John Zorn discography
appears on over 400 recordings as a composer or performer. This is a selection of recordings released under his name, bands he was/is part of, collaborations with other musicians, and significant albums to which he has contributed. The year indicates when the album was first released and any subsequent years if the following release included additional material.
John Zorn
- Locus Solus
- Ganryu Island
- The Big Gundown
- Spillane
- Spy vs Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman
- Elegy
- Kristallnacht
- First Recordings 1973
- New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
- The Bribe
- Godard/Spillane
- Cartoon S/M 2CD
- IAO
- Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass: A Tribute to Bruno Schultz - The Cracow Klezmer Band Plays John Zorn
- Alhambra Love Songs
- Femina
- In Search of the Miraculous
- Dictée/Liber Novus
- The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days
- Interzone
- The Satyr's Play / Cerberus
- Enigmata
- Mount Analogue
- Nosferatu
- Rimbaud
- Valentine's Day
- The Song Project
- The Song Project Live at Le Poisson Rouge
- Forro Zinho - Forro in the Dark Plays Zorn
- James Moore Plays The Book of Heads
- The Urmuz Epigrams
- In A Convex Mirror
- Tractatus Musico-Philosophicus
[The Parachute Years]
- Lacrosse 2CD
- Pool
- Hockey
- Archery 3CD
The Classic Guide to Strategy
- The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volume 1
- The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volume 2
- The Classic Guide to Strategy
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9: The Classic Guide to Strategy Volume Three
- The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volume 4
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- Cobra
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- Xu Feng: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 1
- Dither Plays Zorn – John Zorn’s Olympiad - Volume 1
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- Naked City
- Torture Garden
- Grand Guignol
- Leng Tch'e
- Heretic
- Radio
- Absinthe
- Black Box 2CD
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- Guts of a Virgin EP
- Buried Secrets EP
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- Execution Ground
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- Guts of a Virgin/Buried Secrets
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- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12
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Filmworks series
- Filmworks 1986–1990
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- Trembling Before G-d
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- Hiding and Seeking
- Protocols of Zion
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- Filmworks Anthology - compilation of tracks from first 15 Filmworks albums plus one unissued recording
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- Live in Taipei 1995 2CD
- Live in Jerusalem 1994 2CD
- Live in Middelheim 1999
- Live in Sevilla 2000
- Live at Tonic 2001 2CD
- First Live 1993
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7
- Sanhedrin 1994–1997 2CD
Composer Series and 21st Century Concert Music
- Redbird
- The Book of Heads
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- Angelus Novus
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- The String Quartets
- Madness, Love and Mysticism
- Songs from the Hermetic Theatre
- Chimeras
- Magick
- Mysterium
- Rituals
- From Silence to Sorcery
- What Thou Wilt
- Music and Its Double
- Lemma
- On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits
- Shir Hashirim
- The Alchemist
- Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections
- In the Hall of Mirrors
- Myth and Mythopoeia
- Hen to Pan
- Madrigals
- Sacred Visions
- Commedia Dell’arte
- There Is No More Firmament
- The Interpretation of Dreams
- The Hierophant
- Encomia
- Calculus
- Les Maudits
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- Bar Kokhba 2CD
- The Circle Maker 2CD
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1
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- Bar Kokhba 2CD
- The Circle Maker 2CD
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11
Music Romance series
- Music for Children
- Taboo & Exile
- The Gift
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- Hemophiliac
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6
Masada Anniversary series
- Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 1: Masada Guitars
- Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 2: Voices in the Wilderness
- Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 3: The Unknown Masada
- Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 4: Masada Recital
- Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 5: Masada Rock
50th Birthday Celebration series
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 2
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 8
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9: The Classic Guide to Strategy Volume Three
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 3 CD
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12
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- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
- 2CD
Masada Book Two - The Book of Angels
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- Aguares: Book of Angels Volume 23
- Amon: Book of Angels Volume 24
