigh Ride6:23B4The Christmas Song6:332012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 1 track · 38:21
1Mount Analogue38:21The Gnostic Preludes: Music of Splendor
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 48:01
1Prelude 1: The Middle Pillar6:392Prelude 2: The Book of Pleasure6:063Prelude 3: Prelude of Light5:564Prelude 4: Diatesseron4:355Prelude 5: Music of the Spheres8:146Prelude 6: Circumambulation6:347Prelude 7: Sign and Sigil6:228Prelude 8: The Invisibles3:352012 · studio album
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1Desolate Landscape4:322Mina3:353The Battle of Good and Evil5:144Sinistera3:225Van Helsing3:256Fatal Sunrise3:177Hypnosis2:108Lucy2:469Nosferatu2:2710The Stalking7:3311The Undead4:0012Death Ship2:0013Jonathan Harker5:2914Vampires at Large4:1715Renfield3:3116Stalker Dub3:242012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 43:14
1Templi Secretum5:342Evocation of Baphomet5:273Murder of the Magicians4:144Prophetic Souls6:215Libera Me3:216A Second Sanctuary5:077Recordatio3:548Secret Ceremony9:162012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 47:22
1Bateau ivre11:012A Season in Hell12:223Illuminations11:394Conneries12:202012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 50:18
1When the Morning Stars Sang Together5:282The Hammer of Los3:583Jerusalem5:154The Prophecy3:105And He Rode Upon the Cherubim5:096Marriage of Heaven and Hell4:187A Woman Clothed With the Sun5:208Shadows in Ancient Time5:389An Island in the Moon7:0610Night Thoughts4:562012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 42:31
1À rebours11:122Ceremonial Magic I5:373Ceremonial Magic II4:074Ceremonial Magic III5:525Ceremonial Magic IV4:036La Machine de l'être: Tetème4:107La Machine de l'être: Le révélé3:268La Machine de l'être: Entremêlés4:042012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:02:40
1Persepolis4:032The Hidden Book2:573Passage to Essentuki3:454Pathway of Fire4:025Towards Kafiristan3:306Kavanah5:037Back to Bokhara5:258The Silver Thread4:289The Dervish6:3310The Way of the Sly Man3:5011Amu Darya4:4612A Portrait of Moses Cordovero5:3713Visitation of the Night Angels4:0914Life Is Real Only Then, When "I Am"4:322013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 54:31
1Apophthegms I0:452Apophthegms II1:073Apophthegms III1:444Apophthegms IV1:235Apophthegms V1:346Apophthegms VI1:507Apophthegms VII2:418Apophthegms VIII1:499Apophthegms IX2:0510Apophthegms X1:2011Apophthegms XI1:5512Apophthegms XII2:4713Passagen14:1914Ceremonial Magic I5:2715Ceremonial Magic II4:0516Ceremonial Magic III5:5117Ceremonial Magic IV3:492013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 48:39
1Sacred Oracle5:352Hymn of the Naassenes5:063Dance of the Sappho4:064The Bacchanalia2:565Consolamentum5:496Ode to the Cathars6:567Apollo3:288Yaldabaoth3:559The Nymphs10:482013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 46:02
1Psychic Conspirators3:182Git-le-cœur4:273The Conqueror Worm6:584The Third Mind6:345Light Chapels5:206The Dream Machine5:587Note Virus3:3181001 Nights In Marrakech6:309The Wild Boys3:262013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 55:13
16th Floor Walk Up, Waiting12:252Jazz Laundromat4:583Dawn Escape9:394Her Sheets4:195Soiled, Luscious6:126Strange Neighbor9:457For Derek and Evan7:55On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 35:21
1The Tempest: A Masque11:202All Hallow's Eve: I. Matins9:293All Hallow's Eve: II. Lauds4:094All Hallow's Eve: III. Vespers1:375The Temptations of St. Anthony8:462013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 27:59
1Kiss Me4:082Rose of Sharon0:103At Night in My Bed3:454How Beautiful You Are3:075I Have Come Into My Garden5:216Where Has Your Lover Gone3:457Dance Again3:368O, If You Were Only My Brother4:07In Lambeth: Visions From the Walled Garden of William Blake
