Downtown Lullaby Explained

Downtown Lullaby
Type:Album
Artist:John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Bobby Previte and Wayne Horvitz
Cover:Downtown Lullaby.jpg
Released:June 16, 1998
Recorded:January 15, 1998
Studio:Avatar (New York City)
Genre:Avant-garde
Length:47:28
Label:Depth of Field
Producer:Bobby Previte
Chronology:John Zorn
Prev Title:The Circle Maker
Prev Year:1998
Next Year:1998

Downtown Lullaby is an album of improvised music by John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Bobby Previte and Wayne Horvitz. The album was released on the Depth of Field label in 1998 and contains seven tracks titled after addresses of performing spaces in the East Village and Soho.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Downtown Lullaby isn't a bad record but, given the personnel, one would have hoped for more".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Horovitz/Previte/Sharp/Zorn

  1. "484 Broome" - 5:42
  2. "500 West 52nd" - 6:15
  3. "Eighth Between B & C" - 6:11
  4. "77 White" - 3:57
  5. "228 West Broadway" - 9:07
  6. "Bleecker & Bowery" - 7:16
  7. "1 Morton St (Downtown Lullaby)" - 9:00

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Olewnick, B. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r355118|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Guide Review] accessed July 21, 2008.
  2. Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed August 2, 2011.