Archival
John Zorn :  Archery
Cat. # 73164-3
Released Jan 2001
cd 1 time - 77:01
cd 2 time - 40:45
cd 3 time - 47:25
US Price $40.00
 
Orchestral music from another dimension. Often fetching prices well over $100, the 1981 LP release of Archery is one of the most sought-after collector’s items in the Zorn catalog. Leading the way towards Zorn’s most well known and oft-performed composition Cobra, Archery is Zorn’s first large scale game piece and features an incredible all-star band, including, among others: Eugene Chadbourne, Bill Laswell, George Lewis, Bob Ostertag, Kramer, Tom Cora, Wayne Horvitz and of course the composer himself on saxophone and duck calls. Available here in a newly remastered edition, complete with the original notes, inserts, session photos and over an hour of newly discovered outtakes.

"More than anything else, this music brings to mind the unpredictability, the life and death tension of combat in the jungles of Vietnam."     - Retired US Army Colonel in a letter to John Zorn, ca. 1981

** Heavy item that requires additional shipping charges for non-U.S. destinations

 
 
Personnel:
Polly Bradfield: Violin
Eugene Chadbourne: Guitars, Dobro
Anthony Coleman: Keyboards
Tom Cora: Cello
Robert Dick: Flute, Bass Flute, Piccolo, Game Calls
Wayne Horvitz: Keyboards, Harmonica, Tape, Electronics
Bill Horvitz: Electric Guitar
Kramer: Keyboards
Bill Laswell: Electric Bass
George Lewis: Trombone
David Moss: Drums, Voice, Water, Hammered Dulcimer, Cymbals, Zither, Etc.
John Zorn: Alto And Soprano Saxophones, Bb Clarinet, Game Calls, E-flat Clarinet