Spillane (album)
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| Spillane | ||
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| Studio album by John Zorn | ||
| Released | 1987 | |
| Recorded | June/August 1986 | |
| Genre | Avant-garde | |
| Length | 54:01 | |
| Label | Elektra Nonesuch | |
| Producer | John Zorn | |
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Spillane is an album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn, comprised of three 'file-card' pieces, as well as a work for voice, string quartet and turntables.
[edit] Track listing
1 - Spillane (25:12)
- Written and arranged by John Zorn in collaboration with:
- Anthony Coleman - piano, organ, celeste
- Carol Emanuel - harp
- Bill Frisell - guitar
- David Hofstra - bass, tuba
- Bob James - tapes, compact discs
- Bobby Previte - drums, percussion
- Jim Staley - trombone
- David Weinstein - sampling keyboards
- John Zorn - alto saxophone, clarinet
- John Lurie - voice of Mike Hammer
- Robert Quine - voice of Mike Hammer's conscience
- Original texts by Arto Lindsay (and uncredited vocals)
- Recorded (June/August 1986) and Mixed (August 1987) by Don Hünerberg at Radio City Studios, New York City
Two-Lane Highway (18:16)
2 - Preacher Man/White Line Fever/Nacogdoches Gumbo/East Texas Freezeout/San Angelo Release/Rollin' to Killeen/Blowout/Devil's Highway/Midnight Standoff/Marchin' for Abilene (13:30)
3 - Hico Killer/Long Mile to Houston (4:46)
- Conceived and arranged by John Zorn for Albert Collins in collaboration with:
- Albert Collins - guitar, voice
- Robert Quine - guitar
- Big John Patton - organ
- Wayne Horvitz - piano, keyboards
- Melvin Gibbs - bass
- Ronald Shannon Jackson - drums
- Bobby Previte - drums, percussion
Recorded (June 1987) and mixed (August 1987) by Don Hünerberg at Radio City Studios, New York City
4 - Forbidden Fruit (Variations for Voice, String Quartet and Turntables) (10:20)
- Written and arranged by John Zorn in collaboration with:
- The Kronos Quartet
- David Harrington - violin
- John Sherba - violin
- Hank Dutt - viola
- Joan Jeanrenaud - cello
- Christian Marclay - turntables
- Ohta Miromi - voice
- Original texts by Reck
Recorded September 1987 at Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco, by Howard Johnston, and at Metal Box Studio, Tokyo by Ono Seigen. Mixed September 1987 by Ono Seigen at CBS Roppongi Studios, Tokyo.
[edit] Credits
- Produced by John Zorn
- Two-Lane Highway produced by John Zorn and David Breskin
- Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig
- Art direction and design: Carin Goldberg
- Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
- Thanks to David Breskin, Yale Evelev, Peter Clancy, Jennifer Keats, David Bither, Bruce Iglauer, Hilton Weinberg, Andy Haas, Kondo Toshinori, Azuma Eiichi, The Shifting Foundation
- Albert Collins appears courtesy of Alligator Records
- On the cover: Shishido Joe in Kuchibue ga Nagareru Minato Machi, courtesy of Nikkatsu
- Visit Hip's Road in Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
