heya I was just listening this weekend to Painkiller's "Talisman" & have to say I think this album shows Zorn's BEST sax playing!! Yeah, we know he does all these honks & squeals & squeaks, which is "yeah, yeah" after a bit, but on this CD he does some stuff I can't recall him doing before, like in Masada, NC, or other stuff. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy all his playing in the projects I mention earlier... I just think this CD is a standout for him. I'm mainly talking about his really fast bebop-esque stuff on here. lines, I haven't heard him do much/before... he does some serious 'shredding' :) he also does this very high pitched continuous squeal with these rhythmical honks - it's really cool. anyway, just thought I'd share that... Andrew