John Zorn / discography
This discography is an overview of the released records by John Zorn . It comprises more than 200 music albums, in the creation of which he participated as an interpreter or composer. He is listed as a producer on over 2000 albums. The albums composed or recorded by Zorn are listed below.
Albums under your own name
| Release | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | pool | Parachute | Game Pieces Series; Re-Release Tzadik (2001) |
| 1981 | Archery | Parachute | Game Pieces Series; Re-Release Tzadik (2000) |
| 1983 | Locus Solus | Rift | Re-releases Eva (1991), Tzadik (1997) |
| The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volume 1 | Lumina | Solo album | |
| 1985 | The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volume 2 | Lumina | Solo album |
| 1988 | Spy vs Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman | Nonesuch | with Tim Berne , Mark Dresser , Joey Baron , Michael Vatcher |
| 1994 | John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 | Avant | - |
| 1995 | First Recordings 1973 | Tzadik | Solo (recorded in 1973 and 1974) |
| John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory | Knitting Factory Works | Live album | |
| 1997 | lacrosse | Tzadik | Game Pieces Series; Re-Release Tzadik (2000) |
| hockey | Tzadik | Game Pieces series, recorded in 1980; Re-Release Tzadik (2002) | |
| Parachute Years | Tzadik | 7-CD box set with the game pieces albums Lacrosse , Hockey , Pool , Archery and bonus material | |
| 1998 | The Bribe | Tzadik | file card series |
| Music for Children | Tzadik | with prelapse; Re-Release Tzadik (2009) | |
| 2001 | Songs from the Hermetic Theater | Tzadik | - |
| The Gift | Tzadik | - | |
| 2002 | ILO | Tzadik | - |
| 2008 | The Dreamers | Tzadik | The Dreamers (members of Electric Masada) |
| 2010 | Dictée / Liber Novus | Tzadik | - |
| Interzone | Tzadik | William Burroughs Tribute | |
| 2012 | Nosferatu | Tzadik | composed for a Polish stage version of Bram Stoker's Dracula |
| The Hermetic Organ | Tzadik | Organ solo | |
| Rimbaud | Tzadik | - | |
| 2014 | The Hermetic Organ Vol. 2 - St. Paul's Chapel | Tzadik | Organ solo |
| 2015 | The Hermetic Organ Vol. 3 - St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield | Tzadik | Organ solo |
| 2016 | The Hermetic Organ Vol. 4 - St. Bart's | Tzadik | Organ solo |
| The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volume 4 | Tzadik | Saxophone solo; Recording 2013 | |
| 2017 | The Hermetic Organ Vol. 5 - Philharmonie De Paris | Tzadik | Organ solo |
| 2018 | The Urmuz Epigrams | Tzadik | with Ches Smith |
| In a convex mirror | Tzadik | with Ches Smith, Ikue Mori | |
| 2019 | The Hermetic Organ Vol. 6 - For Edgar Allan Poe | Tzadik | Organ solo |
| The Hermetic Organ Vol. 7 - St. John the Divine 2013 | Tzadik | Organ solo | |
| The Hermetic Organ Vol. 8 - For Antonin Artaud | Tzadik | Organ solo | |
| Tractatus Musico-Philosophicus | Tzadik | multi-instrument solo album |
Composition only
| Release | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | The Big Gundown | Nonesuch | Re-Release Tzadik (2000) |
| 1987 | Cobra | Hat hat | Recorded live in 1985, studio in 1986; Re-releases Nippon Crown (1991), HatHut (1991, 2001, 2002) |
| Spillane | Nonesuch | file card series | |
| 1990 | The John Zorn Radio Hour | Nonesuch | "Radio show" by Zorn with four tracks from Naked City |
| 1992 | Elegy | Eve | file card series; Re-releases Tzadik (1995), Eva (1995) |
| 1993 | Crystal Night | Eve | Re-Release Tzadik (1995) |
| 1995 | Redbird | Tzadik | - |
| The Book of Heads | Tzadik | recorded by Marc Ribot (Solo) | |
| 1997 | Duras: Duchamp | Tzadik | - |
| New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands | Tzadik | - | |
| 1998 | Angelus Novus | Tzadik | recorded by the Callithumpian Consort of the New England Conservatory |
| Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra | Tzadik | Recorded by the American Composers Orchestra under the direction of Dennis Russell Davies , Children's Choir of the Hungarian Radio and Stephen Drury (piano) | |
| 1999 | Godard / Spillane | Tzadik | The three works gathered here, which were recorded between 1985 and 1989, had previously been released on other albums, including Spillane . |
| The String Quartets | Tzadik | - | |
| Taboo and Exile | Tzadik | - | |
| 2000 | Xu Feng | Tzadik | Game Pieces series, composed between 1977 and 1989 |
