John Zorn

• DIGIPACK EDITION

Les Maudits presents three dynamic chamber pieces inspired by heroic ‘cursed’ artists of French culture. Demolishing all boundaries and pushing the artistic envelope beyond all expectations Ubu is a triumphant return to the file-card studio technique that produced such masterpiece as Spillane, Elegy, Kristallnacht and Femina. A bizarre musical portrait of the subversive writer Alfred Jarry, Ubu is one of Zorn's greatest and most outrageous creations. Also included are two pieces performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble - one inspired by radical French poet Charles Baudelaire, and Oviri, a touching elegy to artist Paul Gauguin.

TRACKS & PERSONNEL

• 01. UBU
• John Zorn, sax, vocals
• Simon Hanes, guitars, bass, vocals
• Ches Smith, vibes, percussion, vocal
• New York, January 23-25 , 2020

• 02. BAUDELIRES
• Claire Chase, flute
• Joshua Rubin, clarinet
• Rebekah Heller, bassoon
• Cory Smythe, harpsichord
• Dan Lippel, guitar
• Erik Carlson, violin
• Miranda Cuckson, viola
• Kivie Cohn-Lipman, cello
• New York, January 30, 2015

• 03. OVIRI
• Alive Teyssier, flute
• Joshua Rubin, clarinet
• David Byrd-Marrow, horn
• Michael Lormand, trombone
• Andrew Madej, tuba
• Nathan Davis, percussion
• Ross Karre, percussion
• Ikue Mori, electronics
• New York, January 31, 2015