John Zorn - The Dreamers
Our Price: $16.98
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Buy Used: from $10.32 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
Music CD Cover
Artist: John ZornEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-03-18
Music Label: Tzadik
Soundtracks:
- Mow Mow
- Uluwati
- Ride on Cottonfair
- Anulikwutsayl
- Toys
- Of Wonder and Certainty
- Mystic Circles
- Nekashim
- Exodus
- Forbidden Tears
- Raksasa
Free Music Notes for The Dreamers
Free Music Review: Wake me up - 2 and a half stars...
Hit: 2 Stars
I hate to say it, but lately it seems that John Zorn's been going off the rails a little bit. It no doubt started when 1996's Bar Kokhba (chamber reworkings of the Masada songbook) became Tzadik's best seller. It was indeed a fantastic album, but what followed was album after album with a similar flavour - the last dozen or so Filmworks, The Circle Maker, the Masada anniversary series, etc. And of course 2001's The Gift - similar in lineup to the Masada chamber ensembles but a different vibe, more surf, latin, lounge and exotica.
The Dreamers follows in a similar vein, though without that hint of 'darkness' that The Gift had. To be honest I'm a bit torn about this album. On one hand it sounds great, as all Zorn's albums do. And it's hard to fault any of the performances. But the compositions are just so repetitive and one-dimensional, there's really nothing to 'explore' like in most of Zorn's output.
It kind of feels like everything's on autopilot, and it lacks the meticulous arrangements of the past. "Anulikwutsayl" could have been a highly atmospheric ambient piece but it gets disrupted by basically everyone in the band banging on things at inappropriate moments. There is a beautiful mood created on "Forbidden Tears", but Jamie Saft really fumbles through his Rhodes solo (and one also wonders if he maybe should have taken his keyboard in for a checkup before the session, there are some really out notes there!).
Zorn features on one track, the playful "Toys". It's a fun tune, but the solos are ridiculously noisy and random, and ultimately this piece probably doesn't fit on what is otherwise a very laid back album (though I am aware that despite this being a quite 'easy listening' album, Zorn is still Zorn and never likes to settle into a pattern for too long).
So all in all it's not an absolutely terrible album, but Zorn can do so much better. 2 and a half stars...
Classical Music CDs
Music Genres
Top music charts in Best Jazz/Improv of 2008 (so far)
New York Art Quartet - New York Art QuartetRelease date: 2008-02-12; Music CD
Best price: $9.85
Price in other shops:
Paul Bley - CloserRelease date: 2008-02-12; Music CD
Best price: $9.87
Price in other shops:
Paris Concerts 1965-66Release date: 2008-02-26; Music CD
Best price: $15.98
Price in other shops:
Don Cherry Quintet - Live at Cafe Montmartre 1966Release date: 2008-04-08; Music CD
Best price: $15.98
Sun Ra & His Arkestra - Some Blues But Not the Kind That's BlueRelease date: 2008-01-29; Music CD
Best price: $11.86
Price in other shops:
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath - Eclipse at DawnRelease date: 2008-01-29; Music CD
Best price: $12.68
Price in other shops:
Anthony Braxton - Solo (Milano) 1979, Vol. 2Release date: 2008-02-19; Music CD
Best price: $14.15
Price in other shops:
Cecil Taylor - The Willisau ConcertRelease date: 2008-04-15; Music CD
Best price: $29.49
John Zorn - The DreamersRelease date: 2008-03-18; Music CD
Best price: $11.31
Price in other shops:
The Vandermark 5 - Beat ReaderRelease date: 2008-01-29; Music CD
Best price: $10.99
Price in other shops:
Top Rated Albums
Bill Dixon, Exploding Star Orchestra - Bill Dixon with Exploding Star OrchestraRelease date: 2008-02-05; Music CD
Best price: $10.75
Price in other shops:
Bill Laswell, Fanu - LodgeRelease date: 2008-03-11; Music CD
Best price: $9.31
Price in other shops:
A Perfect PlaceRelease date: 2008-03-11; Music CD
Best price: $11.97
Price in other shops:
Richard Crandell: Spring SteelRelease date: 2007-11-20; Music CD
Best price: $9.85
Price in other shops:
Cyro Baptista - Banquet of the SpiritsRelease date: 2008-03-18; Music CD
Best price: $10.74
Price in other shops:
Ahleuchatistas - Same and the OtherRelease date: 2008-02-19; Music CD
Best price: $9.74
Price in other shops:
Diaspora SuiteRelease date: 2008-01-22; Music CD
Best price: $10.10
Price in other shops:
Exercises in FutilityRelease date: 2008-02-19; Music CD
Best price: $10.11
Price in other shops:
Film Works, Vol. 19: The Rain HorseRelease date: 2008-01-22; Music CD
Best price: $10.17
Price in other shops:
Bar Kokhba Sextet - Lucifer: The Book of Angels, Vol. 10Release date: 2008-03-18; Music CD
Best price: $11.04
Price in other shops: