A Vision in Blakelight explained

A Vision in Blakelight
Type:	Album
Artist:	John Zorn
Cover:	A Vision in Blakelight.jpg
Released:	September 25, 2012
Recorded:	December 2011 at EastSide Sound, NYC
Genre:	Avant-garde, jazz, Contemporary classical music
Length:	50:20
Label:	Tzadik TZ 8303
Producer:	John Zorn
Chronology:	John Zorn
Prev Title:	Rimbaud
Prev Year:	2012
Next Title:	Music and Its Double
Next Year:	2012

A Vision in Blakelight is an album by John Zorn recorded in New York City in December 2011 and released on the Tzadik label in 2012.^[1] The album is inspired by the works of William Blake.

Reception

Martin Schray stated "The album is a wonderfully varied suite reflecting Blake’s vision and eventually one of his most famous quotations (“if the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite“) is turned into music by the works of John Zorn".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn except as indicated

1. "When the Morning Stars Sang Together" - 5:28
2. "The Hammer of Los" - 3:58
3. "Jerusalem" - 5:15
4. "Prophecy" - 3:10
5. "And He Rode Upon the Cherubim" - 5:09
6. "Marriage of Heaven and Hell" - 4:18
7. "Woman Clothed with the Sun" - 5:20
8. "Shadows in Ancient Time" (Zorn, William Blake) – 5:40
9. "Island in the Moon" - 7:06
10. "Night Thoughts" - 4:55

Personnel

• • • • • • • John Medeski - piano, organ Kenny Wollesen - vibraphone, bells Carol Emanuel - harp Trevor Dunn - bass Joey Baron - drums Cyro Baptista - percussion Jack Huston - narration

Notes and References

1. http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=8303 Tzadik Catalogue: A Vision in Blakelight
2. Schray, M. The Free Jazz Collective Review, Free Jazz Collective, March 6, 2013