spinoza (2022)
Track Listing:
1. Immanence 22:12
2. Spinoza 20:00
Personnel:
Matt Hollenberg - Guitar
John Medeski - Organ, Fender Rhodes Piano
Kenny Grohowski - Drums
Bill Frisell - Guitar (track 1)
John Zorn - Alto Sax (track 2)
Production:
All music composed, arranged and conducted by John Zorn
Produced by John Zorn
Associate Producer - Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded and Mixed Nov. 27-29, 2021 by Marc Urselli at EastSide Sound, NYC
Mastering - Scott Hull
Notes by Jeremy Fogel
Design - Chippy (Heung Heung Chin)
Bill Frisell appears courtesy of Blue Note Records
TZADIK Blurb
Spinoza is Zorn’s latest creation for the searing jazz-metal trio Simulacrum—perhaps the most extreme organ trio ever. Inspired by the life and thought of one of the world’s greatest philosophers he has composed two extended concerti: one for guitar genius Bill Frisell, and another featuring himself on saxophone. The musical mosaic flows seamlessly from one world to another, touching upon heavy metal, jazz, minimalism, atonality, noise, ambient moods, funk, and so much more. A musical vision as radical as the philosophy of Spinoza himself, this is one of Zorn’s greatest recent works—an essential and exhilarating project as powerful as it is sensitive. Cinema for the ears!
Series: Archival Series
Catalogue Number: TZ8388
Release Date: April 15, 2022