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 43:23
1Tiriel4:582A Morning Light4:463America, a Prophecy6:174Through the Looking Glass3:565The Ancient of Days6:566Puck3:367The Minotaur3:268The Night of Enitharmon's Joy4:559The Walled Garden4:332014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 44:07
1Metapsychomagia7:312Sacred Emblems3:023Circe6:034Squaring the Circle5:515Celestial Mechanism2:326Evocation of the Triumphant Beast6:257Four Rivers3:548The Nameless God4:359Anima Mundi4:142014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 33:06
1The Alchemist20:092Earthspirit12:57Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 46:15
1Orchestra Variations5:202Contes de Fées12:303Kol Nidre8:124Suppôts et Suppliciations20:132014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 48:45
1Epode5:472Maldoror10:083Tender Buttons4:514In Lovely Blueness11:015Illuminations12:096Nightwood4:492014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:20
1Cecil Taylor8:572The Art of Counterpoint3:503North7:144South5:445East4:066West3:567Screaming Grass5:508The Culture of Gun Violence in the US5:432014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 48:02
1Pandora's Box13:482Missa sine voces13:253Zeitgehöft9:164Babel4:565Hexentarot6:372014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 48:15
1Whispers of Heavenly Death5:362Song at Sunset3:223Halcyon Days4:264Portals4:035Sea Drift5:106Song of the Open Road3:487The Body Electric2:558Mystic Cyphers4:319America14:24The Testament of Solomon: Music From the Sefer Shirim Shel Shir Hashirim
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 48:37
1Alamot4:202Kotlenu4:453Holat Ahavah4:254’Ayummah4:335Nirdi3:166’Asis4:317’Atarah4:478Tappuha3:369Berotim4:4610Otyah5:1011Sammatek4:282014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:53
1Potions and Poisons3:042Fireworks3:373Blind Owl and Buckwheats4:294Abramelin3:195Seven Secrets2:536Before I Saw the Spirit of a Child4:397UX4:048The Voynich Mandala4:329Codebreaker4:3110Map3:4011Black Mirror2:1812And the Clouds Drift By2:472014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 44:20
1Into the Light8:052Transmigration of the Magus6:433Perfect Mind4:004Providence4:275Gnostic Hymn4:456Apocryphon3:447The Divine Word3:378The Three-Fold Thought4:299Merlin4:302014 · studio album
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Disc 1AFlying BlindBSombra en el espejoDisc 2CThe Wind in the CloudsDPerfect CrimeDisc 3EPara borrar tu andarFKafiristanDisc 4GDo Not Let Us ForgetHLa despedidaDisc 5I1Burn (take 1)I2Burn (take 2)JWaiting for ChristmasDisc 6KThe Man in the Blue MaskLAssassin’s Bay2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 40:41
1Tria Prima3:292Trinity5:233Resurrection4:204Le tombeau de Jacques de Molay4:255Sleepy Hollow2:416Friday the 13th3:457Misericordia5:508Incant4:299Slipway6:192015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 49:36
1Ouroboros (trio version 1)9:032Occam's Razor9:273Ouroboros (duo version)9:034The Aristos13:025Ouroboros (trio version 2)9:012015 · studio album
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1The Illusionist12:022Marmarath5:183Snakes and Ladders5:284Alterities2:495Paradigm Shift4:356The Divine Comedy12:542015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 50:31
1For Derek 114:102For Derek 28:573For Derek 36:094For Derek 48:035For Derek 56:206For Derek 66:52Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 51:50
1Magic Carpet Ride7:362Gormenghast8:293Queen of Ilium5:194Once Upon a Time5:135Flight From Salem4:206Pellucidar3:357Atlantis4:598A Perfume From Cleopolis6:099Jewels of Opar6:10The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:48
