ZORN'S GAME PIECES VOL 2
John Zorn's Cobra
Tzadik, 2002Jennifer Choi; Mark Feldman; Erik Friedlander; Trevor Dunn; Mark Dresser; Josh Roseman; Marcus Rojas: Ikue Mori; Annie Gosfield; Jamie Saft; Sylvie Courvoisier; Cyro Baptista; Susie Ibarra; Derek Bailey.
Under the direction of the composer himself this newest recording gives Zorn's infamous game piece a startling new reading by some of downtown New York's leading improvisers. Cobra is never really Cobra without Zorn himself at the helm–and here the music takes some surprising turns that even he never expected.