John Zorn appears on over 400 recordings as a composer or performer. This is a selection of recordings released under his name, bands he was/is part of, collaborations with other musicians, and significant albums to which he has contributed. The year indicates when the album was first released and any subsequent years if the following release included additional material.

Zorn in 2006

John Zorn edit

The Parachute Years edit

Recordings originally recorded or released between 1977 and 1981. Grouped in 1997 box set and then issued separately in 2000.

The Classic Guide to Strategy edit

Cobra performances & other game pieces edit

With Naked City edit

With Painkiller edit

Filmworks series edit

With Masada edit

Composer Series and 21st Century Concert Music edit

Masada String Trio edit

Bar Kokhba Sextet edit

Music Romance series edit

With Hemophiliac edit

Masada Anniversary series edit

50th Birthday Celebration series edit

With Electric Masada edit

Masada Book Two - The Book of Angels edit

Masada Book Three - The Book Beri'ah (2018) edit

  • CD1 - Keter (by Sofia Rei & JC Maillard)
  • CD2 - Chokhma (by Cleric)
  • CD3 - Binah (by The Spike Orchestra)
  • CD4 - Chesed (by Julian Lage & Gyan Riley)
  • CD5 - Gevurah (by Abraxas)
  • CD6 - Tiferet (by Klezmerson)
  • CD7 - Netzach (by The Gnostic Trio)
  • CD8 - Hod (by Zion80)
  • CD9 - Yesod (by Banquet of the Spirits)
  • CD10 - Malkhut (by Secret Chiefs 3)
  • CD11 - Da'at (by Craig Taborn & Vadim Neselovskyi)

New Masada Quartet edit

  • New Masada Quartet (2021)
  • New Masada Quartet, Volume Two (2023)

Moonchild edit

The Dreamers edit

Nova Express edit

The Gnostic Trio edit

Alhambra edit

The Hermetic Organ edit

  • The Hermetic Organ (2012)
  • The Hermetic Organ Vol. 2 - St. Paul's Chapel (2014)
  • The Hermetic Organ Vol. 3 - St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield (2015)
  • The Hermetic Organ Vol. 4 - St. Bart's (2016)
  • The Hermetic Organ Vol. 5 - Philharmonie De Paris (2017)
  • The Hermetic Organ Vol. 6 - For Edgar Allan Poe (2019)
  • The Hermetic Organ Vol. 7 - St. John the Divine (2019)
  • The Hermetic Organ Vol. 8 - For Antonin Artaud (2019)
  • The Hermetic Organ Vol. 9 - Liber VII (2022)
  • The Hermetic Organ Vol. 10 - Bozar, Brussels (2022)
  • The Hermetic Organ Vol. 11 - For Terry Riley (2024)
  • The Hermetic Organ vol. 12 - The Bosch Requiem (2024)

Abraxas edit

Enigmata edit

Simulacrum edit

  • Simulacrum (2015)
  • The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons (feat. Trevor Dunn & Marc Ribot, 2015)
  • Inferno (2015)
  • The Painted Bird (feat. Ches Smith & Kenny Wollesen, 2016)
  • 49 Acts Of Unspeakable Depravity In The Abominable Life And Times Of Gilles De Rais (2016)
  • The Garden Of Earthly Delights (feat. Trevor Dunn, 2017)
  • Beyond Good And Evil—Simulacrum Live (2020)
  • Baphomet (2020)
  • Nostradamus: The Death Of Satan (2021)
  • Spinoza (feat. Bill Frisell & John Zorn, 2022)

Insurrection edit

  • Insurrection (2018)
  • Salem, 1692 (2018)

Chaos Magick edit

  • Chaos Magick (Nothing Is True — Everything Is Permitted) (2021)
  • The Ninth Circle (Orpheus In The Underworld) (2021)
  • Multiplicities: A Repository Of Non-Existent Objects (2022)
  • 444 (2023)
  • Parrhesiastes (2023)

Julian Lage & Gyan Riley edit

  • Midsummer Moons (2017)
  • Masada Book Three - The Book Beri'ah - Chesed: Loving Kindness (2018)
  • John Zorn's Bagatelles Vol. 10 (2022)
  • Quatrain (2023)

Julian Lage / Gyan Riley / Bill Frisell edit

  • Nove Cantici Per Francesco D'Assisi (2019)
  • Virtue (2020)
  • Teresa De Avila (2021)
  • Parables (2021)
  • A Garden of Forking Paths (2022)
  • Nothing Is As Real As Nothing (2023)

Brian Marsella Trio edit

  • Buer: Book of Angels Volume 31 (2017)
  • The Hierophant (2019)
  • Calculus (2020)
  • Meditations on the Tarot (2021)
  • John Zorn's Bagatelles Vol. 6 (2022)

Brian Marsella / Jorge Roeder / Ches Smith edit

  • Suite for Piano (2022)
  • The Fourth Way (2023)

Incerto edit

  • Incerto (2022)
  • Multiplicities II: A Repository Of Non-Existent Objects (2023)
  • Full Fathom Five (2023)
  • Homenaje A Remedios Varo (2023)

John Zorn's Bagatelles edit

Set One (2021)
  • Vol 1 (by Mary Halvorson Quartet)
  • Vol 2 (by Erik Friedlander and Michael Nicolas)
  • Vol 3 (by Trigger)
  • Vol 4 (by Ikue Mori)
Set Two (2021)
  • Vol 5 (by Kris Davis Quartet)
  • Vol 6 (by Brian Marsella Trio)
  • Vol 7 (by Brian Marsella)
  • Vol 8 (by John Medeski Trio)
Set Three (2022)
  • Vol 9 (by Asmodeus)
  • Vol 10 (by Julian Lage & Gyan Riley)
  • Vol 11 (by Jim Black Quartet)
  • Vol 12 (by Cleric)
Set Four (2023)
  • Vol 13 (by Speed-Irabagon Quartet with John Zorn)
  • Vol 14 (by Peter Evans)
  • Vol 15 (by Ben Goldberg 4)
  • Vol 16 (by Sam Eastmond)

John Zorn's Olympiad edit

  • Dither Plays Zorn – Volume 1 (by Dither, 2015)
  • Fencing 1978 – Volume 2 (2022)
  • Pops Plays Pops-Eugene Chadbourne Plays The Book Of Heads – Volume 3 (2022)

Album collaborations edit

Albums featured edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shteamer, Hank (22 June 2020). "'He Made the World Bigger': Inside John Zorn's Jazz-Metal Multiverse". Rolling Stone.
  2. ^ "John Zorn: Rituals". Pitchfork. 24 April 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2024.