The Big Gundown (album)
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| Studio album by John Zorn | ||
| Released | 1986 | |
| Recorded | 1984-1985 | |
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz | |
| Length | 49:27 | |
| Label | Nonesuch/Icon | |
| Producer(s) | Yale Evelev | |
The Big Gundown is an album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn. It comprises radically reworked covers of tracks by the Italian film composer Ennio Morricone. It was originally to be called "Once Upon a Time in the Lower East Side".
The album is named after a 1966 spaghetti western of the same name, directed by Sergio Sollima, starring Lee Van Cleef, and scored by Morricone. It was first released in 1986 on the Nonesuch/Icon label. In 2000 a remastered version with additional tracks was released on CD on Zorn's Tzadik Records label.
[edit] Personnel
- Orvin Aquart – harmonica
- Cyro Baptista – cuica
- Joey Baron - drums
- Tim Berne – alto saxophone
- Laura Biscotto – sexy Italian vocals
- Vicki Bodner – oboe, English horn
- Polly Bradfield – violin
- Anthony Coleman – piano, harpsichord, organ, vocals
- Trevor Dunn - bass guitar
- Carol Emanuel – harp
- Reinaldo Fernandes – repinique
- Anton Fier – drums
- Duduca Fonseca – caixa
- Bill Frisell – electric guitar
- Fred Frith – electric guitar, bass guitar
- Diamanda Galás – vocals
- Melvin Gibbs – electric bass guitar
- Jody Harris – electric guitar
- Shelley Hirsch – vocals
- Wayne Horvitz – piano, celeste, electronic keyboards
- Bob James – tapes
- Guy Klucevsek – accordion
- Arto Lindsay – batucada contractor, electric guitar, vocals
- Christian Marclay – turntables
- Mark Miller – drums, timpani
- Big John Patton – organ
- Mike Patton - vocals
- Bobby Previte – drums, percussion, timpani, vocals
- Robert Quine – electric guitar
- Vernon Reid – electric guitar
- Ned Rothenberg – shakuhachi, ocarina, Jew's harp
- Michihiro Sato – tsugaru shamisen
- Luli Shioi – vocals
- Claudio Silva – pandeiro
- Jorge Silva – surdo
- Jim Staley – trombone, bass trombone
- Toots Thielmans – whistling, harmonica
- David Weinstein – Mirage, microcomputer
- John Zorn – alto saxophone, saw, vocals, harpsichord, game calls, piano
[edit] Track listing
All music by Morricone except "Tre Nel 5000" by John Zorn.
- "The Big Gundown"
- "Peur Sur La Ville"
- "Poverty" (Once Upon A Time In America)
- "Milano Odea"
- "Erotico" (The Burglars)
- "Battle Of Algiers"
- "Giu La Testa" (Duck You Sucker!)
- "Metamorfosi" (La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso)
- "Tre Nel 5000"
- "Once Upon a Time in the West"
The album was re-released and remastered with six additional tracks in 2000:
11. The Sicilian Clan
12. Macchie Solari
13. The Ballad Of Hank McCain
14. Svegliatti & Uccidi
15. Chi Mai
16. The Ballad Of Hank McCain (instrumental)
