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John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94

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Released
  
1994

Length
  
50:35

Release date
  
1994

Label
  
Avant

Recorded
  
November 25, 1994

Artist
  
John Zorn

Producer
  
Kōichi Makigami

Genre
  
Avant-garde

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John Zorn's Cobra Tokyo Operations '94 (1995)
  
Filmworks III 1990–1995 (1995)

Similar
  
John Zorn albums, Avant-garde albums, Other albums

John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 is a live performance of John Zorn's improvisational game piece, Cobra recorded in Tokyo in 1994 featuring Japanese musicians and instruments. The piece had been released in two previous versions on HatHut (Cobra (1985)) and Knitting Factory (John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory (1992)) and was subsequently released on Zorn's own label Tzadik Records in 2002.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating "it's the traditional Japanese instruments that make this a version of Cobra to remember".

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn
  1. "Sensyo" - 6:07
  2. "Tomobiki" - 9:27
  3. "Senbu" - 8:08
  4. "Butsumetsu" - 8:54
  5. "Taian" - 8:05
  6. "Shakko" - 9:54
  • Recorded at Shibuya La Mama in Tokyo Japan on November 25, 1994

    • Personnel

  • Isso Yukihiro - nokan, dengakubue
  • Uemura Masahiro - percussion
  • Uchihashi Kazuhisa - guitar
  • Kinoshita Shinichi - shamisen
  • Senba Kiyohiko - percussion
  • Takei Makoto - shakuhachi
  • Tanaka Yumiko - gidayu
  • Nakamura Hitomi - hichiriki
  • Maruta Miki - koto
  • Mekken - bass
  • Yamamoto Kyoko - vocal
  • Ito Taeko - ortin doo
  • Makigami Koichi - prompter

    • Songs

    1Cobra 1: Sensyo6:12
    2Cobra 2: Tomobiki9:31
    3Cobra 3: Senbu8:12

    References

    John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 Wikipedia
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