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John Zorn: Kristallnacht

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Label: Tzadik Records
Released: 1992
Time:
 43:03
Category: Jazz
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *********. (9/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: jfgraves.tripod.com
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Purchase date: 2010.01.29
Price in €: 2,00





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[1] Shtetl (Ghetto Life) - 5:51
[2] Never Again - 11:41
[3] Gahelet (Embers) - 3:25
[4] Tikkun (Rectification) - 3:02
[5] Tzfia (Looking Ahead) - 8:46
[6] Barzel (Iron Fist) - 2:01
[7] Gariin (Nucleus-The New Settlement) - 7:58

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John Zorn - Saxophone, Producer
Anthony Coleman - Keyboards
Mark Dresser - Bass
Mark Feldman - Violin
David Krakauer - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet On [1],[5]
Frank London - Trumpet On [1],[5]
Marc Ribot - Guitar
William Winant - Percussion

Alec Head - Engineer
Suzy Dyer - Assistant engineer
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
Scott Hull - Digital editing
Tomoyo T.T. Karath-Razar - Design
Strong Silent Type - Phototypesetting
Jacob Weiss - Hebrew typesetting

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1992 CD Tzadik TZ7301
1993 CD EVA RECORDS WWCX 2050 [JAP]
1995 CD TZADIK TZ 7301 [US]
1995 CD 'C43:03-7' EVVA
1995 CD EVVA 33005[JAP][EU]

Recorded and mixed on November 9 & 10 1992 at RPM Studio, NYC.

Made possible in part by support from Hip's Road. Special thanks to Lee HYLA, Alec HEAD, Dr. Stanley Burns, Rabbi Leo BAECK, Masanori AKASHI, Rachel SALAMANDER, Naomi SUNG & all the musicians on this recording. Caution: "Never Again" contains high frequency extremes at the limits of human hearing & beyond, which may cause nausea, headache & ringing in the ears. Prolonged or repeated listening is not advisable as it may result in temporary or permament ear damage.

The composer.



This release documents an intense musical representation of Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, a coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich that occurred on November 9, 1938, during which Nazis, SS members, and Hitler youth broke into Jewish homes and businesses, assaulting the people and their property. The official German report tallied 7,500 businesses destroyed, 267 synagogues burned (with 177 totally destroyed), and 91 Jews killed. John Zorn has created a musical work that powerfully represents the different stages of this historical event. "Shtetl (Ghetto Life)" is beautiful yet apprehensive klezmer, interspersed with sound bites of German rallies and speeches that become more frequent, increasingly crowding the life from the music. This segues into "Never Again," which, Zorn warns in the liner notes, "contains high frequency extremes at the limits of human hearing and beyond, which may cause nausea, headaches and ringing in the ears." While nearly unbearable, it is a fitting sound representation of Kristallnacht, as thousands of layers of shattering glass assault the ears. "Never Again" is both effective and affecting, if you can listen. This onslaught is followed by the loud silence and emptiness of "Gahelet (Embers)," a walk through the immediate aftermath of wind, darkness, and destruction. Alley echoes are heard as sound is overwhelmed by a dread and horror beyond expressing, and no words can contain what might begin to form in the midst of shock. This is a heavy silence. Strings have gone haggard on the next composition, and from this point the album becomes less literal and explicit, moving away from poignancy and focus into more chaos. Zorn's forceful undertaking is realized through the expert and passionate musicianship of violinist Mark Feldman guitarist Marc Ribot, keyboardist Anthony Coleman, bassist Mark Dresser and percussionist William Winant, as well as guest trumpeter Frank London and clarinetist David Krakauer.

Joslyn Layne



Recorded in 1993, Kristallnacht is Zorn's most powerful and unforgettable composition. This premiere work of Radical Jewish Culture features a virtuoso ensemble of creative Jewish musicians. Seven movements tell the story of the Jewish experience, survival through the Holocaust, the building of a Jewish state, diaspora Jewry and its attraction and resistance to assimilation, the rise of Jewish nationalism and the ultimate problems of fanatical religiousfundamentalism. Seemlessly combining 12 tone classical composition, improvisation, noise and klezmer, this is a work not to be missed by anyone interested in new trends in modern music.

Tzadik



This release documents an intense musical representation of Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, a coordinated attack on Jews throughout the German Reich that occurred on November 9, 1938, during which Nazis, SS members, and Hitler youth broke into Jewish homes and businesses, assaulting the people and their property. The official German report tallied 7,500 businesses destroyed, 267 synagogues burned (with 177 totally destroyed), and 91 Jews killed. John Zorn has created a musical work that powerfully represents the different stages of this historical event. "Shtetl (Ghetto Life)" is beautiful yet apprehensive klezmer, interspersed with sound bites of German rallies and speeches that become more frequent, increasingly crowding the life from the music. This segues into "Never Again," which, Zorn warns in the liner notes, "contains high frequency extremes at the limits of human hearing and beyond, which may cause nausea, headaches and ringing in the ears." While nearly unbearable, it is a fitting sound representation of Kristallnacht, as thousands of layers of shattering glass assault the ears. "Never Again" is both effective and affecting, if you can listen. This onslaught is followed by the loud silence and emptiness of "Gahelet (Embers)," a walk through the immediate aftermath of wind, darkness, and destruction. Alley echoes are heard as sound is overwhelmed by a dread and horror beyond expressing, and no words can contain what might begin to form in the midst of shock. This is a heavy silence. Strings have gone haggard on the next composition, and from this point the album becomes less literal and explicit, moving away from poignancy and focus into more chaos. Zorn's forceful undertaking is realized through the expert and passionate musicianship of violinist Mark Feldman, guitarist Marc Ribot, keyboardist Anthony Coleman, bassist Mark Dresser, and percussionist William Winant, as well as guest trumpeter Frank London and clarinetist David Krakauer.

Joslyn Layne - All Music Guide
 

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