John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94

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John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94
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Live album by
Released1994
RecordedNovember 25, 1994
Genre Avant-garde
Length50:35
Label Avant Avan 049
Producer Makigami Koichi
John Zorn chronology
Harras
(1995)
John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94
(1994)
Filmworks III: 1990–1995
(1995)

John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 is a live performance of John Zorn's improvisational game piece Cobra, recorded in Tokyo in 1994 featuring Japanese musicians and instruments. The piece had been released in two previous versions on Hathut ( Cobra in 1985) and the Knitting Factory ( John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory in 1992) and was subsequently released on Zorn's own label Tzadik Records in 2002.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars, stating that "it's the traditional Japanese instruments that make this a version of Cobra to remember." [1]

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn
  1. "Sensyo" – 6:07
  2. "Tomobiki" – 9:27
  3. "Senbu" – 8:08
  4. "Butsumetsu" – 8:54
  5. "Taian" – 8:05
  6. "Shakko" – 9:54
  • Recorded at Shibuya La Mama in Tokyo, Japan, on November 25, 1994

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, S. T. Allmusic Review accessed August 2, 2011.