1Strategies4:052Psychosoma2:523Imaginary Stations3:214The Power of the Runic Symbols3:075Dark Sacrifice4:516Sorcerer3:427Ecclesiastes2:198The Gordian Knot3:339Phantasms7:3110Mirrors of Being7:272015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 45:14
1Dance of Death5:532Pariah3:153Ghost Sonata6:254Inferno20:575Blasphemy2:026The Powers2:517Dreamplay3:51James Moore Plays the Book of Heads
2015 · studio album
Madrigals (For Six Female Voices)
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:02
1Adonais3:172The Witch of Atlas3:523Epipsychidion3:494The Devil's Walk2:365Endymion5:416Ocean Nymphs5:187Old Silenus3:218Twilight Phantasms4:009Queen Mab3:2810Universal Pan3:402016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 37:42
1Snakeskin7:462Plague2:583Ravens3:524Comet3:215Cinders3:236Nettles3:077Night5:198Spike3:289Missal4:282016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 43:09
1Scout4:132Riverrun4:363Child's Play5:074Porch Swing4:545Innocence7:136Pegasus4:177A Mystery7:038The Mockingbird5:462016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 38:59
1The Holy Visions23:262The Remedy of Fortune15:332016 · studio album
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1Harlequin6:582Colombina5:543Scaramouche6:204Pulcinella5:195Pierrot7:3649 Acts of Unspeakable Depravity in the Abominable Life and Times of Gilles de Rais
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:00
1Scene 1: At the Very Gates of Hell3:182Scene 2: Angelic Voices4:173Scene 3: And to the Brimstone, Fire3:254Scene 4: Dark Pageant3:365Scene 5: The Terragrammaton Labyrinth3:026Scene 6: A Cruel Ecstasy3:247Scene 7: Image of the Beast2:538Scene 8: Dance Macabre5:309Scene 9: Descent Into Madness7:3510Scene 10: The Holy Innocents5:00The Classic Guide to Strategy, Volume 4
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 45:34
1The Wind Book 111:462The Wind Book 214:403The Wind Book 34:474The Wind Book 47:105The Wind Book 57:11The Garden of Earthly Delights
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 45:33
1Angels and Devils3:102The Infernal Machine4:183The Dragon Tree5:164Paean to the Prince of Hell5:115Music of the Flesh6:586Eve and Adam4:267Mirror Image4:058The Garden of Earthly Delights5:329The Circuit1:3710Out of the Eternal Sphere5:002017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 57:31
1Antiphonal Fanfare for the Great Hall3:522Freud10:053Merlin6:104Divagations: Ravings5:195Divagations: Wanderings4:366The Steppenwolf6:447In Excelsis2:228Merlin (Version II)6:499II n'y a Plus de Firmament11:342017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 42:12
1Sliver'd in the Moon's Eclipse4:562Moonlight Revels3:573The Envious Moon5:244By Moonlight at Her Window Sung3:425This Lanthorn3:066Ill Met by Moonlight4:147Moon Take Thy Flight3:268And the Wolf Behowls the Moon3:449Moonbeams4:0110Wand'ring Moon5:422017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 39:35
1Naked Lunch11:072Obscure Objects of Desire10:453The Exterminating Angel17:432018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 49:31
1Disgusted With Life2:482This Piano Lid Serves as a Wall3:523With Wet Clothes and Disheveled Hair He Wandered in the Dead of Night in Search of Shelter3:024Then Again, Who Amongst Us Can Complain3:405A Rain of Threats and Screams3:436The Pelican or the Pelicaness3:067After That the Funnel Became a Symbol2:558Desperate From Having Been Left Without a Bladder1:289Disgusted With Life (original)2:5010This Piano Lid Serves as a Wall (original)3:5611With Wet Clothes and Disheveled Hair He Wandered in the Dead of Night in Search of Shelter (original)3:0512Then Again, Who Amongst Us Can Complain (original)3:4813A Rain of Threats and Screams (original)3:5014The Pelican or the Pelicaness (original)3:1115After That the Funnel Became a Symbol (original)2:5716Desperate From Having Been Left Without a Bladder (original)1:202018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 46:23
