With Understanding Comes Appreciation
Some of the words that arguably describe better this gem might be elegant, sophisticated, intimate, melancholic, spiritual, playful, desert, warm, and mysterious, which also sports majestically chamber jazz, avant-garde classical music, klezmer and modern composition.
For a man who's arguably got 90% of his reputation (at this point, in 1996) through making noisy, abrasive, inaccessible, and chaotic music, this masterpiece is quite the opposite; it is relaxing, serene, calm and sublime. It's also fairly ironic to me, because I feel like it's the best piece of work he's ever done, and it has to say something, mostly when you stop and think about his absurd endless catalog. I do have them all. Yes, I’m a freak. My collection is up to 335 albums and counting —there’s no way John stops releasing new material. Yes, I do love John Zorn’s music. The whole thing; the wild, the weird, and the sublime —I’ll be pleased to share you a guide of his prolific catalog in other post, so stay tuned sharks.