I didn't realize how good this CD sounds until today. If you have speakers that don't overdo and bloat the bass, it sounds phenominal. It was a bit lack-luster on my old PSB Image T55s. On my Yaras, its on par with some of the most respected recordings - ie Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. Seriously. There's a lot of detail and soundstaging that wasn't there before.
John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 01 - Masada String Trio John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 02 - John Zorn-Milford Graves (2004) John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 03 - Locus Solus John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 04 - Electric Masada John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 05 - Fred Frith John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 07 - Masada John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 08 - Zorn, Susie Ibarra, Wadada Leo Smith (2003) John Zorn 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 12 - Painkiller John Zorn Angelus Novus (1998) John Zorn Astronome John Zorn Bar Kokhba - Masada Chamber Ensembles - FLAC John Zorn Bar Kokhba Sextet - Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Poland - 1999-6-25 John Zorn Book of Angels Vol. 01 - Astaroth - Jamie Saft Trio Plays Masada Book 2 John Zorn Book of Angels Vol. 02 - Azazel - Masada String Trio Plays Masada Book 2 John Zorn Book of Angels Vol. 03 - Malphas - Mark Feldman and Sylvie Couvoisier Play Masada Book 2 John Zorn Book of Angels Vol. 04 - Orobas - Koby Israelite Plays Masada Book 2 John Zorn Book of Angels Vol. 05 - Balan - Cracow Klezmer Band Plays Masada Book 2 John Zorn Book of Angels Vol. 06 - Moloch - Uri Caine Plays Masada Book 2 John Zorn Book of Angels Vol. 07 - Asmodeus - Marc Ribot Plays Masada Book 2 John Zorn Book of Angels Vol. 08 - Volac - Erik Friedlander Plays Masada Book 2 John Zorn Book of Angels Vol. 10 - Lucifer - Bar Kokhba Plays Masada Book 2 (2008) John Zorn Cartoon S & M John Zorn Chimeras John Zorn Cobra - Live 2003-10-4 - The Shedd Eugene, OR John Zorn Duras- Duchamp John Zorn Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness John Zorn Elegy (1992) John Zorn Filmworks I (1986-1990) John Zorn Filmworks II - Music For an Untitled Film by Walter Hill John Zorn Filmworks IV - S and M +More John Zorn Filmworks V - Tears of Ecstasy John Zorn Filmworks VI - 1996 John Zorn Filmworks VII - Cynical Hysterie Hour John Zorn Filmworks X - In the Mirror of Maya Deren John Zorn Filmworks XI - 2002 Vol. One - Secret Lives John Zorn Filmworks XII - 2002 Vol. Two - Three Documentaries John Zorn Filmworks XIII - 2002 Vol. Three - Invitation to a Suicide John Zorn Filmworks XIV - Hiding and Seeking John Zorn Filmworks XIX - The Rain Horse (2008) John Zorn Filmworks XV - Protocols of Zion John Zorn Filmworks XVI - Workingman's Death John Zorn Filmworks XVII - Notes on Marie Menken - Ray Bandars John Zorn Filmworks XVIII - The Treatment John Zorn From Silence to Sorcery John Zorn Hemophiliac John Zorn IAO - Music In Saced Light (2002) John Zorn Kristallnacht John Zorn Locus Solus John Zorn Lou Reed - Laurie Anderson - The Stone - Issue 3 (2008) John Zorn Lucifer - Book of Angels Vol 10 - Bar Kokhba Plays Masada Book Two (2008) John Zorn Magick (2004) John Zorn Masada Guitars John Zorn Masada Recital John Zorn Masada Recital (2004) John Zorn Masada Rock John Zorn Moonchild John Zorn Music For Children (1998) John Zorn New Traditions In East Asian Bar Bands John Zorn News For Lulu John Zorn Redbird (1995) John Zorn Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, A Tribute to Bruno Schultz - The Cracow Klezmer Band Plays John Zorn John Zorn Six Litanies for Heliogabalus John Zorn Spillane John Zorn Spy Vs. Spy- The Music of Ornette Coleman John Zorn String Quartets Nos. 1-4 John Zorn Taboo And Exile - Music Romance Vol. 2 John Zorn The Big Gundown John Zorn The Book of Heads John Zorn The Book Of Heads (1995) John Zorn The Bribe John Zorn The Circle Maker John Zorn The Dreamers (2008) John Zorn The Gift John Zorn The Parachute Years, ARCHERY REHEARSAL, Disc 5 John Zorn The Parachute Years, ARCHERY, Disc 6 John Zorn The Parachute Years, ARCHERY, Disc 7 John Zorn The Parachute Years, HOCKEY, Disc 3 John Zorn The Parachute Years, LACROSSE, Disc 1 John Zorn The Parachute Years, LACROSSE, Disc 2 John Zorn The Parachute Years, POOL, Disc 4 John Zorn The Stone - Issue One John Zorn The String Quartets (1999) John Zorn Unknown Masada John Zorn Voices In The Wilderness - Masada 10th Anniversary John Zorn Weird Little Boy John Zorn Xaphan - Book of Angels Vol. 9 - Secret Chiefs 3 Play Masada Book 2 (2008) John Zorn Xu Feng John Zorn - Masada Masada - 1 - Alef John Zorn - Masada Masada - 2 - Beit John Zorn - Masada Masada - 3 - Gimel John Zorn - Masada Masada - 4 - Dalet John Zorn - Masada Masada - 5 - Hei John Zorn - Masada Masada - 6 - Vav John Zorn - Masada Masada - 8 - Het John Zorn - Masada Masada - 9 - Tet John Zorn - Masada Masada - Live - 2003-10-4 - The Hult Center, Eugene, OR John Zorn - Masada Masada - Live (1995) {Jazz Door} John Zorn - Masada Masada - Live at Tonic - 2001 John Zorn - Masada Masada - Live In Jerusalem 1994 (1999) John Zorn - Masada Masada - Live in Sevilla 2000 John Zorn - Masada Masada - Sanhedrin: The Unreleased Studio Recordings: 1994-1997 (2004) John Zorn - Naked City Absinthe John Zorn - Naked City Black Box (1996) John Zorn - Naked City Grand Guignol John Zorn - Naked City Heretic John Zorn - Naked City Live at the Knitting Factory 1989 John Zorn - Naked City Naked City John Zorn - Naked City Radio John Zorn - Painkiller Execution Ground John Zorn - Painkiller Rituals- Live in Japan (1993) John Zorn & Eugene Chadbourne Sonora (1977-1981) John Zorn & Fantomas The Films of Kenneth Anger John Zorn & George Lewis & Derek Bailey Yankees (1982) John Zorn, Andrea Centazza, Tom Coara, Toshinori Kondo NY Tapes (1978) John Zorn, Bill Frisell & George Lewis More News For Lulu (1992) John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Elliot Sharp & Bobby Previte Downtown Lullaby (1998)
You are the first person to list Zorn here, outstanding...I applaud you. Very unique music and has a whole bunch of folks who have worked with him that gone on to outstanding careers...Dave Douglas for instance.
Kirk, Battles.... strong. And yes Zorn's Masada canon has some wonderful songs.
Art, Thanks friend! I find it strange no one else on here is loving John Zorn. He is my my musical god. From his own playing, to his compositions, conducting/arranging, producing, his labels, everything about his world I cherish.
The list of people he has turned me onto, by association, is immense. And they contribute hundreds of CDs to my collection.
Just to name a very few: Dave Douglas Bill Laswell Marc Ribot Buckethead Ikue Mori Wayne Horvitz Joey Baron (so good) Secret Chiefs 3 Ruins Derek Bailey Trey Spruance Eyvind Kang Bill Frisell
and on and on.
To list them all would be a bigger post than my Zorn list above.
I will buy absolutely ANYTHING that come out on the Tzadik label, as well as his defunct? Japanese label Avant, under DIW.
Jan, I have done "transfers" of my entire vinyl library. The process is fairly simple and the end result is fabulous provided you have a REALLY NICE analog kit.
When we converted to Digital, we encoded to a 24 bit (word depth) and 96khz (sampling rate). FYI, standard "Red Book" CDs are 16 bits with a 44.1 khz sample rate. This is what we all have been purchasing since the 80s.
When converting analog to digital, one has the ability to encode to a much higher resolution.
Fortunately, the two kits i have "borrowed" to get the transfers done, are top notch.
Paul Simon...negotiations and love songs..on the big dog. Me and Julio...as always, something delightfully different fron Paul...
Singles Entre Nous...Rush...MoFi master cd She ain't pretty...Northern Pikes Shattered...Barney Bental The Cult..Born to be wild...seriously,ferociously loud
And..Jeff Healy...Mess of Blues. ..Highly recommended cd!
That Notting Hillbillies is a gem Mike. Different, but a gem nonetheless. I'm going to set that up next. ....After Lennie Kravitz Mama Said and Circus.
Stryvn, "And Mark Knopfler's Ragpicker's Dream. This guy's been borrowing JJ Cale's stuff for an entire career. I dig."
Last night I had a few beers with an old friend I hadn't seen in years. He was telling me he'd recently seen Mark Knopfler live, and came away impressed. I have most of the Dire Straits stuff on vinyl, but no solo MK. Any recommendations on where to start?
Couple of recent listens - Beatles Abbey Road -vinyl ARS - The Best of ARS -cd
Sem, One of my favorites from MK is Local Hero. It's got a solo feel to it and is Dire Straits-ish at the same time. The Ragpicker's is pretty good. And the Chet Atkins effort, Neck And Neck, is good as well.
