John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory

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John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory
Live at the Knitting Factory.jpg
Live album by
Released1995
Recorded1992
Genre Avant-garde Improvised music
Length60:50
Label Knitting Factory KFW 124
Producer Anthony Coleman
Norman Yamada
John Zorn chronology
Masada: Dalet
(1995)
John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory
(1995)
Zohar
(1995)

John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory is an album of a performance of John Zorn's improvisational game piece, Cobra, performed at the Knitting Factory in 1992. The album resembles the missing link between John Zorn's work with Masada and Naked City. It also had a major impact on the electronic scene of New York.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 1½ stars stating "There are some colorful segments, but in general, these self-indulgent performances would be much more interesting to see in person than to hear on record. Taken purely as a listening experience, one is surprised that this material has even been released." [1] Guy Peters stated "If this is your first acquaintance with Zorn’s multifaceted universe, chances are you’ll never visit it again and therefore it only can serve as a treat for those who were there, seriously dedicated fans." [2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

  1. "Hemachatus Haemachatus" 2:11
  2. "Naja Naja Atra" (Organized by David Shea) 8:43
  3. "Many-Banded Krait" 10:53
  4. "Taipan" 1:30
  5. "D. Popylepis" 3:20
  6. "Lampropeltis Doliata Syspila" (Organized by Joe Gallant) 2:19
  7. "Boomslang" 11:07
  8. "Maticora Intestinalis" 6:13
  9. "Acanthopis Antarcticus" 4:00
  10. "Hydrophiidae" 5:42
  11. "Ngu Sam Liem" 0:53
  12. "Ophiophagus Hannah" 1:25
  13. "Boulengerina" 5:23
  14. "Laticaudia Laticaudia" (Organized by Steven Bernstein) 3:03
Note: All songs are named after subspecies of Cobra snakes

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References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed October 24, 2013
  2. 1 2 Peters, G. Guy's Music Review Archived 2012-07-19 at the Wayback Machine , accessed October 24, 2013