The Classic Guide to Strategy (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Classic Guide to Strategy
Type = Compilation
Artist = John Zorn


Released = 1983 (Vol. 1) & 1985 (Vol. 2), 1996 (Compilation)
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Genre = Avant-garde
Length = 77:57
Label = Lumina, Tzadik
Producer = John Zorn
Reviews = *amg|id=10:3cfwxq9gldde|rating|3|5
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = "Original Volume 2 Cover"
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The Classic Guide to Strategy is a compilation album by John Zorn featuring his two early solo records "The Classic Guide to Strategy Volume One" (1983), "(tracks 1-2)" and the "Classic Guide to Strategy Volume Two" (1985), "(tracks 3-8)". [ [http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7305 Tzadik catalogue] ] The albums were first released on vinyl on Lumina Records in and later re-released on Tzadik Records in 1996 as a single CD. The second track is inspired by the work of Carl Stalling and tracks 3-8 are named after avant-garde Japanese artists. "The Classic Guide to Strategy Volume Two" also contained the track "Yano Akiko" (5:20) which does not appear on the CD re-release.

The cover art from Volumes One and Two are the kanji characters for "earth" and "water" repectively which relate to the first volumes of The Book of Five Rings written by Miyamoto Musashi.

Zorn released a third volume of "The Classic Guide to Strategy" as part of his Birthday Celebration Series subtitled "The Fire Book". [ [http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=5009 Tzadik catalogue] ]

Track listing

# "Part 1" - 19:36
# "Part 2 (Cartoon Music)" - 19:32
# "Aoyanian Michi" - 11:15
# "Enoken" - 3:21
# "Katsumi Shigeru" - 6:34
# "Kondo Toshinori" - 6:04
# "Togowa Jun" - 8:54
# "Mori Ikue" - 2:38

Personnel

*John Zorn: Alto And Soprano Saxophones, Bb Clarinet, Game Calls, E-flat Clarinet

References