Buck Jam Tonic Explained

Buck Jam Tonic
Type:	Album
Artist:	John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Nakamura
Cover:	Buckjamtonic.gif
Released:	2003
Recorded:	December 6, 2002, Victor Studio, Tokyo
Genre:	Avant-garde
Length:	100:48
Label:	WildDisk WDD-004/005
Producer:	Tsutomu Fujii
Chronology:	John Zorn
Prev Title:	The Unknown Masada
Prev Year:	2003
Next Year:	2003

Buck Jam Tonic is a double album of improvised music by John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Nakamura released on the Japanese WildDisk label in 2003 and consists of one disc mixed in Tokyo and another mixed in New York City.^[1] A vinyl edition was also released containing only the Tokyo mix.^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Nakamura/Laswell/Zorn

• Disc one: Tokyo mix

1. "Old Dragon" - 4:53
2. "Lobo" - 7:18
3. "Matagi" - 5:39
4. "Toccata for Coyote" - 10:20
5. "Nu" - 4:53

• Disc two: NY mix

1. "Tzu" - 23:29
2. "Second Sight" - 28:37
3. "Panepha" - 15:39

Personnel

Adapted from the Buck Jam Tonic liner notes.^[3]

• John Zorn – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Bill Laswell – bass
• Tatsuya Nakamura – drums

Notes and References

1. Rousell, P. John Zorn Discography, accessed November 21, 2013
2. http://www.silent-watcher.net/billlaswell/discography/b/buckjamtonic.html Bill Laswell Discography
3. Buck Jam Tonic . . 2003 . booklet . WildDisk . Japan.