702397839521

John Zorn's Olympiad Vol. 3 - Pops Plays Pops - Eugene Chadbourne Plays The Book Of Heads

John Zorn

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDTZA8395

Release Date:  20 January 2023

Label:  Tzadik

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  702397839521

Genres:  Classical  Avant-garde  

  • Description

    Composed in 1976 and studied by guitarists the world over, The Book of Heads is one of Zorn's most popular and oft-performed compositions.

    Concentrated into 35 heads that can be used as jumping off points for improvisation, the score uses an hermetic language of meticulously notated sounds inspired by contemporary classical extended techniques, cartoons, film noir, Zen philosophy, and the idiosyncratic guitar languages of free improvisation via Chadbourne, Frith, Bailey et al. Interpreted here by the madcap virtuoso they were originally created for: Eugene Chadbourne, they receive a passionate and creative interpretation "looser, wilder and more open than the textbook readings of James Moore and Marc Ribot. Vexingly entertaining, this curious release contains fifteen of the original 35 ©tudes: sixty minutes of the most gonzo music ever created for solo guitar!

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Etude 2
      • 2. Etude 29
      • 3. Etude 17
      • 4. Etude 33
      • 5. Etude 23
      • 6. Etude 16
      • 7. Etude 27
      • 8. Etude 35
      • 9. Etude
      • 10. Etude 22
      • 11. Etude 34
      • 12. Etude 8
      • 13. Etude 12
      • 14. Etude
      • 15. Etude 5
      • 16. Etude 1
      • 17. Etude 3