No one sits in front of a drum set and thinks they invented it all out of whole cloth. The fact that the set is there means that you’ve got some dues to pay to Baby Dodds.
John Zorn Quotes
My solo music - I get up onstage, I improvise and it's my improvisation. When I get up onstage with Fred Frith and Mike Patton, then we're improvising together. Then it's not my music; it's our music.
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| Birth: | 2nd September, 1953 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Composer, Saxophonist |
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John Zorn was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is an American composer and saxophonist with hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, and producer across a variety of genres, including jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and improvised music. He incorporates diverse styles in his compositions which he identifies as avant-garde or experimental. He was described by Down Beat as "one of our most important composers".
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