John Zorn

250px|dereita|miniatura|John Zorn (á dereita) con **Masada**.

**John Zorn**, nado o 2 de setembro de 1953 en Queens (Nova York), é un compositor e saxofonista estadounidense.

Ten asimilado multitude de influencias, sempre con predilección pola escena underground e as propostas extremas e arriscadas. É o dono do selo discográfico Tzadik, inaugurado en 1995, a través do que edita os seus discos, levando xa máis de cen ás costas.

Traballou en múltiples proxectos, a cada cal máis arriscado. *Masada* é un deles, un grupo de jazz con influencias moi variadas, abertos á improvisación. Editaron máis de dez discos de estudio e outros en directo. Tamén traballou no mundo das bandas sonoras, levando xa editados 17 discos do seu proxecto *Filmworks*, nos que recompila eses temas. Gravou tamén discos en solitario e múltiples experimentos musicais para debuxos animados, programacións imposibles, sons abstractos, pezas de cámara, concertos para piano e un sinfín de ideas desenvolvidas xunto a diversos músicos.

Antes de comezar co saxofón e coa composición aprendera a tocar outros instrumentos. O seu método compositivo consiste en crear diversas imaxes e momentos musicais que logo son estruturados e ordenados. É un dos máximos expoñentes da música noise, un estilo collage que fusiona o free, sons electrónicos, efectos, voces deformadas etc. Zorn introduciuse no jazz levado pola súa paixón cara a música contemporánea e tras escoitar a xente como John Cage ou Stockhausen. Na súa música hai tamén influencias de Ennio Morricone e outros compositores de bandas sonoras, reminiscencias da cultura xudía e inspiración en músicos e compositores como Harry Partch ou Charles Ives.

## Discografía 
### como John Zorn 
* *The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volume 1* (1981)
* *Yankees* (1983)
* *Locus Solus* (1983, 1997)
* *Ganryu Island* (1984, 1998)
* *The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volume 2* (1985)
* *The Big Gundown* (1986)
* *Spillane* (1987)
* *Spy vs Spy* (1989)
* *Elegy* (1992)
* *First Recordings 1973* (1995)
* *Kristallnacht* (1993)
* *Bar Kokhba* (1996) 2CD
* *The Classic Guide to Strategy* (1996, Collecting the out of print Volumes 1 and 2)
* *Duras: Duchamp* (1997)
* *New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands* (1997)
* *Angelus Novus* (1998)
* *Aporias* (1998)
* *The Bribe* (1998)
* *Godard/Spillane* (1999)
* *The String Quartets* (1999)
* *The Big Gundown: 15th Anniversary Special Edition* (2000, Remastered, with bonus tracks)
* *Xu Feng* (2000)
* *Cartoon S/M* (2000) 2CD
* *Madness, Love and Mysticism* (2001)
* *Songs from the Hermetic Theater* (2001)
* *Chimeras* (2003)
* *Magick* (2004)
* *Rituals* (2005)
* *Mysterium* (2005)
* *Moonchild: Songs Without Words* (2006)
* *Astronome* (2006)
* *Six Litanies for Heliogabalus* (2007)
* *Femina* (2009)
* *Dictée/Liber Novus* (2010)
* *Interzone* (2010)
* ''The Satyr's Play / Cerberus* (2011 & 2012, deluxe edition book ltd. 66 copies)
* *Mount Analogue* (2012)
* *Nosferatu* (2012)
* *The Song Project* (2014)
* *In The Hall of Mirrors* (2014)
* *The Song Project Live at Le Poisson Rouge* (2015)
* *Forro Zinho - Forro in the Dark Plays Zorn* (2015)
* *James Moore Plays The Book of Heads* (2015)
* *The Urmuz Epigrams* (2018)
* *In a Convex Mirror* (2018)
* *Tractatus Musico-Philosophicus* (2019)
* *Perchance To Dream...* (2022)

### Filmworks Series 
* *Filmworks 1986-1990* (1997)
* *Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill* (1996)
* *Filmworks III: 1990-1995* (1997)
* *Filmworks IV: S&M* (1997)
* *Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy* (1996)
* *Filmworks VI: 1996* (1996)
* *Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour* (1997)
* *Filmworks VIII: 1997* (1998)
* *Filmworks IX: Trembling Before G-D* (2000)
* *Filmworks X: In The Mirror of Maya Deren* (2001)
* *Filmworks XI: Under the Wing* (2002)
* *Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries* (2002)
* *Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide* (2002)
* *Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking* (2003)
* *Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion* (2005)
* *Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death* (2005)
* *Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls * (2006)
* *Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment* (2006)

### Music Romance Series 
* *Music for Children* (Volume One, 1998)
* *Taboo & Exile* (Volume Two, 1999)
* *The Gift* (Volume Three, 2001)
* *I.A.O.* (Volume Four, 2002)

### Parachute Years 
* *Lacrosse* (1977, 1997, 2000) 2CD
* *Pool* (1980, 1997, 2000)
* *Hockey* (1980, 1997, 2002)
* *Archery* (1981, 1997, 2001) 3CD

### Cobra 
* *Cobra* (1987)
* *Live at the Knitting Factory* (1992)
* *Tokyo Operations '94* (1994)
* *John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2* (2002)

### con Naked City 
* *Naked City* (1989)
* *Torture Garden* (1990)
* *Grand Guignol* (1992)
* *Leng Tch'e* (1992)
* *Heretic* (1992)
* *Radio* (1993)
* *Absinthe* (1993)
* *Black Box* (1996, collects *Torture Garden* & *Leng Tch'e* álbums) 2xCD
* *Naked City Live, Vol. 1: Knitting Factory 1989* (2002)
* *Naked City Box Set* (2005)