1The Recognitions3:392Pulsations8:243A Void4:474Mason and Dixon5:035Progeny2:506The Journal of Albion Moonlight6:547The Atrocity Exhibition4:438The Unnameable3:099Cat's Cradle3:0910Nostromo3:452018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 46:21
A1Ge'ulah4:36A2Gadolot4:59A3Posekim4:14A4Katanot4:34A5Da'at4:31B1Sapir4:16B2Pirke Avot5:02B3Hod5:35B4Dim Yoni5:06B5Sitra Achra3:282018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 44:16
1Veve18:282Through a Glass, Darkly16:033Le Tourbillon9:452018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:50
1The Devil Bid Me Serve Him3:342Spectral Evidence4:053Tituba5:314Witness to an Invisible World3:285Spell Bound6:386Malleus Maleficarum2:327Dark of the Moon4:408Under an Evil Hand3:459Sarah Good4:4210I Will Not Write in Your Book Though You Do Kill Me!4:55Nove Cantici Per Francesco D'Assisi
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 43:20
1Brother Sun, Sister Moon4:062Admonitions4:223Nativity3:324Laudes creaturarum2:365Poor Clares4:076Sister Death5:187Mother Earth3:338Le laudi5:099Fioretti3:3710Meditations (Saint Francis in the Desert)7:00Cat O'Nine Tails / The Dead Man / Memento Mori / Kol Nidre
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:00:13
1Cat O'Nine Tails13:422The Dead Man: 1. Variations1:053The Dead Man: 2. Sonatas0:394The Dead Man: 3. Manifesto0:485The Dead Man: 4. Fanfare1:176The Dead Man: 5. Meditation0:587The Dead Man: 6. Rondo0:458The Dead Man: 7. Romance0:209The Dead Man: 8. Blossoms1:0210The Dead Man: 9. Fantasy0:5911The Dead Man: 10. Folio1:2512The Dead Man: 11. Nocturne1:3613The Dead Man: 12. Etude (Hockey)1:0114The Dead Man: 13. Prelude1:1715Memento Mori26:1816Kol Nidre7:012019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 46:59
1The Hierophant5:012The High Priestess6:213The Devil2:284The Magician6:095The Hermit3:056The Hanged Man8:527Death5:108The Tower4:109The Lovers5:43Tractatus Musico-Philosophicus: Philosophical Investigations From the Invisible Theatre
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 1 track · 37:49
1Tractatus Musico-Philosophicus: Philosophical Investigations From the Invisible Theatre37:492019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 42:42
1Novalis6:242A Prayer for Nossis6:223Nijinsky7:264Speculum2:115Penumbra3:146Stretta1:577Occultation2:468Arborescence2:429Die Traumdeutung9:402020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 46:26
1Juliana3:262Apart From the World4:503Visiones1:544Conveniens3:545Divine Revelations6:306Per Amica Silentia Lunae5:037The Hazelnut3:158An Orb-Like Canopy of Gentle Darkness3:299All Shall Be Well4:2910The Ground of Our Beseeching2:3011Ancrene Wisse3:3312Infernal Night (Sin Is Behovely)3:332020 · studio album
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1The Ghost of Departed Quantities22:212Parabolas19:212020 · studio album
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1Baphomet39:072020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 41:50
1Ubu20:082Baudelaires: I. Paris Spleen / II. Flowers of Evil / III. Artificial Paradises12:043Oviri9:38Songs for Petra: Petra Haden Sings the Zorn/Harris Songbook
2020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 40:17
1Easy Time3:472Lost in the Rain4:123Nothing2:584The Wind in the Clouds2:535It Was Innocent3:146Kafiristan2:307Waiting for Christmas3:028All This Time2:589Listen2:5110Taking My Time3:0011My Forbidden Tears2:5212I Never Thought1:5213Over Your Head4:082020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 45:33