| Cartoon / S&M | Tzadik | 2 CD album | |
| 2001 | Madness, Love and Mysticism | Tzadik | - |
| 2002 | Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2 | Tzadik | - |
| 2003 | Chimeras | Tzadik | Re-Release Tzadik (2010) |
| 2004 | Magick | Tzadik | - |
| 2005 | Mystery | Tzadik | - |
| Ritual | Tzadik | - | |
| 2007 | From Silence to Sorcery | Tzadik | - |
| 2009 | Alhambra Love Songs | Tzadik | Alhambra Trio ( Rob Burger , Ben Perowsky , Greg Cohen ) |
| Femina | Tzadik | - | |
| O'o | Tzadik | The Dreamers (Electric Masada without Zorn and Ikue Mori) | |
| 2010 | In Search of the Miraculous | Tzadik | Alhambra trio with Kenny Wollesen , Carol Emanuel and Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz |
| The Dreamers - The Gentle Side | Tzadik | Compilation by The Dreamers | |
| The Goddess - Music for the Ancient Days | Tzadik | - | |
| What Thou Wilt | Tzadik | composed in 1999 | |
| 2011 | The Satyr's Play / Cerberus | Tzadik | - |
| Nova Express | Tzadik | Nova Quartet ( John Medeski , Trevor Dunn , Kenny Wollesen, Joey Baron ) | |
| Enigmata | Tzadik | Duo recordings by Marc Ribot and Trevor Dunn | |
| At the Gates of Paradise | Tzadik | Nova Quartet | |
| A Dreamers Christmas | Tzadik | The Dreamers | |
| 2012 | Mount Analogue | Tzadik | Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits with Kenny Wollesen |
| The Gnostic Preludes | Tzadik | The Gnostic Trio ( Carol Emanuel , Bill Frisell , Kenny Wollesen) | |
| A vision in Blakelight | Tzadik | Nova Quartet with Cyro Baptista and Carol Emanuel | |
| Music and Its Double | Tzadik | - | |
| The Concealed | Tzadik | Nova Quartet with Erik Friedlander and Mark Feldman | |
| 2013 | lemma | Tzadik | - |
| Dreamachines | Tzadik | Nova Quartet | |
| The Mysteries | Tzadik | The Gnostic Trio | |
| On The Torment Of Saints, The Casting Of Spells And The Evocation Of Spirits | Tzadik | - | |
| In Lambeth - Visions From The Walled Garden Of William Blake | Tzadik | The Gnostic Trio (including Ikue Mori ) | |
| Shir Hashirim | Tzadik | A cappella compositions | |
| 2014 | Psychomagia | Tzadik | Recorded by Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz 'Abraxas |
| Alchemist | Tzadik | String Quartet | |
| Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections | Tzadik | Music for an orchestra | |
| Live At The Hall Of Mirrors | Tzadik | Piano trio | |
| Myth and Mythopoeia | Tzadik | New music compositions | |
| On Leaves of Grass | Tzadik | Nova Quartet | |
| The Testament of Solomon | Tzadik | The Gnostic Trio | |
| Valentine's Day | Tzadik | Enigmata compositions with Marc Ribot, Trevor Dunn and Tyshawn Sorey | |
| Transmigration Of The Magus | Tzadik | The Gnostic Trio | |
| 2015 | John Zorn's Olympiad - Vol. 1 dither plays anger | Tzadik | game pieces compositions recorded in the 1970s |
| Hen to Pan | Tzadik | - | |
| Simulacrum | Tzadik | Organ trio with John Medeski, Matt Hollenberg and Kenny Grohowski | |
| The Song Project Live At LPR | Tzadik | LP set with live recordings on the occasion of 60th birthday (Zorn @ 60) | |
| Pellucidar – A Dreamers Fantabula | Tzadik | The Dreamers | |
| Forro Zinho - Forro In The Dark Plays Zorn | Tzadik | Recorded by Forro In The Dark | |
| The True Discoveries Of Witches And Demons | Tzadik | Simulacrum trio with Marc Ribot and Trevor Dunn | |
| inferno | Tzadik | Simulacrum trio | |
| James Moore Plays The Book Of Heads | Tzadik | + DVD film by Stephen Taylor | |
| 2016 | Madrigals | Tzadik | a cappella by Sapphites |
| The Painted Bird | Tzadik | Simulacrum trio with Kenny Wollesen | |
| Mockingbird | Tzadik | The Gnostic Trio | |
| Sacred Visions | Tzadik | - | |
| Comedia Dell'arte | Tzadik | Chamber music | |
| 49 Acts of Unspeakable Depravity in the Abominable Life and Times of Gilles de Rais | Tzadik | Simulacrum trio | |
| 2017 | The Garden of Earthly Delights | Tzadik | Simulacrum Trio |
| There is no more firmament | Tzadik | Collection of compositions from 2013–2016, among others with Peter Evans | |
| Midsummer Moons | Tzadik | Julian Lage and Gyan Riley | |
| The Interpretation of Dreams | Tzadik | Sae Hashimoto, JACK Quartet, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Steve Gosling, Tyshawn Sorey | |
