Downtown Lullaby

Downtown Lullaby
Studio album by John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Bobby Previte & Wayne Horvitz
Released June 16, 1998
Recorded January 15, 1998
Genre Avant-garde
Length 47:28
Label Depth of Field
Producer Bobby Previte
John Zorn chronology

The Circle Maker
(1998)
Downtown Lullaby
(1998)
Masada: Yod
(1998)

Downtown Lullaby is an album of improvised music by John Zorn, Elliott Sharp, Bobby Previte and Wayne Horvitz. The album was released on the Depth of Field label in 1998 and contains seven tracks titled after addresses of performing spaces in the East Village and Soho.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Brian Olewnick awarded the album 2½ stars stating "Downtown Lullaby isn't a bad record but, given the personnel, one would have hoped for more".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Horovitz/Previte/Sharp/Zorn
  1. "484 Broome" - 5:42
  2. "500 West 52nd" - 6:15
  3. "Eighth Between B & C" - 6:11
  4. "77 White" - 3:57
  5. "228 West Broadway" - 9:07
  6. "Bleecker & Bowery" - 7:16
  7. "1 Morton St (Downtown Lullaby)" - 9:00
Recorded at Avatar Recording Studios, New York on January 15, 1998

Personnel

References

  1. Olewnick, B. Allmusic Guide Review accessed July 21, 2008.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Olewnick, B. Allmusic Review accessed August 2, 2011.