🇺🇸🎸🎹 🎷🎻🎬🪇Avant-Garde God: John Zorn (1953-present); The one word virtually everyone can agree on in any discussion of the work of composer John Zorn is "prolific." Titles under his own name number well over 150, and the sheer number of works he has composed, produced, or played on easily doubles that. Zorn's compositional diversity is staggering. He's written elaborate "game pieces" (Cobra), fused hardcore punk and avant-jazz on Spy vs. Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman, and classical chamber works. He has penned numerous books of compositions numbering in the thousands. He's written dozens of soundtracks, solo organ works, chamber pieces, rock, jazz exotica recordings (Dreamers), and lieder (Madrigals). His revolving cast of musicians, ranging from the obscure to the internationally renowned includes Kronos Quartet, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Pat Metheny, and Frank London. Zorn has also mentored countless musicians in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and through his long-running Tzadik label. In 2023, Tzadik released Bagatelles, Vol. 3: Trigger, comprising four discs of unpublished works performed by four different ensembles. In 2024 he issued a dozen albums that included the Shakespeare-inspired Her Melodious Lay, Ballades, and Lamentations. Through the Looking Glass, performed by a quartet that included John Medeski and Matt Hollenberg, appeared in 2025, followed by Impromptus, a set of freewheeling piano trio compositions. Shark’s Top 10 Albums: 1. Bar Kokhoba, 2. Andras: The Book of Angels, Vol. 28, 3. The Gift, 4. Godard/Spillane, 5. Cobra: Game Pieces, Vol. 2, 6. Naked City 7. Masada - The Circle Maker, 8. At the Mountain of Madness - Live In Europe, 9. The Big Gundown, 10. The Best of Filmworks - 20 Years of Soundtrack Music. John Zorn’s Milestones: 361 albums 3,621 songs 14 days of continuous listening 55 GB of music stored Updated: 03.2026