Tzadik Records 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 has released over 400 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; jazz saxophonist Steve Coleman, and many others.
This is a selection of Tzadik records, all played by amazing guitar players:
Americans by Scott Johnson, Tzadik, 2010
John Somebody by Scott Johnson, Tzadik, 2004
John Zorn The Book of Heads by Marc Ribot, Tzadik, 1995
James Moore plays The Book of Heads, Tzadik, 2015
The Gnostic Preludes by John Zorn, Tzadik, 2012
We Aliens by Unnatural Ways, Tzadik, 2016
Standards by Derek Bailey, Tzadik, 2007
Dither plays Zorn, John Zorn’s Olympiad Vol. 1, Tzadik, 2015
Stream of Gratitude by Gyan Riley, Tzadik, 2011
John Zorn’s Midsummer Moods (Gyan Riley, Julian Lage) Tzadik, 2017
Requia And Other Improvisations For Guitar Solo by Henry Kaiser, Tzadik, 2013
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