| 2018 | The Book Beri'ah | Tzadik, PledgeMusic | 11-CD box set containing the entire third Masada Book of Songs , distributed by PledgeMusic; CD1 Sofia Rei Keter - crown , CD2 Cleric Chokhma - wisdom , CD3 Spike Orchestra Binah - understanding , CD4 Julian Lage / Gyan Riley Chesed - loving kindness , CD5 Abraxas Gevurah - severity , CD6 Klezmerson Tiferet - beauty , CD7 Gnostic Trio Netzach - eternity , CD8 Zion80 Hod - splendor , CD9 Banquet of the Spirits Yesod - foundation , CD10 Secret Chiefs 3 Malkhut - kingship , CD11 Craig Taborn / Vadim Neselovskyi Da'at - knowledge |
| Insurrection | Tzadik | Julian Lage, Matt Hollenberg, Kenny Grohowski, Trevor Dunn | |
| Salem | Tzadik | Insurrection Quartet | |
| 2019 | The Hierophant | Tzadik | Brian Marsella , Trevor Dunn, Kenny Wollesen |
| Nove Cantici Per Francesco D'Assisi | Tzadik | Julian Lage, Gyan Riley, Bill Frisell | |
| Encomia | Tzadik | Stephen Gosling, Chris Otto | |
| Beyond Good and Evil - Simulacrum Live | Tzadik | Simulacrum Trio | |
| 2020 | Virtue | Tzadik | Bill Frisell, Gyan Riley, Julian Lage |
| Calculus | Tzadik | Brian Marsella, Kenny Wollesen, Trevor Dunn | |
| Les Maudits | Tzadik | chamber music pieces | |
| Baphomet | Tzadik | Simulacrum Trio |
Filmworks
| Release | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Filmworks 1986-1990 | Wave, Eva | Re-releases Nonesuch (1992), Tzadik (1997) |
| 1995 | Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill | Toy's Factory | Re-Release Tzadik (1996) |
| Filmworks III: 1990-1995 | Eve | Re-Release Tzadik (1997) | |
| 1996 | Filmworks IV: S / M + More | Tzadik | - |
| Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy | Tzadik | - | |
| 1997 | Filmworks VI: 1996 | Tzadik | - |
| Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysteria Hour | Tzadik | First from Sony CBS in 1989 | |
| 1998 | Filmworks VIII: 1997 | Tzadik | - |
| 2000 | Filmworks IX: Trembling Before Gd | Tzadik | - |
| 2001 | Filmworks X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren | Tzadik | - |
| 2002 | Filmworks XI: Secret Lives | Tzadik | - |
| Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries | Tzadik | - | |
| Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide | Tzadik | - | |
| 2003 | Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking | Tzadik | - |
| 2005 | Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion | Tzadik | - |
| Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death | Tzadik | - | |
| Filmworks Anthology - 20 Years of Soundtrack Music | Tzadik | Best of compilation | |
| 2006 | Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken / Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls | Tzadik | - |
| Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment | Tzadik | - | |
| 2008 | Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse | Tzadik | - |
| Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem | Tzadik | - | |
| Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature / The New Rijksmuseum | Tzadik | - | |
| Filmworks XXII: The Last Supper | Tzadik | - | |
| 2009 | Filmworks XXIII: El General | Tzadik | - |
| 2010 | Filmworks XXIV: The Nobel Prize Winner | Tzadik | - |
| 2013 | Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter / Schmatta / Beyond the Infinite | Tzadik | - |
Naked City
| Release | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Naked City | Nonesuch | published under Zorn's name |
| Torture Garden | Shimmy Disc | Re-releases Earache (1991), Toy's Factory (1991) | |
| 1992 | Grand Guignol | Avant | - |
| Leng Tch'e | Toy's Factory | - | |
| Heretic | Avant | - | |
| 1993 | radio | Avant | - |
| Absinthe | Avant | - | |
| 2002 | Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989 | Tzadik | Live album |
| 2005 | Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings | Tzadik | Compilation (5 CDs) |
Painkiller
| Release | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Guts of a Virgin | Earache , Toy's Factory | EP |
| 1992 | Buried Secrets | Earache, Toy's Factory, Relativity | EP |
| 1993 | Rituals: Live in Japan | Toy's Factory | Live album |
| 1994 | Execution Ground | Subharmonic | Re-release Toy's Factory (1995), Subharmonic (1995) including Live in Nagoya |
| 1997 | Collected Works | Tzadik | 4 CD compilation |
| 1998 | Guts of a Virgin & Buried Secrets | Earache | Compilation; Re-Release Soyuz Music (2003) |
| 2002 | Talisman: Live in Nagoya | Tzadik | Live album |
| 2013 | The Prophecy | Tzadik | Live album, recorded 2004-05 |
The Moonchild Trio
| Release | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Moonchild: Songs without Words | Tzadik | - |
