Spillane

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Spillane is an album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn, composed of three file-card piece, as well as a work for voice, string quartet and turntable. It is named after mystery writer Mickey Spillane, whose novels featuring detective Mike Hammer provided the basis for the album's title track. Zorn wrote Spillane on a series of index card, each containing an outline or instruction for the musicians that was intended to evoke scenes from one of Spillane's novel. One card states: "Scene of the crime #1 -- high harp harmonic, basses and trombone drone, guitar sonoritie, sounds of water dripping and narration on top." Thu, the musicians are not given traditional sheet music, but a series of cues or outlines that encourage improvisation. Zorn later released the composition Spillane on the compilation album Godard/Spillane (1999). The Allmusic review by Stephen Cook awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Spillane is not only one of the highlights in Zorn's catalog, but also makes for a fine introduction to the composer's vast body of work". Track listing No. Title Length 1. "Spillane" 25:12 2. "Two-Lane Highway: Preacher Man/White Line Fever/Nacogdoches Gumbo/East Texas Freezeout/San Angelo Release/Rollin' to Killeen/Blowout/Devil's Highway/Midnight Standoff/Marchin' for Abilene" 13:30 3. "Two-Lane Highway: Hico Killer/Long Mile to Houston" 4:46 4. "Forbidden Fruit (Variations for Voice, String Quartet and Turntables)" 10:20 Personnel 1 - "Spillane" (25:12) Recorded (June/August 1986) and Mixed (August 1987) by Don Hünerberg at NBC Radio City Studio, New York City Written and arranged by John Zorn in collaboration with: Anthony Coleman - piano, organ, celeste Carol Emanuel - harp Bill Frisell - guitar David Hofstra - ba, tuba Bob James - tape, compact discs Bobby Previte - drum, percussion Jim Staley - trombone David Weinstein - sampling keyboards John Zorn - alto saxophone, clarinet John Lurie - voice of Mike Hammer Robert Quine - voice of Mike Hammer's conscience Original texts by Arto Lindsay (and uncredited vocals) "Two-Lane Highway" (18:16) 2 - Preacher Man/White Line Fever/Nacogdoches Gumbo/East Texas Freezeout/San Angelo Release/Rollin' to Killeen/Blowout/Devil's Highway/Midnight Standoff/Marchin' for Abilene (13:30) 3 - Hico Killer/Long Mile to Houston (4:46) Recorded (June 1987) and mixed (August 1987) by Don Hünerberg at NBC Radio City Studio, New York City Conceived and arranged by John Zorn for Albert Collins in collaboration with: Albert Collins - guitar, voice Robert Quine - guitar Big John Patton - organ Wayne Horvitz - piano, keyboards Melvin Gibbs - bass Ronald Shannon Jackson - drums Bobby Previte - drum, percussion 4 - "Forbidden Fruit" (Variations for Voice, String Quartet and Turntables) (10:20) Recorded September 1987 at Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco, by Howard Johnston, and at Metal Box Studio, Tokyo by Ono Seigen. Mixed September 1987 by Ono Seigen at CBS Roppongi Studio, Tokyo. Written and arranged by John Zorn in collaboration with: Kronos Quartet David Harrington - violin John Sherba - violin Hank Dutt - viola Joan Jeanrenaud - cello Christian Marclay - turntables Hiromi Ōta - voice Original texts by Reck Credits Produced by John Zorn Two-Lane Highway produced by John Zorn and David Breskin Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig Art direction and design: Carin Goldberg Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz Thanks to David Breskin, Yale Evelev, Peter Clancy, Jennifer Keat, David Bither, Bruce Iglauer, Hilton Weinberg, Andy Haa, Kondo Toshinori, Azuma Eiichi, The Shifting Foundation Albert Collins appears courtesy of Alligator Records On the cover: Shishido Joe in Kuchibue ga Nagareru Minato Machi , courtesy of Nikkatsu Visit Hip's Road in Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan .

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