John Zorn documentary part 1

John Zorn, talking in his apartment about his file card composition Spillane, how TV and cartoon music inspired him and other stuff.
Featuring appearances by Ted Epstein and Christian Marclay

[@pyroseed13]

Unfortunately most people will live their entire lives never discovering his contributions to music.

[@murraytaylor123]

Zorn would seriously have to be one of the greatest, most original musicians of all time. Absolute genius.

[@daveywavey1896]

If it wasn't for Mike Patton I would've never discovered this genius of a man.

[@InsertName125]

One of my favorite composers. Spillane influenced me as a musician more than any other piece I've ever heard. In part, I became a professional composer due to this piece. This piece may have ruined my life. Thanks a lot John Zorn!

[@communty]

Deeply stressful record shelves.

[@mejsjalv]

while tons of so-called artists struggle to make some pointless hits, Zorn and Co. are doing pretty much what they want with music, not only as virtuosos but with such unbelievable passion. Such a talented musician. Very few come up with such level of genius... Zappa, Hermeto Pascoal, Miles Davis...

[@FeonaLeeJones]

Very much inspired by John Zorn… His output is incredible and so varied… He has combined literally every single genre of music…

[@skullcrusher6]

i found out about john zorn when i were 14 years old (im still 14) at library and they had this tabel with a sing that said "music that dosent play in radio" when the library were just about to be closed i picked and loaned up a random CD from that table it was Six Litanies for Heliogabalus when i went home that day i listened that CD when i were reading some H.P. lovecraft. after that ive been hooked in zorns music

[@josuemedina4180]

so you are like 24 yrs old now?

[@skullcrusher6]

@@josuemedina4180 Yes. Feels funny seeing this comment of mine from 10 years ago.

[@loosescrew472]

@@skullcrusher6 holy shit

[@josuemedina7556]

@@skullcrusher6 did you became a musician? i guess art truly is long and life really is short

[@johnwaynesfoot]

The piece is "Improvisation Ajoutee" by Mauricio Kagel. It looks like he has the album "A Second Wind for Organ" by David Tudor, part of the "Music of Our Time" series on Odyssey, a Columbia sub-label [Odyssey 32 16 0158 (stereo) 32 16 0157 (mono)].

[@alvogeljr]

Thanks for posting this

[@davepearen8954]

I'm jealous of the record collection.

[@666slink]

Thanks for posting this. I just got turned onto Zorn recently.

[@misotheism6668]

The music in the back

[@vacuumnoise]

great documentary thanks for posting

[@pianostuff2731]

I do the black and white sock thing too, such a gnarly young man

[@HankPeters]

Two days late of my birthday. What a fantastic belated gift!

[@marianobalestena4661]

as far as I know, it's Improvisation Ajoutée by Mauricio Kagel

[@boogster123321]

right there with you, perfect music

[@disconnected22]

Thank you for that info. BTW, did they have to mix the music so loud over him talking?

[@tjfreak]

I cant remember how I stumbled into The Big Gun down & then Spillane in the 80's maybe it was DCB or NUR ...I was hooked quickly

[@OddBank]

i feel you back in 92 when i was a freshman a older kid gave me the Naked City Cd and told me it came from aleins nearly 20 yrs later we have a band 2gether now called" X+X" all owed to JOHN ZORN

[@DylanBrady1]

amazing

[@crustohnotsgac8532]

swag

[@disconnected22]

Keep in mind, we're talking J-pop from 30 years ago....not Dance Dance Revolution music...

[@disconnected22]

@zorn666.....the name of the artist is Mauricio Kagel. The album is "Improvisation Ajoutee". It's out of print, but you can find it on Amazon.

[@grandtheftautocj]

I'm digging the Agnostic Front t-shirt

[@GandalfDaBlack]

Proper artist.

[@mtvralinavi4677]

he is incredible

[@zorn666]

at about 4:10 he starts talking about this record, but I can't get the name of the artist and album, you guys can help me out?

[@nolifemusicanman]

Hey everyone, please, help me out, what is the name of the album with the guys hooting that he's talking about from 4.00-5.00?

