John Zorn - John Zorn's Bagatelles (2021)

From March to May 2015, John Zorn composed 300 new tunes that were eventually collected into a book of music he called The Bagatelles. After 5 years of performances around the world in venues large and small, the choicest ensembles have gone into the studio and the recordings are finally being made available in a series of limited edition 4-CD BOX sets. Each set will present four ensembles performing a unique program of Zorn’s Bagatelles.

This first box-set features the remarkable Mary Halvorson Quartet, the cello duo of Erik Friedlander and Michael Nicolas, the punk rock arrangements of the young trio Trigger, and electronic arrangements by Ikue Mori on laptop.

A beautiful 4-CD limited edition designed by the brilliant Tzadik artist Heung-Heung Chin

VOL 1 - Mary Halvorson Quartet
Mary Halvorson guitar
Miles Okazaki guitar
Drew Gress bass
Tomas Fujiwara drums

VOL 2 - Erik Friedlander & Michael Nicolas
Erik Friedlander cello
Michael Nicolas cello

VOL 3 - Trigger
Will Greene guitar
Simon Hanes bass
Aaron Edgcomb drums

VOL 4 - Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori laptop electronics