Hockey (album) explained

Hockey
Type:	Album
Artist:	John Zorn
Cover:	Hockey_(album).jpg
Released:	1980, 1997 & 2002
Recorded:	March 1, 1980
Studio:	Sorcerer Sound Studio, New York City
Genre:	Avant-garde
Length:	50:03
Label:	Tzadik TZ 7316
Producer:	John Zorn
Chronology:	John Zorn
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	First Live 1993
Next Year:	2002

Hockey is an album by John Zorn featuring his early "game piece" composition of the same name which first appeared on the Parachute Records edition of Pool in 1980.^[1] The full recordings of the piece were first released on CD on Tzadik Records as part of The Parachute Years Box Set in 1997 and as a single CD in 2002.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by François Couture awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Hockey belongs to John Zorn's early works. The piece dates from 1978 and is shorter (in principle) than Lacrosse or Pool, also from the same period... The inner workings of the piece are left to the listener's imagination, but the composer suggests a likeness to entertainer Jack Benny (and to a lesser extent Buster Keaton)."^[3]

Track listing

1. "Hockey (Electric Version): Take 1" – 1.13
2. "Hockey (Electric Version): Take 2" – 3.13
3. "Hockey (Electric Version): Take 3" – 11.32
4. "Hockey (Electric Version): Take 4" – 11.23 originally released on Pool
5. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 2" – 3.43 originally released on Pool
6. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 4" – 2.14 originally released on Pool
7. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 11" – 0.55 originally released on Pool
8. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 13" – 1.02 originally released on Pool
9. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 1" – 3.10 originally released on Pool
10. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 3" – 3.16
11. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 5" – 1.08
12. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 6" –1.00
13. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 7" – 1.07
14. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 8" – 0.45
15. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 9" – 1.02
16. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 10" – 1.07
17. "Hockey (Acoustic Version): Take 12" – 1.17

All compositions by John Zorn

• Recorded at Sorcerer Sound, New York on March 1, 1980

Personnel

• • Polly Bradfield – violin Mark E. Miller – percussion, contact microphones, vibraphone
• Eugene Chadbourne – electric guitar, personal effects
  • Wayne Horvitz – amplified piano Bob Ostertag – electronics
• John Zorn – duck, goose and crow calls, clarinet, mouthpiece

Notes and References

1. http://www.discogs.com/John-Zorn-Pool/release/1313097 Discogs album entry: John Zorn - Pool
2. http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=73162 Tzadik catalogue
3. Couture, F. Allmusic Review accessed July 21, 2011