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Tzadik is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a not-for-profit, cooperative record label.
| Tzadik Records | |
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| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | John Zorn, Kazunori Sugiyama |
| Distributor(s) | Redeye Distribution |
| Genre | Avant-garde jazz, improvised music, experimental |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | New York City |
| Official website | www |
Tzadik has released over 900 albums by a variety of artists with diverse musical backgrounds, including free improvisation, jazz, noise, klezmer, rock, and experimental composition.
On the label's catalogue are releases by Zorn himself and his multifaceted "songbook" group Masada; singer Mike Patton; guitarists Derek Bailey, Yoshihide Otomo, Tim Sparks, Buckethead and Keiji Haino; noise music icon Merzbow; composers Gordon Mumma, Frank Denyer, Arnold Dreyblatt, and Teiji Ito; experimental groups Kayo Dot, Time of Orchids and Rashanim, microtonalists Syzygys; drummer Tatsuya Yoshida and his bands Ruins and Korekyojinn; trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith; electroacoustic composer Noah Creshevsky; and jazz saxophonist Steve Coleman.
Roster
edit- Oren Ambarchi
- Mick Barr
- Steven Bernstein
- Lisa Bielawa
- Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz
- Kitty Brazelton
- Chris Brown
- Rob Burger
- Uri Caine
- Jennifer Charles
- Greg Cohen
- Alvin Curran
- Dave Douglas
- Mark Dresser
- Arnold Dreyblatt
- Toby Driver
- Trevor Dunn
- Marty Ehrlich
- Jewlia Eisenberg
- Erik Friedlander
- Fred Frith
- Satoko Fujii
- Annie Gosfield
- Guerilla Toss
- Jesse Harris
- Timba Harris
- Gerry Hemingway
- Robin Holcomb
- Yuka Honda
- Wayne Horvitz
- Teiji Ito
- Scott Johnson
- Phillip Johnston
- Henry Kaiser
- Eyvind Kang
- Guy Klucevsek
- George E. Lewis
- Lukas Ligeti
- Frank London
- Jon Madof
- Billy Martin
- Mono
- Ikue Mori
- Dafna Naphtali
- Aya Nishina
- Chieko Mori
- Aaron Novik
- Larry Ochs
- Jim O'Rourke
- Evan Parker
- Mike Patton
- Paola Prestini
- Marc Ribot
- Gyan Riley
- Ned Rothenberg
- Joel Rubin
- Basya Schechter
- Tim Sparks
- J. G. Thirlwell
- Matthew Welch
- Doug Wieselman
- Witch 'n' Monk
- John Zorn[1][2]
References
edit- ^ "Tzadik Records". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Tzadik Artist for Artist". www.tzadik.com. Retrieved 26 February 2017.