| Astronomers | Tzadik | - | |
| 2007 | Six Litanies for Heliogabalus | Tzadik | with Zorn, Ikue Mori, Jamie Saft, Martha Cluver, Abby Fischer and Kirsten Soller |
| 2008 | The Crucible | Tzadik | with Zorn and Marc Ribot |
| 2010 | Ipsissimus | Tzadik | with Zorn and Marc Ribot |
| 2012 | Templars: In Sacred Blood | Tzadik | with John Medeski |
| 2014 | The Last Judgment | Tzadik | with John Medeski |
Masada Book of Songs
| Release | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Masada: Aleph | DIW | - |
| Masada: Beit | DIW | - | |
| Masada: Gimel | DIW | - | |
| 1995 | Masada: Dalet | DIW | EP |
| Masada: Hey | DIW | - | |
| Masada: Vav | DIW | - | |
| live | Jazz Door | Live album | |
| 1996 | Bar Kokhba | Tzadik | - |
| Masada: Zayin | DIW | - | |
| 1997 | Masada: Het | DIW | - |
| 1998 | The Circle Maker | Tzadik | Double album Bar Kokhba Sextet / Masada String Trio |
| Masada: Tet | DIW | - | |
| Masada: Yod | DIW | - | |
| Live in Taipei 1995 | Tzadik | Live album | |
| 1999 | Live in Jerusalem 1994 | Tzadik | Live album |
| Live in Middelheim 1999 | Tzadik | Live album | |
| 2000 | Live in Seville 2000 | Tzadik | Live album |
| 2001 | Live at Tonic 2001 | Tzadik | Live album |
| 2002 | First Live 1993 | Tzadik | Live album |
| 2003 | Masada Guitars | Tzadik | Anniversary series |
| Voices in the Wilderness | Tzadik | Anniversary series | |
| The Unknown Masada | Tzadik | Anniversary series | |
| 2004 | Masada recital | Tzadik | Anniversary series |
| 2005 | Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness | Tzadik | - |
| Masada skirt | Tzadik | Anniversary series | |
| Sanhedrin 1994-1997 | Tzadik | - |
50th Birthday Celebration
| Release | Interpreter | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Masada String Trio | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1 | Tzadik | - |
| Milford Graves / John Zorn | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 2 | Tzadik | - | |
| Locus Solus | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3 | Tzadik | - | |
| Electric Masada | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 | Tzadik | - | |
| Fred Frith / John Zorn | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5 | Tzadik | - | |
| Hemophiliac | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6 | Tzadik | - | |
| Masada | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7 | Tzadik | - | |
| Wadada Leo Smith / Susie Ibarra / John Zorn | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 8 | Tzadik | - | |
| John anger | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9: The Classic Guide to Strategy Volume Three | Tzadik | - | |
| 2005 | Yamataka Eye / John Zorn | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 | Tzadik | - |
| Bar Kokhba Sextet | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 | Tzadik | - | |
| Painkiller | 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12 | Tzadik | - |
Book of Angels
| Release | Interpreter | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Jamie Juice Trio | Astaroth: Book of Angels Volume 1 | Tzadik | - |
| Masada String Trio | Azazel: Book of Angels Volume 2 | Tzadik | - | |
| 2006 | Mark Feldman & Sylvie Courvoisier | Malphas: Book of Angels Volume 3 | Tzadik | - |
| Koby Israelite | Orobas: Book of Angels Volume 4 | Tzadik | - | |
| The Cracow Klezmer Band | Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5 | Tzadik | - | |
| Uri Caine | Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6 | Tzadik | - | |
| 2007 | Marc Ribot | Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7 | Tzadik | - |
| Erik Friedlander | Volac: Book of Angels Volume 8 | Tzadik | - | |
| Secret Chiefs 3 | Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9 | Tzadik | - | |
| 2008 | Bar Kokhba Sextet | Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10 | Tzadik | - |
| Medeski, Martin & Wood | Zaebos: Book of Angels Volume 11 | Tzadik | - | |
| 2009 | Masada Quintet & Joe Lovano | Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 | Tzadik | - |
| 2010 | Mycale | Mycale: Book of Angels Volume 13 | Tzadik | - |
| The Dreamers | Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14 | Tzadik | - | |
| Ben Goldberg Quartet | Baal: Book of Angels Volume 15 | Tzadik | - | |
| Masada String Trio | Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16 | Tzadik | - | |
