John Zorn & Fred Frith

The one word virtually everyone can agree on in any discussion of the work of composer John Zorn is "prolific" in the strictest sense of the definition. Though the cornerstone of New York's fabled and influential downtown scene didn't begin making records until 1978 (School), the recordings under his own name number well over 100, and the sheer number of works he has performed on, composed, or produced easily doubles that number. Zorn's compositional diversity is staggering. He has written elaborate "game pieces" (Cobra) and fused hardcore punk and avant-jazz on Spy vs. Spy: T...