John Zorn by John Brackett

Softcover
215 pages
Indiana University Press
Illustrated

John Zorn is one of the most prolific and active American composer-performers working today and has been a fixture of new York's "Downtown" scene since the mid-1970's where he has been an untiring proponent of avant-garde and experimental music. In his new study, John Brackett offers a number of perspectives for understanding Zorn's music and musical practices, while challenging certain assumptions that limit the ways in which contemporary music is typically addressed.