- Gomory: Book of Angels Volume 25
- Cerberus: Book of Angels Volume 26
- Andras: Book of Angels Volume 28
- Flauros: Book of Angels Volume 29
- Leonard: Book of Angels Volume 30
- Buer: Book of Angels Volume 31
- Paimon: Book of Angels Volume 32
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- Astronome
- Six Litanies for Heliogabalus with John Zorn, Jamie Saft, Ikue Mori & chorus
- The Crucible with John Zorn & Marc Ribot
- Ipsissimus - with John Zorn & Marc Ribot
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- The Last Judgment with John Medeski
The Dreamers
- The Dreamers
- O'o
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- A Dreamers Christmas
- The Christmas Song / Santa's Workshop 7" single
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Nova Express
- Nova Express
- At the Gates of Paradise
- A Vision in Blakelight
- The Concealed
- Dreamachines
- On Leaves of Grass
- Andras: Book of Angels Volume 28
The Gnostic Trio
- The Gnostic Preludes
- The Mysteries
- In Lambeth
- The Testament of Solomon
- Transmigration of the Magus
- The Mockingbird
- Masada Book Three - The Book Beri'ah - Netzach: Eternity
The Hermetic Organ
- The Hermetic Organ
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 2 - St. Paul’s Chapel
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 3 - St. Paul’s Hall, Huddersfield
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 4 - St. Bart's
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 5 - Philharmonie De Paris
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 6 - For Edgar Allan Poe
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 7 - St. John the Divine
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 8 - For Antonin Artaud
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- Psychomagia
- Masada Book Three - The Book Beri'ah - Gevurah: Severity
Simulacrum
- Simulacrum
- The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons
- Inferno
- The Painted Bird
- 49 Acts Of Unspeakable Depravity In The Abominable Life And Times Of Gilles De Rais
- The Garden Of Earthly Delights
- Beyond Good And Evil—Simulacrum Live
- Baphomet
Julian Lage/Gyan Riley/Bill Frisell
- Midsummer Moons
- Masada Book Three - The Book Beri'ah - Chesed: Loving Kindness
- Nove Cantici Per Francesco D’Assisi
- Virtue
Insurrection
- Insurrection
- Salem, 1692
Masada Book Three - The Book Beri'ah (2018)
- CD1 - Keter
- CD2 - Chokhma
- CD3 - Binah
- CD4 - Chesed
- CD5 - Gevurah
- CD6 - Tiferet
- CD7 - Netzach
- CD8 - Hod
- CD9 - Yesod
- CD10 - Malkhut
- CD11 - Da'at
Album collaborations
- School
- In Memory of Nikki Arane
- Yankees
- Deadly Weapons
- Voodoo
- News for Lulu
- More News for Lulu
- Improvised Music New York 1981
- The Art of Memory
- Zohar
- Nani Nani
- Harras
- Euclid's Nightmare
- Weird Little Boy
- Downtown Lullaby
- 1977 1981
- Prelapse
- Ars Longa Dens Brevis
- Buck Jam Tonic
- Naninani II
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- The Art of Memory II
- Late Works
- The Receiving Surfaces
- "@"
- The Dream Membrane
- Sonic Rivers
- Blink
- Songs for Petra
Albums featured
- Environment for Sextet
- The Golden Palominos
- OTB
- Hallowed Ground
- Berlin Djungle
- That's the Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk
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- Experimental Performance With John Zorn
- The Godard Fans: Godard ça vous chante?
- Points Blank -
- The Technology of Tears
- Replicant Walk
- Comme des Garçons Vol. 1
- Comme des Garçons Vol. 2
- Purged Specimen
- Square Dance
- NekonoTopia NekonoMania - Zorn plays sax on 6 tracks
- Live at the Knitting Factory Volume 3 - Zorn plays alto sax on 2 tracks with Slan
- Winter Was Hard
- Ignorance - Zorn plays alto sax on track 2 "パラドックス"
- Attention Span
- Lo Flux Tube
- Mr. Bungle - produced by John Zorn & plays uncredited sax on 1 track
- Possession
- How I Got Over
- We Insist?
- Welcome to Forbidden Paradise
- Early Works
- Blue Planet Man
- Speed Yr Trip
- Ground Zero
- Sacrifist
- Bar del Mattatoio - Zorn plays sax on 2 tracks
- Peace on Earth - Zorn plays sax on 2 tracks
- Mais
- Company 91 Volume 1 - first of three volumes documenting five-day 1991 improv collaboration with Derek Bailey, Alexander Bălănescu, Buckethead, Paul Lovens, Vanessa Mackness, Yves Robert, Paul Rogers, and Pat Thomas
- Company 91 Volume 2
- Company 91 Volume 3
- Minor Swing
- Signals for Tea
- Hex Kitchen - John Zorn plays clarinet on this album
- State of the Union
- Hsi-Yu Chi
- Vira Loucos - Zorn plays alto on 2 tracks
- Cross Fire
- Pranzo Oltranzista
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- Shoe String Symphonettes
- Busy Being Born
- Vision Volume One
- Hallelujah, Anyway – Remembering Tom Cora
- Paradiso
- Satlah - Zorn plays alto on 3 tracks
- Street of Lost Brothers
- Maria & Maria
- Scientist at Work
- Children of Israel
- Beat the Donkey - Zorn plays alto on 1 track
- Irving Stone Memorial Concert
- Cyborg Acoustics
- Lake Biwa
- Solo Works - The Lumina Recordings
- For the Moment
- Inamorata - Zorn plays alto on 1 track with the Masada String Trio
- Banquet of the Spirits - Zorn plays alto on 1 track
- Eretz Hakodesh
- Luminescence
- The Ducks Palace - Zorn plays alto on 2 tracks
- Homeland - Zorn plays alto on 2 tracks
- Utilitarian - Zorn plays two sax solos on track "Everyday Pox."
- The Road to Jajouka
- Celebrate Ornette - 1 track on Ornette Coleman tribute alongside Bill Laswell, Laurie Anderson and Stewart Hurwood
- Retrocausal