### con Masada (John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Greg Cohen, Joey Baron) 
* *Alef* (1994)
* *Beit* (1994)
* *Gimel* (1994)
* *Dalet* (1994) EP
* *Hei* (1995)
* *Vav* (1995)
* *Zayin* (1996)
* *Heit* (1996)
* *Tet* (1997)
* *Yod* (1997)
* *Live in Taipei 1995* (1998)
* *Live in Jerusalem 1994* (1999) 2CD
* *Live In Middleheim 1999* (1999)
* *Live in Sevilla 2000* (2000)
* *Live at Tonic 2001* (2001)
* *First Live 1993* (2002)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Seven* (2004)
* *Sanhedrin* (2005) 2CD

### Con Masada String Trio 
* *The Circle Maker* (1998, Disc 1 by Masada String Trio, Disc 2 by Bar Kokhba Sextet) 2CD
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume One* (2004)
* *Azazel: Book Of Angels Vol. 2* (2005)

### con Bar Kokhba Sextet 
* *The Circle Maker* (1998, Disc 1 by Masada String Trio, Disc 2 by Bar Kokhba Sextet) 2CD
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Eleven* (2005)

### con Electric Masada 
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Four* (2004)
* *At the Mountains of Madness* (2005) 2CD

### con Painkiller 
* *Guts of a Virgin* (1991) EP
* *Buried Secrets* (1992) EP
* *Rituals: Live in Japan* (1993)
* *Execution Ground* (1994)
* *Collected Works* (1997, Includes *Guts of a Virgin*, *Buried Secrets*, *Execution Ground*, *Live in Osaka* and bonus material) 4CD
* *Guts of a Virgin/Buried Secrets'' (1998, Collection of first two EP's)
* *Talisman: Live in Nagoya* (2002)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Twelve* (2005, guest vocals by Mike Patton)

### con Hemophiliac 
* *Hemophiliac* (2002)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Six* (2004)

### Masada Anniversary Series 
* *Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 1: Masada Guitars* (2003)
* *Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 2: Voices in the Wilderness* (2003)
* *Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 3: The Unknown Masada* (2003)
* *Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 4: Masada Recital* (2004)
* *Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 5: Masada Rock* (2005)

### 50th Birthday Celebration Series 
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume One* (por Masada String Trio, 2004)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Two* (por Milford Graves/John Zorn, 2004)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Three* (por Locus Solus, 2004)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Four* (by Electric Masada, 2004)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Five* (by Fred Frith/John Zorn, 2004)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Six* (by Hemophiliac, 2004)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Seven* (by Masada, 2004)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Eight* (by Wadada Leo Smith/Susie Ibarra/John Zorn, 2004)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Nine: The Classic Guide to Strategy Volume Three* (by John Zorn, 2004)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Ten* (by Yamataka Eye/John Zorn, 2005)
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Eleven* (by Bar Kokhba Sextet, 2005) 3CD
* *50th Birthday Celebration Volume Twelve* (by Painkiller, 2005)

### Colaboracións 
* *School* (con Eugene Chadbourne, 1978)
* *News for Lulu* (con Bill Frisell e George Lewis - 1988)
* *T.V. Eye* (versión de The Stooges) (por John Zorn/Yamatsuka Eye/Robert Quine/Bill Laswell/Ted Epstein. No recompilatorio ''Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary* de 1990.
* *More News for Lulu* (con Bill Frisell, George Lewis - 1992)
* *Possession* (con "God" featuring Justin Broadick/Kevin Martin, 1992)
* *Art of Memory* (con Fred Frith, 1994 - relanzado en 1999)
* *Zohar* (coa The Mystic Fugu Orchestra, 1995)
* *Downtown Lullaby* (con Wayne Horvitz/Elliot Sharp/Bobby Previte, 1998)
* *The Stone: Issue One* (con Dave Douglas/Mike Patton/Bill Laswell/Rob Burger/Ben Perowsky, 2006)

### Aparicións en álbums 
* *Purged Specimen* (de Blind Idiot God, 1989)
* *Blue Planet Man* (de Big John Patton, 1993)
* *Sacrifist* (de Praxis, 1994)
* *Minor Swing* (de Big John Patton, 1995)
* *Pranzo Oltranzista* (de Mike Patton, 1997)
* *Weird Little Boy* (de Weird Little Boy, 1998)
* *Prelapse* (de Prelapse, 1999)

## Filmografía 
* *A Bookshelf On Top Of The Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn* (2004)
* *Masada Live at Tonic 1999* (2004)
* *Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise* (2005)
* *Sabbath in Paradise'' (2007)

## Ligazóns externas 
* Tzadik.com
* Tzadik myspace 
* Mike Patton Chile
* John Zorn en Rey Por Un Día (en castelán) - Páxina dedicada a Mike Patton
* Patrice Roussel's John Zorn Discography (to Mar. 2000)
* Mailing List
* Zorn Mailing List Archives
* Art of the States: John Zorn
* John Zorn's biography and discography by Scott Maykrantz
* Unofficial John Zorn Homepage maintained by Jamie Graves.
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070717075309/http://www.deconstructioninmusic.com/ Deconstruction in Music by Marcel Cobussen. Interactive dissertation on deconstruction in the music of John Zorn and others.
* John Zorn interview (Hungarian)