1Shapeshifter (take one)8:022Autumn Rhythm11:383Diableries11:454As Above, So Below6:065Shapeshifter (take two)8:022020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 47:22
1I1:382II2:513III2:204IV3:235V3:336VI2:017VII2:438VIII2:079IX2:4010X1:5711XI3:5312XII1:4713XIII3:3514XIV1:3615XV3:4516XVI2:5217XVII2:3318XVIII2:08John Zorn’s Bagatelles, Vol. 1–4
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 47 tracks · 2:32:23
Disc 11Bagatelle #574:462Bagatelle #2845:243Bagatelle #673:004Bagatelle #335:195Bagatelle #1623:376Bagatelle #1083:257Bagatelle #1653:158Bagatelle #824:589Bagatelle #1034:13Disc 210Bagatelle #462:0011Bagatelle #1632:4312Bagatelle #274:5213Bagatelle #2033:1114Bagatelle #655:3815Bagatelle #2061:5716Bagatelle #435:1117Bagatelle #163:3518Bagatelle #2214:3319Bagatelle #372:25Disc 320Bagatelle #2721:5421Bagatelle #2602:1522Bagatelle #583:0023Bagatelle #93:5224Bagatelle #312:1425Bagatelle #492:2526Bagatelle #2932:2127Bagatelle #2113:4728Bagatelle #202:2129Bagatelle #2941:4830Bagatelle #172:5231Bagatelle #42:1532Bagatelle #2202:4533Bagatelle #142:4234Bagatelle #2302:53Disc 435Bagatelle #1442:1236Bagatelle #2004:1937Bagatelle #852:0738Bagatelle #2582:0939Bagatelle #1952:5840Bagatelle #2442:5941Bagatelle #1471:2742Bagatelle #1092:5443Bagatelle #1074:1344Bagatelle #793:4545Bagatelle #1922:4646Bagatelle #1782:5447Bagatelle #2184:142021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 42:28
1Gnosis6:302Poimandres4:153Dance of the Cross7:594Three Forms of First Thought2:075Kephalaia4:516Parthian Songs6:507Prayer of the Messenger3:248Sophia=Wisdom3:209A Garment of Light3:122021 · studio album
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1Auto-Da-Fé7:592Acéphale10:363Asclemandres8:144Descent Into the Maelstrom8:265Konx Om Pax10:056Casting the Runes9:072021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 40:13
1Devotion4:042El Castillo Interior4:133A Blessing of Tears3:564Danza Estática2:405An Embarrassment of Raptures4:206Teresa4:247El Camino4:098The Sweetness of Excessive Pain4:419Marrano5:0810Levitations2:382021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 39:46
1The Initiate3:502Corinthians I5:243The Servitor5:454St. Augustine6:585Egregore4:366Crossing the Abyss3:507Liber M2:488Imp of the Perverse2:529Corinthians II3:432021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 40:08
1The Mountain Path4:022The Broken Window2:393The Magic Monastery5:464A Perfumed Scorpion3:135At the Crossroads4:186The Boiling Cauldron3:177The Three Domains4:158Light Weaving4:469The Secret of the Locked Room2:0110Caravanary3:4211Hidden Miracles2:09Nostradamus: The Death of Satan
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:41
1Melmoth4:372Flowers of Heaven5:433Seven Spirits2:334The Watchers4:585Hail Holy Light2:076The Stygian Pool4:097From the Cave of Treasures5:408Dark Angels2:439A Mantic Stain5:1810Chaos and Eternal Light3:532021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 48:32
1The Sun5:012The Star2:383Temperance (Alchemy)4:374The Emperor3:365The Fool3:356The Empress5:447The Chariot2:528The Moon1:319Judgment2:5610The World4:0111Justice4:5012The Wheel3:5113Strength3:202021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 53:00
1Tharsis10:272Rigal6:103Hath Arob5:114Sansanah8:355Mibi3:066Kedushah10:007Tagriel8:168Piram1:15John Zorn’s Bagatelles, Vol. 5–8
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 38 tracks · 2:58:47