| 2011 | Cyro Baptista | Caym: Book of Angels Volume 17 | Tzadik | - |
| 2012 | David Krakauer | Pruflas: Book of Angels Volume 18 | Tzadik | - |
| Shanir Ezra floral wreath | Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19 | Tzadik | - | |
| 2013 | Pat Metheny | Tap: Book of Angels Volume 20 | Tzadik, Nonesuch | - |
| 2014 | Eyvind Kang | Alastor: Book of Angels Volume 21 | Tzadik | - |
| Zion 80 | Adramelech: Book of Angels Volume 22 | Tzadik | - | |
| Roberto Rodriguez | Aguares: Book of Angels Volume 23 | Tzadik | - | |
| 2015 | Klezmerson | Amon: Book of Angels Volume 24 | Tzadik | - |
| Mycale | Gomory: Book of Angels Volume 25 | Tzadik | - | |
| The SPIKE Orchestra | Cerberus: Book of Angels Volume 26 | Tzadik | - | |
| 2016 | John anger | Flaga: Book of Angels Volume 27 | Tzadik | with Craig Taborn , Christian McBride , Tyshawn Sorey |
| Nova Express Quintet | Andras: Book of Angels Volume 28 | Tzadik | with John Medeski, Kenny Wollesen, Joey Baron, Trevor Dunn, Cyro Baptista | |
| Autoryno | Flauros: Book of Angels Volume 29 | Tzadik | - | |
| 2017 | Garth Knox and The Saltarello Trio | Leonard: Book of Angels Volume 30 | Tzadik | - |
| Brian Marsella | Buer: Book of Angels Volume 31 | Tzadik | with Kenny Wollesen, Trevor Dunn | |
| Mary Halvorson Quartet | Paimon: Book of Angels Volume 32 | Tzadik | last album in the series; with Miles Okazaki , Drew Gress , Tomas Fujiwara |
Collaborations
| Release | Performers | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Frank Lowe Orchestra | Lowe and Behold | Musicworks | with John Lindberg , Peter Kuhn, Butch Morris , Philip Wilson , Eugene Chadbourne , Frank Lowe , Joseph Bowie , Arthur Williams, Billy Bang , Polly Bradfield |
| 1978 | Eugene Chadbourne, anger | School | Parachute | - |
| 1979 | Eugene Chadbourne, Andrea Centazzo , Tom Cora , Toshinori Kondō , Polly Bradfield, Zorn | Environment for Sextet | Ictus | Re-Release New Tone (1995) |
| Andrea Centazzo | USA Concerts | Ictus | with Zorn, Toshinori Kondo, Eugene Chadbourne, Polly Bradfield, Tom Cora; Re-Release New Tone (1995) | |
| Eugene Chadbourne | 2000 Statues And The English Channel | Parachute | - | |
| 1981 | The Chadbournes | The Amazing Story of the Chadbournes in America | self-release | with further material on the 2-LP-Set LSD C&W: The History of the Chadbournes in America |
| 1983 | Derek Bailey , George Lewis , Wrath | Yankees | Celluloid | Re-releases Celluloid (1983, 1992), Jimco (1993), Charly (1998) |
| The Golden Palominos | The Golden Palominos | Celluloid | with Fred Frith , Bill Laswell , Jamaaladeen Tacuma , Anton Fier , David Moss , Arto Lindsay , Nicky Skopelitis , Michael Beinhorn , ME Miller ; Re-Release Celluloid (1983) | |
| 1984 | Jim Staley , anger | OTB | Lumina | - |
| Eugene Chadbourne | Dinosaur on-the-way | self-release | - | |
| 1985 | Michiro Sato , anger | Ganryu Island | Yukon | Re-Release Tzadik (1998) |
| Various artists | Lost in the Stars - The Music of Kurt Weill | AT THE | Zorn with The Little Lieutenant Of The Loving God ; Re-Release Amiga (1987) | |
| 1986 | Steve Beresford , David Troop , Tonie Marshall , Zorn | Deadly weapons | Nato | Re-releases NATO (1991, 2005) |
| JoJo Takayanagi , anger | Experimental performance | Mobys | - | |
| The Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet | voodoo | Black Saint | with Wayne Horvitz, Ray Drummond , Bobby Previte | |
| 1987 | Brötzmann Clarinet Project | Berlin Djungle | FMP | with Toshinori Kondō , Johannes Bauer , Alan Tomlinson , Tony Coe , JD Parran , Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky , Louis Sclavis , William Parker , Tony Oxley ; Re-Release Atavistic (2004) |
| Jim Staley | Mumbo Jumbo | Rift | only D side; Re-Releases Einstein Records (1993, 2009) | |
| 1988 | Bill Frisell , George Lewis , Wrath | News for Lulu | Hat hat | Re-releases Hat Hut (1993, 2008) |
| 1990 | The Intergalactic Maiden Ballet featuring John Zorn | Square dance | Tiptoe | with Roland Philipp , Harald Haerter , Thomas Jordi , Jojo Mayer |
| 1992 | Bill Frisell, George Lewis, Wrath | More News for Lulu | Hat hat | Re-Release Hat Hut (2010) |
| Bill Laswell , Sonny Sharrock , Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Charles Noyes , Zorn | Improvised Music 1981 | MuWorks | - | |
| Otomo Yoshihide | We insist? | Soundfactory | with Hirose Junji, Chino Shuichi, Kato Hideki, Uemura Masahiro, Kondo Yoshiaki | |
