The Bribe (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Bribe
Type = Album
Artist = John Zorn


Released = 1998
Recorded = 1986
Genre = Avant-garde
Length = 76:01
Label = Tzadik
Producer = John Zorn
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"The Bribe: variations and extensions on Spillane" is an album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn, consisting of music created for three half-hour radio plays produced by Mabou Mines theater company in 1986. [ [http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7320 Tzadik catalogue] ] It utilises similar compositional techniques, source material, and personnel to Zorn's "Spillane".

Track listing

*"Part 1: Sliding On The Ice"
# "Gill's Theme" - 2:07
# "Hydrant Of The Vogue" - 0:41
# "The Big Freeze" - 1:01
# "Meters" - 2:24
# "The Bridge/Cocktails" - 4:06
# "The Willies" - 1:01
# "The Taxman Cometh" - 1:16
# "Night Walk" - 1:09
# "Skit Rhesus" - 2:43
# "The Boxer" - 0:59
# "Trick Or Treat" - 3:22
# "The Latin Trip/Gill's Theme" - 3:30
*"Part 2: The Arrest"
# "A Taste Of Voodoo" - 3:20
# "Inhaling The Image" - 1:49
# "City Chase" - 3:27
# "Dreams Of The Red Chamber" - 11:38
# "Rash Acts" - 1:30
# "Chippewa" - 1:24
# "The Hour Of Thirteen" - 0:47
# "Radio Mouth/Gill's Theme" - 2:57
*"Part 3: The Art Bar"
# "Midnight Streets" - 3:58
# "Victoria Lake" - 3:12
# "Strip Central" - 5:26
# "Pink Limousine" - 9:18
# "Skyline" - 3:19
# "Ordinary Lies/Gill's Theme" - 2:04

:All compositions by John Zorn

Personnel

*Anthony Coleman: Piano
*Marty Ehrlich: Reeds
*Carol Emanuel: Harp
*David Hofstra: Bass
*Wayne Horvitz: Organ
*Christian Marclay: Turntables
*Ikue Mori: Drum Machines
*Zeena Parkins: Harp
*Bobby Previte: Percussion
*Robert Quine: Guitar
*Reck: Rhythm Guitar
*Jim Staley: Trombone
*John Zorn: Alto Sax

Notes

*Recorded at Radio City Studio, New York City in 1986.
*Produced by John Zorn.
*The album shares it's title with The Bribe, a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Marguerite Roberts, based on a story written by Frederick Nebel.

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