Disc 11Bagatelle #295:032Bagatelle #506:023Bagatelle #546:454Bagatelle #595:175Bagatelle #863:176Bagatelle #887:267Bagatelle #974:588Bagatelle #2264:47Disc 21Bagatelle #1193:562Bagatelle #1493:583Bagatelle #2664:184Bagatelle #418:475Bagatelle #2745:486Bagatelle #2157:097Bagatelle #1535:108Bagatelle #2888:10Disc 31Bagatelle #2633:412Bagatelle #2902:333Bagatelle #1513:564Bagatelle #2924:225Bagatelle #722:346Bagatelle #960:217Bagatelle #1124:338Bagatelle #1103:409Bagatelle #2892:4210Bagatelle #2384:2011Bagatelle #1114:3712Bagatelle #1214:3513Bagatelle #1764:51Disc 41Bagatelle #2234:502Bagatelle #645:243Bagatelle #214:514Bagatelle #285:195Bagatelle #235:226Bagatelle #84:407Bagatelle #343:568Bagatelle #63:129Bagatelle #1573:372021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 39:13
1Canto I5:342Canto II5:363Canto III4:514Canto IV2:375Canto V5:046Canto VI4:347Canto VII3:188Canto VIII4:459Canto IX2:542021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 43:10
1Riverrun (Beckett’s Labyrinth)3:422The Secret Mirror5:413Circular Ruins5:324Legend5:575The Rose of Paracelsus4:066The Zahir2:557The Encounter4:018Orbus Tertius3:189The Forking Path7:582022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 44:37
1Introit10:422A Secret Twilight5:003Lacrimosa6:444Eventide6:305Midnight Vespers4:396Hekate5:587Tenderness5:042022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 42:12
1Immanence22:122Spinoza20:002022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 1 track · 31:41
1Shir Hashirim31:412022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 45:36
1Praeludium5:562Allemande3:113Sarabande3:534Scherzo3:075Menuet3:466Passacaglia6:437Gigue5:328Pavane4:479Intermezzo3:5810Air4:432022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 56:30
1The Future of an Illusion5:232Nausea5:363Totem and Taboo7:524The Black Swan4:175Im Rosigten Licht5:376Cascades6:057Eros and Ananke2:228Sisyphus4:249Ens Causa Sui6:1810Nemesis3:5711Thanatos4:39Multiplicities: A Repository of Non‐Existent Objects
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:35
1Perceptors2:012Ariadne4:223Erewhon2:504Lines of Flight5:315Conundrum2:116Meinong’s Jungle3:027Virtualities3:548Functives6:149The Nidus7:4310Succession3:47John Zorn’s Bagatelles, Vol. 9–12
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 50 tracks · 2:52:25
Disc 11Bagatelle #1644:382Bagatelle #1306:383Bagatelle #1664:534Bagatelle #1403:175Bagatelle #2403:286Bagatelle #2776:517Bagatelle #1393:468Bagatelle #2694:359Bagatelle #2042:44Disc 21Bagatelle #2283:072Bagatelle #1263:223Bagatelle #1254:574Bagatelle #1132:595Bagatelle #613:366Bagatelle #191:447Bagatelle #1143:478Bagatelle #943:249Bagatelle #2193:0410Bagatelle #2913:2011Bagatelle #34:44Disc 31Bagatelle #2273:512Bagatelle #2462:543Bagatelle #3002:554Bagatelle #776:105Bagatelle #2554:456Bagatelle #1814:057Bagatelle #1905:008Bagatelle #2784:019Bagatelle #2413:2610Bagatelle #1936:5211Bagatelle #1206:40Disc 41Bagatelle #10:592Bagatelle #2961:093Bagatelle #131:064Bagatelle #2592:015Bagatelle #2072:466Bagatelle #2362:417Bagatelle #1373:078Bagatelle #2121:369Bagatelle #383:0110Bagatelle #2853:3111Bagatelle #2711:2112Bagatelle #712:2013Bagatelle #1893:0414Bagatelle #1291:4615Bagatelle #1451:1316Bagatelle #982:3917Bagatelle #2672:1218Bagatelle #2292:2019Bagatelle #2874:002023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 41:26
1Meetings With Remarkable Men22:582Journey to the Inaccessible3:373Into the Abyss4:454The Book of Pleasure4:365Sacred Steps2:246Matins3:062023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 42:35
1Katzatz4:172Idalah-Abal7:063Rahtiel9:044Jair4:295Abidan7:046Ne'eman7:097Achshaph3:262023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 46:37
1Splendor Solis4:252Retort7:353In Sulphur and in Flame2:594Astral Projection7:315Civil Disobedience3:296With Blood I Summon Thee5:497Salt and Mercury5:388Tayy al‐Ard9:11Multiplicities II: A Repository of Nonexistent Objects