| Various artists | A Confederacy of Dances, Vol. 1: Live Recordings from the Roulette Series | Einstein | Anger with Sebastopol | |
| Various artists | (Y) earbook Volume 2 | Rastascan | John Zorn Ensemble (with Gannon Hall, David Slusser, Myles Boisen, Trey Spruance , William Winant , Bob Ostertag) on Xu Feng (Excerpt) | |
| 1994 | Fred Frith, anger | The Art of Memory | Incus | - |
| Company 91 | Company 91 | Incus | Vol. 1-3; with Paul Rogers , Pat Thomas , Buckethead , Derek Bailey, Paul Lovens , Yves Robert , Alexander Bălănescu , Vanessa Mackness | |
| 1995 | Derek Bailey, William Parker, Wrath | Harras | Avant | - |
| The Mystic Fugu Orchestra | Zohar | Tzadik | with Rav Tzitzit (Zorn), Rav Yechida (Yamatsuka Eye) | |
| Dekoboko Hajiime & Yamataka Eye | Naninani | Tzadik | - | |
| 1996 | Eugene Chadbourne, anger | In Memory of Nikki Arane | Incus | recorded in 1980 |
| 1997 | Zorn & Bobby Previte | Euclid's Nightmare | Depth of Field | - |
| 1998 | Wayne Horvitz , Elliott Sharp , Bobby Previte, Zorn | Downtown Lullaby | Depth of Field | - |
| Weird little boy | Weird little boy | Avant | with Mike Patton , Trey Spruance , Chris Cochrane , William Winant ; Re-Release ArsNova (????) | |
| 1999 | Tom Johnson , Sven-Åke Johansson , Nicolaus Richter de Vroe , Steffen Schleiermacher , Zorn | Enfants Terribles | Has hat | - |
| Prelapse | Prelapse | Avant | with Jeff Hudgins , Mason Wendell , Andy Sanesi , Dane Johnson , Alex Lacamoire | |
| Various artists | Hallelujah, Anyway - Remembering Tom Cora | Tzadik | Wrath on Casey R. with Fred Frith, Tom Cora and Pitter Patter Panther with The Chadbournes | |
| 2000 | Fred Frith, Toyozumi Yoshisaburo , Onnyk, Zorn | Ars Longa Dens Brevis | Allelopathy | - |
| 2002 | Mike Patton, Ikue Mori , Zorn | Hemophiliac | Tzadik | - |
| Various artists | Live at Tonic Volume I | tonic | with Emergency (Zorn, Ben Perowsky, Marc Ribot, John Medeski) in Colombo | |
| 2003 | Buck Jam Tonic | Buck Jam Tonic | WildDisc | with Bill Laswell, Tatsuya Nakamura |
| 2004 | Yamataka Eye, anger | Naninani II | Tzadik | - |
| Various artists | La Scena Olandese | Musica jazz | John Zorn Quartet on Brozziman | |
| Various artists | Irving Stone Memorial Concert | Tzadik | John Zorn & Ikue Mori on From the Beginning | |
| 2005 | The Cracow Klezmer Band Plays John Zorn | Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass: A Tribute to Bruno Schultz | Tzadik | - |
| 2006 | Fred Frith, anger | The Art of Memory II | Fred, ReR Megacorp | - |
| Dave Douglas , Mike Patton, Bill Laswell, Rob Burger , Ben Perowsky , Zorn | The Stone: Issue One | Tzadik | - | |
| Various musicians | The NY Tapes | Ictus | re-release of Environment for Sextet (1979) | |
| 2008 | Lou Reed , Laurie Anderson , Wrath | The Stone: Issue Three | Tzadik | - |
| 2010 | Fred Frith, anger | Late Works | Tzadik | - |
| 2011 | Rova : anger | The Receiving Surfaces | Metalanguage | - |
| 2013 | Thurston Moore , anger | @ | Tzadik | - |
| Master Musicians of Jajouka | The Road to Jajouka: A Benefit Album | Howe Records | Anger only on Djebala Hills with Falu , Aïyb Dieng , Flea , Billy Martin , Danny Blume | |
| 2014 | Wadada Leo Smith - George Lewis -John Zorn | Sonic Rivers | Tzadik | - |
| David Smith / Bill Laswell / John Zorn | The Dream Membrane | Tzadik | - | |
| Eugene Chadbourne, anger | Great Duo Live, Vol. II | House of Chadula | recorded 1977–1980 | |
| 2015 | Is | new York | Confront | only on For Derek 6 |
| Yoko Ono & John Zorn | Yoko Ono & John Zorn | Chimera Music | Limited 10 "single; recorded November 14, 2012 | |
| 2020 | John Zorn / Jesse Harris | Songs For Petra | Tzadik | Petra Haden , Julian Lage, Jorge Roeder , Kenny Wollesen; Compositions by Zorn, lyrics by Harris |
Guest appearances
| Release | Performers | title | Label | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Andrea Centazzo | USA Concerts | Ictus | on Sextet Improvisation and Duet Improvisation N.2 ; Re-Release New Tone (1999) |
| 1980 | Wayne Horvitz | Theater for Your Mother | TFYM004 | on Art Thieves and No Place Fast with David Sewelson , Dana Vlcek , Joe Gallant , Geordie Gillespie |
| Eugene Chadbourne | There'll Be No Tears Tonight | Parachute | on Honey Don't , Dang Me , The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me and Swingin 'Doors ; Re-releases Fundamental (1987) and Corbett vs. Dempsey (2016) | |
| 1982 | Charles K. Noyes | The World and the Raw People | Zoar | on Augury |
