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* John Zorn: At the same time as performing and producing for his new label (8.5 mb) | John Zorn’s appetite for improvisation (1.0 mb) | Stephen Drury - Carney (4.0 mb) | A close collaborator and friend of Zorn’s (1.5 mb) | Aporias. Requia for Piano and OrchestraThe volume and diversity of his output (5.5 mb) | (3.5 mb) | Closing (0.5 mb)
From Documentary (Part 4) : BBC Radio 3 : London, England

Well, here’s the last of the Zorn documentary. I apologize that I had to stretch it out this much, but download limits and such came into play. I hope you’ve been enjoying this series as much as I have. John Zorn is truly one of the greats of the modern/improv/avant/jazz/noise/metal/NY downtown scene and it’s great to be able learn more about him. He’s a man who does what he does with absolute conviction and sincerity and it’s too bad more people aren’t like that.

Well I don’t really have these wild dreams that I want to do this or want to do that. I’m very pragmatic, I work with the people that are available to me. I will continue to do improv concerts, I will continue to make music with the Masada band, I will make file card pieces. Everything kind of continues concurrently, and each piece is done, completed and move on to another one. Instead of regurgitating the same thing over and over and over in different contexts, which seems to be what most people are comfortable with. I meant every single note I ever made and I played it and created it with as much passion and sincerity as I could. (John Zorn)

This last section is where things kind of break down, as they tried to stuff too much into this part. I wish they would of produced a couple more parts to the documentary, but I’m grateful for what they got.

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As before, the whole dealie can be found (here).

Also, if you’re interested, here’s a listing of all the music profiled over the four parts.

Program 1: “Soho Music Gallery”
(July 1, 2000 London, England, BBC Radio 3)
- John Zorn: Spillane
- John Zorn: Wind Ko / La
- Anthony Braxton: To Pianist Cecil Taylor
- John Zorn: Mikhail Zoetrope
- John Zorn: Lacrosse
- John Zorn: Hockey
- John Zorn: Cobra
- John Zorn: Cartoon Music
- Derek Bailey: Improvised Music NY 1981
- Sonny Clark Memorial Quartet: Minor Meeting

Program 2: “The Big Gundown”
(July 8, 2000 London, England, BBC Radio 3)
- John Zorn: Shuffle Boil
- John Zorn: The Big Gundown
- John Zorn: Spillane
- John Zorn / Kronos Quartet: Forbidden Fruit
- Kronos Quartet: Cat O Nine Tails
- Napalm Death: The Missing Link
- John Zorn: WRU

Program 3: “Torture Garden”
(July 15, 2000 London, England, BBC Radio 3)
- Naked City: Lonely Woman
- Naked City: Snagglepuss
- Naked City: Igenious Ejaculation / Blood Duster / Hammerhead
- Naked City: Demon Sanctuary
- Naked City: Perfume Of A Critic’s Burning Flesh
- Painkiller: Pashupatinath
- Painkiller: Black Chamber
- Naked City: Grang Guignol
- Naked City: La Cathedrale Engolou
- John Zorn: Shteti (Ghetto Life)
- Masada: Halisah
- Masada: Ruach

Program 4: “Masada And Beyond”
(July 22, 2000 London, England, BBC Radio 3)
- Nani Nani: Eep Man
- John Zorn: In The Temple Of Hadjarim
- John Zorn: Night Hotel 2
- Satlah: Hasar Hamemuneh
- Satlah: Prem 17
- Milford Graves: Grand Unification
- John Patton: Congo Chant
- James Blood Ulmer: Devotion
- Stephen Drury: Carny
- John Zorn / American Composers Orchestra: Impetuoso
- John Zorn: Fils Des Etoiles