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 40:01
1X Is C2:442Difference and Repetition5:263Oxymora1:044Apophrades4:205Time Image3:456Soothsayer3:1471,000 Plateaux3:428The Planes of Immanence3:539Chaosmos4:2810Objects of the Mind7:252023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 39:06
1The Innocent Voyage10:342Restless Melancholy7:333Hallucinations7:034Amor Fati11:045A Childhood Memory2:52John Zorn’s Bagatelles, Vol. 13–16
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 41 tracks · 3:11:55
Disc 11Bagatelle #54:052Bagatelle #2133:403Bagatelle #1543:184Bagatelle #1755:165Bagatelle #1283:366Bagatelle #2484:307Bagatelle #484:028Bagatelle #2823:089Bagatelle #2423:1210Bagatelle #2523:4011Bagatelle #1723:4212Bagatelle #2613:22Disc 21Bagatelle #221:582Bagatelle #243:333Bagatelle #1682:514Bagatelle #2503:285Bagatelle #1153:256Bagatelle #514:377Bagatelle #1843:338Bagatelle #2624:299Bagatelle #2256:56Disc 31Bagatelle #1483:422Bagatelle #1503:003Bagatelle #1962:444Bagatelle #1583:195Bagatelle #2432:546Bagatelle #1044:517Bagatelle #1053:218Bagatelle #1231:449Bagatelle #2993:5410Bagatelle #1614:5511Bagatelle #323:0112Bagatelle #2492:34Disc 41Bagatelle #2569:522Bagatelle #787:073Bagatelle #1438:174Bagatelle #637:575Bagatelle #28:066Bagatelle #19811:347Bagatelle #749:178Bagatelle #1019:252023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 43:38
1Where the Wild Thyme Blows6:582I Cried to Dream Again7:023Behold the Night of Our Solemnities6:044My Troublous Dreams6:145Phantasma5:306The Shadow of a Dream6:527Swift as Shadow4:582023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 39:29
1Blue Equinox6:122Somnambula4:033The Three Wands3:554Nocturnals5:175The Week With Nine Mondays3:106A Wilderness of Mirrors5:377Emerging Light3:008A Luminous Parable of Indeterminate Import1:569Patience6:192023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 42:22
1Stirrings, Still6:082The Calmative7:133The Unnamable10:244Eleuthéria7:065The Dream Paradox7:586Endgame3:332023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 35:56
1In the Footsteps of Hermes14:242The Evental Devalorization of the Perhaps10:043Form, Object, and Desire11:28The Hermetic Organ, Vol. 11: For Terry Riley
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 40:47
1A New Door Opens20:422Elissa’s Tears20:05The Hermetic Organ, Vol. 12: The Bosch Requiem
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 46:19
1Part One: Crossing the River Styx17:042Part Two: A Pilgrimage Through Hell29:152024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 42:05
1The Enchanted Castle4:112In Sorrow's Eye4:063Innocent Sleep6:284A Cruel Theft of Light3:585Shadow to My Sightless View5:116Mercutio4:427The Faerie's Kiss2:548A Dancing Star2:549Out of This Nettle, Danger We Pluck This Flower, Safety7:412024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 43:32
1Ballade Nr. 14:392Ballade Nr. 23:283Ballade Nr. 33:144Ballade Nr. 42:385Ballade Nr. 55:186Ballade Nr. 65:187Ballade Nr. 75:228Ballade Nr. 84:309Ballade Nr. 93:3310Ballade Nr. 103:1411Ballade Nr. 112:182024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 42:25
1With Blinding Sight12:282A Clown in the Moon9:323Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night13:464Close of the Day6:392024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 40:35
1The Seven Pillars12:372Noumena4:273The Fourold Root3:324A Faithful Longing5:565Tautologies3:376Paralipomena4:247The Arrow of Time6:022025 · studio album
