Their studio recordings and tours have featured different line-ups, as the group performs a wide range of musical styles including surf rock, Persian, Arabic, Indian, death metal, film music, electronic music, and various others. I enjoyed this enough to want to explore more of John Zorn's music and was the start of a slowly growing appreciation of the mans music.Rating 3.Secret Chiefs 3, also known as SC3, is a group of musicians led by composer and producer Trey Spruance, former guitarist of Mr.

Roddus in earshot or for casual relaxed listening. A somewhat chaotic sounding record(not unusual for JZ, especially back then) which is hard to stay with all the way through as it all kinda blurs together, although more concentrated attention does separate out the tunes a bit more,although it is not so easy to give this noise more concentrated attention. 'Good old Days' is my favourite track and the second part of the disc slows things down somewhat with longer tracks and slower tempos. I enjoy the sax melodies overlaying the wild drumming and the sound produces is big and kinda bombastic. Music to be played loud, I have always had some attraction to this CD, although I haven't given it any air time for quite a while. Pretty wild horn blowing throughout this set with Zorn in one channel and Tim Berne in the other.

17 covers of Ornette Coleman tunes played in a sort of hardcore punk sort of style but still recognisable as Jazz.

This earlier music of JZ kinda hits the other extreme from the mellow laidback modern jazz that I have been enjoying so much from his recent releases. We're talking a kind of speed jazz here. I am really enjoying this set on closer inspection and will rate the album 3.5/5.Īnyhow these were the recordings that introduced me into the wonderful and frightening world of JZ. Ra's playing on electronic keyboards can get pretty industrial sometimes and I feel prefigures Throbbing Gristle by several years and there are some interesting things happening here, Industrial Jazz seems to be Ra's contribution to out there music, like John Zorn's Jazz Thrash of Painkiller and the Moog solo 'Horizon' is a perfect example, although more electronic industrial than Jazz. 'Love in Outer Space' is a highlight with its impressively funky rhythm. Classic Ra, takes a bit to get use to and concentration to appreciate its finer moments. A bit on the lo-fi side but certainly listenable enough, although the music is certainly challenging, with the 16 minute piece 'The Shadow world' showcasing the chaotic sounding so called 'Free Jazz' style of this period of Ra. A live recording from Ra's first visit to Egypt, recorded in 71' and the original release was possibly around 74'. This is one of the discs from the Art Yard Box Set that arrived recently and I thought I would touch on it while I wait for the next earlier CD to arrive from Ra's discography.

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