| 1983 | Kip Hanrahan | Desire Develops at Edge | American clave | on Jack And The Golden Palominos (For Chico Buarque) ; Re-releases VeraBra Music (1986), American Clavé (1994), Yellowbird (2010) |
| Chevon & Flagstone | Flagstone reggae | Touchstone | - | |
| 1984 | Various artists | That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk | AT THE | on Shuffle Boil with Mark E. Miller, Arto Lindsey and Wayne Horvitz |
| David Moss | Full house | Moers Music | on Hand Tech and Husk When Time ; Re-Release Moers Music (1993) | |
| Violent Femmes | Hallowed Ground | Slash | - | |
| 1985 | Butch Morris | Current Trends in Racism in Modern America | Sound Aspects | - |
| David Moss | Dense band | Moers Music | - | |
| Joe Piscopo | Honeymooners Rap | Columbia | 12 " | |
| The Golden Palominos | Omaha | Celluloid | 7 "; on ID (Like A Version) | |
| Various artists | An Atlas of Scores | Musicworks | on solo | |
| Rochester / Veasley Band | One minute of love | Gramavision | on Give It to Me | |
| 1986 | Ned Rothenberg | Trespass | Lumina | on strata |
| Various artists | The improvisors | Tellus | on Untitled with Ikue Mori, Lindsay Cooper and Fred Frith | |
| 1987 | Various artists | The 20th Anniversary Of The Summer Of Love | Shimmy Disc | on Should I Tell Her? with Half Japanese |
| Alfred 23 Harth | Plan Eden | Creative Works | on atomic sex cinema | |
| 1988 | Seigen Ono | Comme Des Garçons Volume One | Venture | on Something To Hold On To , All Men Are Heels , 5.40 AM View Of Empire |
| Ambitious lovers | Greed | Virgin | on Privacy and Admit It ; Re-Release Virgin (1996) | |
| Fred Frith | "The Technology Of Tears" And Other Music For Dance And Theater | RecRec Music | on Sadness, Its Bones Bleached Behind Us , You Are What You Eat , You Are What You Eat (Continued) , The Palace Of Laughter, The Technology Of Tears ; Re-Release Fred Records (2008) | |
| Jad Fair & Kramer | Roll out the barrel | Shimmy Disc | on the B-side | |
| Blind idiot God | Undertow | Enemy | on Purged Specimen | |
| Various artists | Kimus # 1 | has ART | on Melanie , Funk in Deep Freeze and Windmill | |
| Various artists | La Nuit des solos | Vand'Oeuvre | on improvisation | |
| 1989 | Mark Bingham | I Passed for Human | Sky Ranch, Dog Gone | on Cain Had Relations , Giant Steps, and Delta Sierra |
| Friction | Replicant Walk | Wax | on Bad Luck and Burn Don ; Re-Release Enemy (1989) | |
| Seigen Ono | Comme Des Garçons Volume Two | Venture | on finals | |
| Various artists | Bandes Originales Du Journal De Spirou | Nato | on Nuit Blanche Pour Les Gorilles and Spirou Et Fantasio A New York | |
| Half Japanese | The Band That Would Be King | 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Watts Records | on ride, ride, ride ; Re-Release Paperhouse (1993) | |
| Nicolas Collins | 100 Of The World's Most Beautiful Melodies | Trace elements | on 6 songs | |
| 1990 | Seigen Ono | NekonoTopia NekonoMania | Crammed Discs, Made to Measure | on A Person And The Photography , An Apple In The Freezer , Enishie , Nekonotopia Nekonomania , My First Wish and A Person And A Photography |
| Sovetskoye photo | The Art of Beautiful Butling | 1st records | on Everything I Had | |
| Various artists | Live at the Knitting Factory Volume 3 | Knitting Factory Works | on Rictus and Drew with Slan | |
| The civet | Homo dementia | Seven Gods | on サ イ コ リ ザ ー ド | |
| 1991 | Various artists | October Meeting 87 | Bimhuis Records | on Number One , G-Blues and Broezimann |
| Ruins | Early Works: Live & Unreleased Tracks | Bloody Butterfly | on Grand Canyon , Sycophant and Dry Lungs | |
| Valentina Ponomareva | Live in Japan | Leo | on Koseinenkin Hall II | |
| Marisa Monte | Corn | World Pacific , EMI | on Volte Para O Seu Lar (Go Back To Your Home) and Ensaboa (Soap It Up) ; Re-Release EMI (1994) | |
| OLD | Lo Flux Tube | Earache, Relativity | on Lo Flux Tube | |
| 1992 | God Is My Co-pilot | How I Got Over EP | Ajax | 7 " |
| Hoppy Komiyama | 音 楽 王 2 Welcome To Forbidden Paradise | Nonfixx | on EST (Electric Shock Treatment) , AM and Au Naturel | |
| God | Possession | Caroline | on Return to Hell , Hate Meditation and Lord, I'm on My Way ; Re-Release Virgin (1997) | |
| Otomo Yoshihide | We insist? | Sound Factory, Noise Asia | on Quite Fire At Gok and Trash | |
| Makigami Koichi | 殺 し の ブ ル ー ス | Eastworld | on マ リ ア ン ヌ | |
