Iza, I'm currently working on one (a book) about Zorn. But, of course, if he doesn't approve my "prototype" (if you will), then I probably won't release it. I have a good number of transcriptions (that I worked on by myself), and am trying to use certain passages of these to explain his "blocks of sound," etc. and his nod to Stallings, Ives, Herrmann, Morricone, etc. Zorn means so much to me, that I think more people need to find out about him. But on the other hand, the searching and finding out yourself is part of the adventure. So my book doesn't give it all away, it still leaves plenty of mystery. Besides...Zorn is ever-changing anyway. So, within a month, it would be ancient history to what his current ideas are presently. (If by any chance you read this post...thanks SO much for introducing me to Zorn's music Rob...for that, I am ALWAYS in debt to you.) Listen and don't look, ---Nathan p.s. "Arcana" is a good book but I figured that you already knew about that one, and besides it's not just about Zorn.
From: "Iza Spaleniak" <spaiz@wp.pl> To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Subject: book about Zorn Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 17:14:44 +0200
I was wondering if there is any book about Zorn (biography, discography..) ? Which would you reccomend?
Iza
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Hi, --- Nathan Holaway <jazzdecheshire78@hotmail.com> escribió: > Iza,
I'm currently working on one (a book) about Zorn. But, of course, if he doesn't approve my "prototype" (if you will), then I probably won't release it.
Why???!!! You don't need to agree with Zorn's vision or viceversa, imho. All you'd be doing is to shape your ideas on his music, I assume, and that's a totally subjective practice. As Zorn says in Heuermann's documentary, once a piece is composed, it turns into an autonomous entity, and it doesn't necessarily relate to what we think Zorn IS. It's just a piece of music and, as far as I'm concerned, you don't need anyone's approval to have an opinion on it. I look forward to reading it if you finally decide to put it out. There's another book, which I think it's oop, which was published by Materiali Sonori. It's title is "Itinerari oltre il suono: John Zorn". There are a couple of texts written by Zorn, a couple of interviews, some nice pictures, and a section on his Theater of Musical Optics, which takes too large a percentage of the book for my taste. I think I should do some work today. Best, Efrén del Valle ______________________________________________________________________ Correo Yahoo! - 6MB, más protección contra el spam ¡Gratis! http://correo.yahoo.es
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