Lemma (album)

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Lemma
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Studio album by John Zorn
Released February 26, 2013
Recorded May, July & December 2012
Genre Avant-garde, Contemporary classical music
Length54:23
Label Tzadik TZ 8095
Producer John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite
(2013) Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite2013		Lemma
(2013)		 The Mysteries
(2013) The Mysteries2013

Lemma is an album composed by John Zorn and featuring violinists David Fulmer, Chris Otto and Pauline Kim which as recorded in New York City in 2012 and released on the Tzadik label in February 2013. [1]

John Zorn American composer, saxophonist and bandleader

John Zorn is an American composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and improvised music. He incorporates diverse styles in his compositions, which he identifies as avant-garde or experimental. Zorn was described by Down Beat as "one of our most important composers".

Tzadik Records American record label

Tzadik Records is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a not-for-profit, cooperative record label.

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Reception

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Martin Schray stated "Although John Zorn has been widely acclaimed for his music, his compositions in the field of new classical music deserve more attention". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

  1. "Apophthegms First Set I" – 0:45
  2. "Apophthegms First Set II" – 1:07
  3. "Apophthegms First Set III" – 1:44
  4. "Apophthegms First Set IV" – 1:23
  5. "Apophthegms First Set V" – 1:44
  6. "Apophthegms First Set VI" – 1:50
  7. "Apophthegms Second Set VII" – 2:41
  8. "Apophthegms Second Set VIII" – 1:49
  9. "Apophthegms Second Set IX" – 2:05
  10. "Apophthegms Second Set X" – 1:20
  11. "Apophthegms Second Set XI" – 1:55
  12. "Apophthegms Second Set XII" – 2:47
  13. "Passagen" – 14:19
  14. "Ceremonial Music I" – 5:27
  15. "Ceremonial Music II" – 4:05
  16. "Ceremonial Music III" – 5:51
  17. "Ceremonial Music IV" – 3:49

Personnel

Violin bowed string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths

The violin, sometimes known as a fiddle, is a wooden string instrument in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and highest-pitched instrument in the family in regular use. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the kit violin, but these are virtually unused. The violin typically has four strings tuned in perfect fifths, and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its strings, though it can also be played by plucking the strings with the fingers (pizzicato) and by striking the strings with the wooden side of the bow.

Production

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References

  1. ↑ Tzadik Catalog, accessed October 17, 2013
  2. 1 2 Schray, M. The Free Jazz Collective Review, Free Jazz Collective, September 3, 2013
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