The first album from Zorn’s trailblazing collective, the self-titled Naked City features a rollicking synthesis of jazz, free-jazz, punk, hardcore, and collage techniques, often jumping between multiple styles at a rapid pace within one song. Rolling Stone suggests that listeners of this postmodern whirlwind think of Zorn as a “rapid-fire radio scanner,” and anticipate “hanging on for dear life whenever he hits the button.”
The first album from John Zorn’s trailblazing collective, the self-titled Naked City features a rollicking synthesis of jazz, free-jazz, punk, hardcore, and collage techniques, often jumping between multiple styles at a rapid pace within one song. Rolling Stone suggests that listeners of this postmodern whirlwind think of Zorn as a “rapid-fire radio scanner,” and anticipate “hanging on for dear life whenever he hits the button.”
PRODUCITON CREDITS
Produced by John Zorn / Naked City
Recorded and mixed by Roger Moutenot
Mastering by Bob Ludwig
Front cover photograph: Weegee, Corpse with Revolver, CA 1940
Photo courtesy of the Weegee Collection, curator: Wilma Wilcox
Illustrations: Maruo Suehiro
Design: Tanaka Tomoyo
Photo-type setting: Takahashi Yukihiro
Executive producer: Bob Hurwitz
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MUSICIANS
John Zorn, alto sax
Bill Frisell, guitar
Wayne Horvitz, keyboards
Fred Firthy, bass
Joey Barron, drums
Yamatsuka Eye, vocals