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Disc 11Cat O’ Nine Tails13:172Dead Man11:223Memento Mori24:374Kol Nidre6:27Disc 21Necronomicon: I Conjurations2:202Necronomicon: II The Magus5:463Necronomicon: III Thought-Forms2:524Necronomicon: IV Incunabula6:405Necronomicon: V Asmodeus2:276The Alchemist19:407The Remedy of Fortune14:538The Unseen13:222025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 37:59
1Bagatelle #574:472Bagatelle #2845:243Bagatelle #673:004Bagatelle #335:195Bagatelle #1623:376Bagatelle #1083:257Bagatelle #1653:158Bagatelle #824:589Bagatelle #1034:142025 · studio album
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1Bagatelle #462:002Bagatelle #1632:433Bagatelle #274:524Bagatelle #2033:115Bagatelle #655:386Bagatelle #2061:577Bagatelle #435:118Bagatelle #163:359Bagatelle #2214:3310Bagatelle #372:252025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 36:29
1Nine Secret Crossings to the Eternal Repetitions of Existence18:232The Pentacle of Albucius11:063A Tear in Time7:002025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 38:58
1Bagatelle #1442:132Bagatelle #2004:193Bagatelle #852:074Bagatelle #2582:095Bagatelle #1952:586Bagatelle #2442:597Bagatelle #1471:278Bagatelle #1092:549Bagatelle #1074:1310Bagatelle #793:4511Bagatelle #1922:4612Bagatelle #1782:5413Bagatelle #2184:142025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 41:43
1Paradise Regained Pt 13:442Paradise Regained Pt 23:393Paradise Regained Pt 34:294L’Antitête10:175The Philosophy of Weightlessness10:256Terra Firma Terra Incognita9:09
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put John Zorn head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 40 | 94.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 193 | 99.3th |
| Studio albums | 193 | 99.9th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 196 | 99.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 47 | 88th |
| Genres | 22 | 99.7th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | MacArthur Fellows Program | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Jam Tonic(band) | — | present | |
| Company 91(band) | — | present | |
| Hemophiliac(band) | — | present | original |
| Mystic Fugu Orchestra(band) | — | present | |
| Masada(band) | — | present | original |
| Naked City(band) | — | present | original |
| Brötzmann Clarinet Project(band) | — | present | |
| Locus Solus(band) | — | present | |
| Modern Chamber Music(band) | — | present | |
| Bladerunner(band) | — | present | |
| Torture Garden(band) | — | present | |
| Moonchild(band) | — | present | additional,saxophone |
| Toy Killers(band) | — | present | |
| Awakening Ground(band) | — | present | alto saxophone,original |
| New Electric Masada(band) | — | present | saxophone |
| The Frank Lowe Orchestra(band) | — | present | alto saxophone |
| John Zorn Ensemble(band) | — | present | |
| Wadada Leo Smith’s Silver Orchestra(band) | — | present | alto saxophone |
| The Microscopic Septet(band) | — | present | alto saxophone,original |
| Painkiller(band) | 1991 | present | original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Zorn%2C_Newport_Jazz_Festival_2014.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7ec4a553-73e5-4c0d-a071-a82b83a309e6discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7ec4a553-73e5-4c0d-a071-a82b83a309e6core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298726genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298726seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zornbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zorn
Why this artist is in the database
- List of composers by name
Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 40 language versions)
Image: digboston · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q298726 · MusicBrainz: 7ec4a553-73e5-4c0d-a071-a82b83a309e6
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