| 1993 | Ground zero | Ground zero | God Mountain | on WJAZ-1 , Chronicle-1 , G-Project , WJAZ-2 and Sniper XR |
| Graeme Kirkland And The Wolves | Compositional collage | self-release | Anger with backing vocals | |
| God Is My Co-pilot | Speed Yr Trip | The Making of Americans | on catheter | |
| God Is My Co-pilot | What Doctors Don't Tell You | Shrimp | - | |
| practice | Sacrifist | Subharmonic, Toy's Factory | - | |
| Big John Patton | Blue Planet Man | Bellaphon, King Records | Re-Release Evidence (1995) | |
| Creative Works Orchestra | Willisau Live and More | Creative Works Records | on atomic sex cinema | |
| Mia Zabelka | Possible Fruit | Extra plate | on Cicling Bodies and Oh Those Sensual Textures | |
| 1994 | Great materia | Peace on Earth (Music of John Coltrane) | Knitting Factory Works | on Spiritual and Brazilia |
| 1995 | Steve Beresford | Signals for Tea | Avant | - |
| Thomas Chapin Trio | Menagerie Dreams | Knitting Factory Records | on Bad Birdie (Trio 1) and Put Your Quarter In And Watch The Chicken Dance | |
| Ikue Mori | Hex Kitchen | Tzadik | on Angler Fish | |
| David Shea | Hsi-Yu Chi | Tzadik | - | |
| John Patton | Minor swing | DIW | - | |
| 1996 | Kato Hideki | Hope & Dispair | Extremes | at the piano on Double Dream |
| Jim Staley | Northern Dancer | Einstein | on Northern Dancer | |
| Eugene Chadbourne | Boogie With the Hook | Leo | on Red Lightning Part 1 | |
| 1997 | David Garland | Control songs | Review | on On Planet X and Simba |
| Mike Patton | Pranzo Oltranzista | Tzadik | - | |
| Marc Ribot | Shoe String Symphonettes | Tzadik | on Surf's Down | |
| Cyro Baptista | Vira-Loucos / Villa-Lobos | Avant | on Dansa | |
| Music Revelation Ensemble | Cross Fire | DIW | on Law , Devotion , Proof and Backbeat | |
| Medeski, Martin & Wood | Bubblehouse | Gramavision | only with Dracula Remix (by DJ Olive ) | |
| 1998 | Gary Lucas | Busy Being Born | Tzadik | on Adon Olom, Instrumental , Adon Olom, Vocal and Sandman |
| 1999 | Thomas Chapin | Alive | Knitting Factory Records | on Bad Birdie (Trio 1) and Daydream |
| David Garland | Togetherness | Ergodic | on The Best of Both Worlds | |
| 2000 | Gary Lucas | Street of Lost Brothers | Tzadik | on Yigdal |
| Daniel Zamir | Satlah | Tzadik | - | |
| 2002 | Frank London | Scientist at Work | Tzadik | on Imanu Malketeynu |
| Daniel Zamir / Satlah | Children of Israel | Tzadik | - | |
| Cyro Baptista | Beat the donkey | Tzadik | on Mr. Bugaloo | |
| 2004 | Raz Mesinai | Cyborg Acoustics | Tzadik | - |
| Wadada Leo Smith | Lake Biwa | Tzadik | - | |
| 2005 | Seigen Ono | Comme Des Garçons | Saidera | on All Men Are Heels , Something to Hold On to , Maria 9 , She Is She , Maria 5 |
| 2006 | Microscopic septet | Surrealistic Swing (History Of The Micros Volume Two) | Cuneiform | - |
| Ned Rothenberg | Solo Works | Tzadik | on Strata , Trespass , Caenis , Slapstick , Filigree and Kakeai | |
| 2007 | Paul Brody's Sadawi | For the moment | Tzadik | on For the Moment |
| 2008 | Eugene Chadbourne | Viajando Hacia Adelante Y Hacia Atras En El Tiempo Con El Loco Doctor Chad: 30 Years Of Rarities | Diogenes | on courage! |
| Toy killers | The Unlistenable Years | ugEXPLODE | on bleed the mind and improvisation | |
| Cyro Baptista | Banquet of the Spirits | Tzadik | on Macunaima (A Hero Without A Character) | |
| 2009 | Eretz Hakodesh | ארץ הקודש | Tzadik | on Song of Love |
| Duck Baker | The Ducks Palace | Incus | on Improv 1 and Improv 5 | |
| Borah Bergman Trio | Luminescence | Tzadik | on Luma | |
| 2010 | Laurie Anderson | Homeland | Nonesuch | on Bodies in Motion and The Beginning of Memory |
| 2012 | Napalm Death | Utilitarian | Century Media | on Everyday Pox |
| 2014 | Practice / RAMM: ΣLL: ZΣΣ * | In Times of Horror | MOD Technologies | download only; single |
| Current 93 | I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell (A Channel) | The Spheres | limited vinyl edition | |
| 2015 | practice | Sound virus | MOD Technologies | only as a download |
| 2016 | Various artists | Celebrate Ornette | Song X Records | on Ornette Reverb Quartet with Bill Laswell, Laurie Anderson, Stewart Hurwood |
| 2017 | Cleric | Retrocausal | Web of Mimicry | on Gray Lodge |
| 2019 | Bill Laswell | Myth - Dreams of the World | - | with Painkiller and Iggy Pop on Hades, The God of the Underworld |
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- ↑ John Zorn - Credits. Allmusic , accessed on March 16, 2015 .