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John Zorn Mix for FatCat Records Podcast
It’s the first time I’ve seen John Zorn do a mixtape, and boy it is good (and quite eclectic)!. The first part features exotica & soundtrack artists such as Les Baxter and Lesiman alongside Henry Purcell, free jazz from Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Beach Boys and more. There’s also a Part 2 with more weirdness, like Ottoman music from Marko Melkon, Zamfir, Sinatra, Duke Ellington and bunch of artists whom I’ll frankly admit to never hearing. Schooltime!
““About 30 years ago Derek Bailey invited me on a Company tour of Britain. Evan Parker, Steve Lacy, Misha Mengelberg, George Lewis, Jamie Muir, Derek and I traveled by van for 3 weeks from Brighton to Edinburgh. George Lewis (then as now always ahead of the pack) brought a walkman. The walkman changed everything. Being able to choose your own playlist and listen to it privately made traveling so much easier. The process of making a personalized “playlist” was laborious, and days were spent making mix tapes (music romances) that compiled music from all over the map. 12-16 tracks usually fit on one side of a cassette so 32 LPs/CDs were chosen from a collection and one track from each was loaded in careful sequence—the wilder the juxtaposition the better. The sequence was crucial and I learned a LOT from making these tapes.” Read the rest of John Zorn’s words about the mix.
