New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands explained

New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
Type:	Album
Artist:	John Zorn
Cover:	New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands.jpg
Released:	1997
Recorded:	1986–1996
Genre:	Avant-garde
Length:	72:38
Label:	Tzadik TZ 7311
Producer:	John Zorn
Prev Year:	1997

New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands is the eighth album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn consisting of improvised music from paired instruments and narration in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.^[1] The pieces are listed individually within Zorn's game pieces and were composed in 1986, 1988 and 1990 respectively.^[2]

Reception

Stacia Proefrock of Allmusic stated, "This is one of John Zorn's greatest achievements to date.".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Hu Die" - 25:09
2. "Hwang Chin-Ee" - 16:41
3. "Que Tran" - 30:46

All music by John Zorn.

Text by Arto Lindsay (Track 1), Myung Mi Kim (Track 2), and Lyn Hejinian (Track 3).

Personnel

On 'Hue Die'

• Bill Frisell: Guitar
• Fred Frith: Guitar
• Zhang Jinglin: Narrator

On 'Hwang Chin-Ee'

• Joey Baron: Drums
• Samm Bennett: Drums
• Jung Hee Shin: Narrator

On 'Que Tran'

• Anthony Coleman: Keyboards
• Wayne Horvitz: Keyboards;
• Anh Tranc: Narrator

Notes and References

1. http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7311 Tzadik catalogue
2. Liner notes for Xu Feng, John Zorn's Game Pieces vol. 1, Tzadik, TZ 7329
3. Proefrock, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 17, 2012