[@gerrymerry8130]

What is the name of the song at 1.52?

[@lookstranger]

@bootysurgeon Pretty sure Chomsky and Zorn could spell avant-garde, though.

[@kraftyhandz]

Favorite human

[@flipskater032]

whats the beat at the beginning?

[@terriblecrayon]

sick dude! sick. :)

[@grandtheftautocj]

Damn, from 7:55 I have just realized he was talking about Naked city some years before he created it.

[@boogster123321]

@skullcrusher6 hey man i read your comment and it reminded me of how i heard zorn. i was 13 and i was reading a news paper article and someone brought him up. i checked him out and ive never been the same since.

[@KokoRicky]

@Speedfreak333, perhaps you would like Boredoms, Painkiller, Hanatarash and Sun Ra as well.

[@blerkh]

What's the style of music Zorn mentions around 7:31? Tanko?!

[@grotafundadshyrjut2700]

TANGO

[@customgoesdisco]

Can someone please tell what's playing on 2:00 ?

[@lucasvelasco3231]

Anyone knows the name of the documentary? Who made it? which year? other specifications?

[@blackoperations13]

'put blood in the music' directed by charles atlas. was broadcast on uk tv in 1989 on the south bank show. first half of docu is john zorn. second half is sonic youth

[@deliman]

daaaaamn!

[@EverettDudgeon138]

What record was he holding up at the beginning? Cago Improvisation...?

[@robhekkers517]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauricio_Kagel

[@TheAlbertron42]

One black sock, and one white sock. Must have been laundry day.

[@Speedfreak333]

Thank you i'm 13 years old and my favourite musician is zorn, and patton.

[@ferakusuma9120]

my sister was just 9 y.o when she started to become zorn's fans

[@victorchapa6307]

@tago susej THE shit. Fixed it for you. ;-)

[@squandermania]

What year is this?

[@TheMisterD00D]

One hell of a man.

[@Speedfreak333]

@CodyRicheson I know about Boredoms, Painkiller (one of my favourtie band), and I know about Sun Ra aswell. Hanatarash is the only one that I havent listened, but I know that its another EYE project.

[@totoesteves]

A second Wind for organ...kagel, Mumma Wolf

[@SelfishMonologues]

dude's a geek

[@a.visser]

Painkiller changed my life.

[@pierrepicot3706]

Carl Stelling or Bill Lava was a forgotens génius

[@mousetrapreplica91]

Da notare la maglietta dei Butthole Surfers, grandissimo! peccato che io di inglese ne capisca poco...

[@scratchacidyow]

Listen to the Horikadu podcast.

[@bobvanluijt]

On 6:07 he talks about somebody? Carl Something? What is the name?

[@victorchapa6307]

Carl Stalling.

[@popluhv]

Mauricio Kagel - Improvisation ajoutée

[@graipoupon2198]

good call. he introduced me to Kagel, a very long time ago, when I studied under him.

[@qixotical]

He's like the Woody Allen of alt-fucked jazz. I kinda think this a is good thing.

[@chromedomejunior]

this comment didn't age very well

[@misotheism6668]

He reminds me of Thom York

[@OtherSideOfTheVoid]

you're all tossers apat fom mykk

[@qixotical]

edit: latvian potato upmix....sorry

[@osodeanteojosyt]

fucking screamer at the beginning

[@alexblock2248]

Dude sounds like Woody Allen and has his Mannerisms

[@OtherSideOfTheVoid]

good observation, you wanker

[@Pleepleus]

Take the image away and it makes more musical sense to me, Jay Z. Development is for squares.

[@3vergiven]

VERY Jewish man, haha. Talks kind of like Woody Allen. Great musician, too.

[@bootysurgeon]

This guy may be the quintessential NYC poseur. As many people -- including genuinely great downtown musicians -- mistake Zorn's overweening mediocrities for the avant guard as there are fools who confuse Noam Chomsky with a world-class public intellectual.

[@fifthstooge]

Lets see your compositions hot shot