Ganryu Island (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Ganryu Island
Type = Album
Artist = John Zorn


Released = 1984 & 1998
Recorded =
Genre = Avant-garde
Length = 43:03
Label = Yukon, Tzadik
Producer = John Zorn
Reviews = *amg|id=10:3bfpxqrjldhe|rating|4|5

Ganryu Isalnd is an album by John Zorn featuring improvisations with Satoh Michihiro. The album was first released on vinyl LP on Yukon Records in 1984 and later re-released on Tzadik Records as a CD with five additional tracks in 1998. [ [http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7319 Tzadik catalogue] ]

Track listing

# "Ryukyu Heishi" - 6:12
# "Haguregumo" - 14:14
# "Two Ronin" - 3:53
# "Kagemusha" - 10:37
# "Odori Dayu" - 5:31
# "Ganryu Island" - 11:11
# "Yoshiwara Kaidan" - 3:27
# "Natsu Matsuri" - 5:31
# "Giri" - 5:29
# "Yonaka No Hatashiai" - 2:07
# "Uma No Koku" - 2:39
# "Tsugaru Bushido" - 4:33

Personnel

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

Notes

*The album is titled after Ganryujima, a small island off the coast of Japan where legendary samurai warriors Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro engaged in battle.

References