Re: Zorn Jump-Cuts?

7 Nov 2003

      Given that your friend started in a classical context, I'd recommend he play the string quartet 'Cat o' Nine Tails.'

Steve

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From: Samerivertwice@aol.com
Sent: Nov 7, 2003 1:35 PM
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Subject: Zorn Jump-Cuts?

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</BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">And now, a question for you. Believe it or not, I talked about John Zorn for about 10 minutes in my Humanities course yesterday. We were covering 1870-1914, and I played selections from Debussy ("Claire de Lune"), Stravinksy (a selection from Rite of Spring), and a song by Schoenberg. One student commented that Schoenberg seemed to be trying too hard, being jarring just for the sake of being jarring and jumping from one thing to another quickly. The student commented that he wasn't aware of any contemporary musicians who do this kind of jumping around. I brought up Zorn and his jump-cut, cartoon-influenced aesthetic, and then I went into his interests in game theory, cartoon music, Japanese noise-as-aesthetic, thrash metal, jazz, klezmer, and classical music. I said I'd bring something in on Tuesday to play for them. Hence the question. If I have five or so minutes to play a representative piece or two, what would you recommend that best illustrates that jump-cut practice of his? 
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Can anyone help me/my friend?  I suggested some Naked City stuff, but if there's a better sample of jump-cutting in Zorn's catalogue I'm open to suggestions. 
 
Thanks, 
Tom 
 
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Re: Zorn Jump-Cuts?

Steve Smith