John Zorn Resource

Track Listing:

Lacrosse
1-1. Take 3  22:55 
1-2. Take 4  18:55 
1-3. Take 6  6:10 
1-4. Take 1  6:54 
1-5. Take 2  8:01 
1-6. Take 5  8:14 
2-1. Lacrosse (Twins Version)  29:58 

Hockey 
Electric Version 
3-1. Take 1  0:55 
3-2. Take 2  3:11 
3-3. Take 3  11:32 
3-4. Take 4  11:18 
Acoustic Version 
3-5. Take 2  3:43 
3-6. Take 4  2:45 
3-7. Take 11  0:54 
3-8. Take 13  1:02 
3-9. Take 1  3:10 
3-10. Take 3  3:16 
3-11. Take 4  1:08 
3-12. Take 6  1:00 
3-13. Take 7  1:07 
3-14. Take 8  0:45 
3-15. Take 9  1:22 
3-16. Take 10  1:03 
3-17. Take 12 1:16 

Pool
4-1. Pool  17:18 
4-2. Pool  16:19 
4-3. Pool  17:27 
4-4. Archery (Test And False Start)  4:09 

Archery 
Archery Rehearsal
5-1. Part 1  32:10 
5-2. Part 2  16:14 
5-3. Part 3  28:32 
Archery
6-1. A1–D2  20:35 
6-2. D3–G1  20:07 
7-1. G2–L4  23:53 
7-2. L5–O14  23:29

Personnel:

Mark Abbot - Electronics
Bruce Ackley - Soprano Saxophone 
Polly Bradfield - Violin, Viola, Electric Violin
Eugene Chadbourne - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Dobro, Tiple, Personal Effects, Effects
Anthony Coleman - Organ, Electric Piano 
Tom Cora - Cello
Lesli Dalaba - Prompter
Robert Dick - Flute
Wayne Horvitz - Amplified Piano
Bill Horvitz - Guitar
Henry Kaiser - Electric Guitar
Bill Laswell - Bass 
George Lewis - Trombone
Mark E. Miller - Percussion, Contact Microphones, Vibraphone
David Moss - Drums, Percussion, Voice
Charles K. Noyes - Percussion, Saw, Knéne
Bob Ostertag - Electronics
LaDonna Smith - Violin, Viola
Mark Smith - Conductor
Davey Williams - Banjo, Electric Guitar
John Zorn - Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet, Goose, Duck and Crow calls, Clarinet mouthpiece, Game calls, Bb Clarinet
 

Production: 

All music composed by John Zorn 

Tracks 1-1 to 1-6 were recorded on June 10, 1978 at WKCR in New York. 
Track 2-1 was recorded June 1977 in San Francisco, CA.
Tracks 3-1 to 3-7 originally recorded on March 1st, 1980 at Sorcerer Studios by Alan Fierstein 
Tracks 3-1 to 3-3, 3-9 to 3-17 previously unreleased.
Tracks 4-1 to 4-4 originally recorded on March 1st, 1980 at Sorcerer Studios by Alan Fierstein
Tracks 5-1 to 5-4, 6-1 to 6-2, 7-1 to 7-1 recorded September 12 & 13, 1981 at OAO studios, Brooklyn by Martin Bisi, Michael Lytle
Tracks 5-1 to 5-3 previously unreleased.

Recorded September 12 & 13, 1981 at OAO studios, Brooklyn by Martin Bisi, Michael Lytle 
Mixed By – Michael Lytle 
Tracks 1-3 previously unreleased
 

TZADIK Blurb 

Just three short years after his 1973 home recordings, Zorn had devised a series of complex game structures that challenged improvisers in ways no one had thought of before. Pulling together influences from classical music (Brown, Cardew, Kagel, Stockhausen) and the AACM (Braxton, Smith, Mitchell) Zorn's scores forged a sound world of striking originality thanks to the virtuostic brilliance of the musicians he worked with. 

Issued on a private label in limited editions of 1000 copies, these are the recordings that fucked everyone up in the first place. From 1978-1981, Zorn produced three 2 LP sets of his game compositions for Eugene Chadbourne's Parachute Label. They are included here in a newly remastered edition along with hours of outtakes, rehearsals and other rarities. Among the musicians who rose to the challenge of playing these early esoteric compositions are Eugene Chadbourne, Polly Bradfield, Bob Ostertag, Bill Laswell, Henry Kaiser, George Lewis, Wayne and Bill Horvitz, Kramer, Robert Dick, Anthony Coleman, Tom Cora, Davey Williams and many, many others.

Series:  Archival Series, Game Pieces 

Catalogue Number:  TZA73167

Release Date:  1997 (Tzadik)