"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 3/11/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
John Zorn is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 10 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that John Zorn is rated as an impressive live performer, with enjoyable shows overall.
John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in New York City, United States) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn's recorded output is prolific with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer, or producer.
Where to start? His recent pair of compositions for classical ensembles or an album from his latest metal group? Oh, look: Last year’s book of tunes for small jazz combo seems to have attracted some of the best improvising players in the world.
But that was almost what happened on Saturday night at John Zorn’s solo organ performance – part of the Ars Nova Workshop’s New Paths Festival – in the Girard College Chapel.
There's a string quartet and a thrash metal trio; a lounge band who sound like they're playing Charlie Brown themes; and an a cappella quintet who sound like a medieval Andrews Singers.
The musical universe he has created is utterly distinct and unique yet has always garnered power in reflecting music from around the world suggesting a soundtrack to the new globalised culture.
The downtown Manhattan saxophonist, composer, label owner (of Tzadik) and promoter (at the not-for-profit space The Stone) is releasing no fewer than 12 albums of his music this year.
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