John Zorn discography
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.
John Zorn
- Locus Solus
- Ganryu Island
- The Big Gundown
- Spillane
- Spy vs Spy: The Music of Ornette Coleman
- Elegy
- Kristallnacht
- First Recordings 1973
- New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
- The Bribe
- Godard/Spillane
- IAO
- Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass: A Tribute to Bruno Schultz - The Cracow Klezmer Band Plays John Zorn
- Femina
- Dictée/Liber Novus
- The Goddess
- Interzone
- The Satyr's Play / Cerberus
- Mount Analogue
- Nosferatu
- The Song Project
- In The Hall of Mirrors
- The Song Project Live at Le Poisson Rouge
- Forro Zinho - Forro in the Dark Plays Zorn
- James Moore Plays The Book of Heads
- The Urmuz Epigrams
- In a Convex Mirror
- Tractatus Musico-Philosophicus
- Perchance To Dream...
- Hannigan Sings Zorn Volume One
- ''Hannigan Sings Zorn Volume Two''
The Parachute Years
The Classic Guide to Strategy
- The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volume 1
- The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volume 2
- The Classic Guide to Strategy
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9: The Classic Guide to Strategy Volume Three
- ''The Classic Guide to Strategy: Volume 4''
Cobra performances & other game pieces
- Cobra
- John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory
- John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94
- Xu Feng: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 1
- ''Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2''
With Naked City
- Naked City
- Torture Garden
- Grand Guignol
- Leng Tch'e
- Heretic
- Radio
- Absinthe
- Black Box 2CD
- Naked City Live, Vol. 1: The Knitting Factory 1989
- Naked City: The Complete Studio Recordings 5CD
With Painkiller
- Guts of a Virgin EP
- Buried Secrets EP
- Rituals: Live in Japan
- Execution Ground
- Collected Works 4CD
- Guts of a Virgin/Buried Secrets
- Talisman: Live in Nagoya
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12
- The Prophecy: Live in Europe
- Samsara
- The Equinox
- ''The Great God Pan''
Filmworks series
- Filmworks 1986–1990
- Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill
- Filmworks III: 1990–1995
- Filmworks IV: S/M + More
- Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy
- Filmworks VI: 1996
- Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour
- Filmworks VIII: 1997
- Filmworks IX: Trembling Before G-d
- Filmworks X: In the Mirror of Maya Deren
- Filmworks XI: Secret Lives
- Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries
- Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide
- Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking
- Filmworks XV: Protocols of Zion
- Filmworks XVI: Workingman's Death
- Filmworks Anthology - compilation of tracks from first 15 Filmworks albums plus one unissued recording
- Filmworks XVII: Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls
- Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment
- Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse
- Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem
- Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
- Filmworks XXII: The Last Supper
- Filmworks XXIII: El General
- Filmworks XXIV: The Nobel Prizewinner
- ''Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite''
With Masada
- Alef
- Beit
- Gimel
- Dalet EP
- Hei
- Vav
- Zayin
- Het
- Tet
- Yod
- Live in Taipei 1995 2CD
- Live in Jerusalem 1994 2CD
- Live in Middelheim 1999
- Live in Sevilla 2000
- Live at Tonic 2001 2CD
- First Live 1993
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7
- Sanhedrin 1994–1997 2CD
Composer Series
- Redbird The Book of Heads Duras: Duchamp
- Angelus Novus Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra
- The String Quartets Madness, Love and Mysticism Songs from the Hermetic Theatre
- Chimeras
- Magick
- Rituals
- Mysterium From Silence to Sorcery What Thou Wilt Music and Its Double
- Lemma
- ''On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits''
21st Century Concert Music
Cartoon S/M- Rimbaud Shir Hashirim
- The Alchemist
- Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections
- Myth and Mythopoeia
- Hen to Pan
- Madrigals
- Sacred Visions
- Commedia Dell'arte
- There Is No More Firmament
- The Interpretation of Dreams
- Encomia
- Les Maudits
- Azoth
- The Turner Études
- Heaven And Earth Magick
- Song of Songs
- The Complete String Quartets
- Fantasma
- ''Prolegomena''
Masada String Trio
- Bar Kokhba 2CD
- The Circle Maker 2CD
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1
- Azazel: Book of Angels Volume 2
- ''Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16''
Bar Kokhba Sextet
- Bar Kokhba 2CD
- The Circle Maker 2CD
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11
- ''Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10''
Music Romance series
With Hemophiliac
Masada Anniversary series
- Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 1: Masada Guitars
- Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 2: Voices in the Wilderness
- Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 3: The Unknown Masada
- Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 4: Masada Recital
- ''Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 5: Masada Rock''
50th Birthday Celebration series
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 2
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 8
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9: The Classic Guide to Strategy Volume Three
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10
- 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 3 CD
- ''50th Birthday Celebration Volume 12''
With Electric Masada
Masada Book Two - The Book of Angels
- Astaroth: Book of Angels Volume 1
- Azazel: Book of Angels Volume 2
- Malphas: Book of Angels Volume 3
- Orobas: Book of Angels Volume 4
- Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5
- Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6
- Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7
- Volac: Book of Angels Volume 8
- Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9
- Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10
- Zaebos: Book of Angels Volume 11
- Stolas: Book of Angels Volume 12
- Mycale: Book of Angels Volume 13
- Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14
- Baal: Book of Angels Volume 15
- Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16
- Caym: Book of Angels Volume 17
- Pruflas: Book of Angels Volume 18
- Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19
- Tap: Book of Angels Volume 20
- Alastor: Book of Angels Volume 21
- Adramelech: Book of Angels Volume 22
- Aguares: Book of Angels Volume 23
- Amon: Book of Angels Volume 24
- Gomory: Book of Angels Volume 25
- Cerberus: Book of Angels Volume 26
- Flaga: Book of Angels Volume 27
- Andras: Book of Angels Volume 28
- Flauros: Book of Angels Volume 29
- Leonard: Book of Angels Volume 30
- Buer: Book of Angels Volume 31
- ''Paimon: Book of Angels Volume 32''
Masada Book Three - [The Book Beri'ah (2018)">The Book Beri'ah">Masada Book Three - [The Book Beri'ah (2018)]
- CD1 - Keter
- CD2 - Chokhma
- CD3 - Binah
- CD4 - Chesed
- CD5 - Gevurah
- CD6 - Tiferet
- CD7 - Netzach
- CD8 - Hod
- CD9 - Yesod
- CD10 - Malkhut
- ''CD11 - Da'at''
New Masada Quartet
- New Masada Quartet
- New Masada Quartet, Volume Two
- ''New Masada Quartet, Volume Three''
Moonchild
- Moonchild: Songs Without Words
- Astronome
- Six Litanies for Heliogabalus with John Zorn, Jamie Saft, Ikue Mori & chorus
- The Crucible with John Zorn & Marc Ribot
- Ipsissimus - with John Zorn & Marc Ribot
- Templars: In Sacred Blood with John Medeski
- The Last Judgment with John Medeski
The Dreamers
- The Dreamers
- O'o
- Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14
- A Dreamers Christmas
- The Christmas Song / Santa's Workshop 7" single
- ''Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula''
Nova Express
- Nova Express At the Gates of Paradise A Vision in Blakelight The Concealed Dreamachines On Leaves of Grass
- ''Andras: Book of Angels Volume 28''
The Gnostic Trio
- The Gnostic Preludes
- The Mysteries
- In Lambeth
- The Testament of Solomon
- Transmigration of the Magus
- The Mockingbird
- Masada Book Three - The Book Beri'ah - Netzach: Eternity
- Gnosis: The Inner Light
- ''Sing Me Now Asleep''
Alhambra
The Hermetic Organ
- The Hermetic Organ
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 2 - St. Paul's Chapel
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 3 - St. Paul's Hall, Huddersfield
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 4 - St. Bart's
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 5 - Philharmonie De Paris
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 6 - For Edgar Allan Poe
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 7 - St. John the Divine
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 8 - For Antonin Artaud
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 9 - Liber VII
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 10 - Bozar, Brussels
- The Hermetic Organ Vol. 11 - For Terry Riley
- The Hermetic Organ vol. 12 - The Bosch Requiem
- ''The Hermetic Organ vol. 13 - Biennale Musica Venezia''
Abraxas
- Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19
- Psychomagia
- ''Masada Book Three - The Book Beri'ah - Gevurah: Severity''
Enigmata
Simulacrum
- Simulacrum
- The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons
- Inferno
- The Painted Bird
- 49 Acts Of Unspeakable Depravity In The Abominable Life And Times Of Gilles De Rais
- The Garden Of Earthly Delights
- Beyond Good And Evil—Simulacrum Live
- Baphomet
- Nostradamus: The Death Of Satan
- ''Spinoza''
Insurrection
- Insurrection
- ''Salem, 1692''
Chaos Magick
- Chaos Magick
- The Ninth Circle
- Multiplicities: A Repository Of Non-Existent Objects
- 444
- Parrhesiastes
- ''Through The Looking Glass''
[Julian Lage] & [Gyan Riley]
Midsummer Moons Masada Book Three - The Book Beri'ah - Chesed: Loving Kindness- John Zorn's Bagatelles Vol. 10
- Quatrain
- ''Her Melodious Lay''
Julian Lage / Gyan Riley / Bill Frisell
Nove Cantici Per Francesco D'Assisi Virtue Teresa De Avila Parables A Garden of Forking Paths Nothing Is As Real As Nothing- ''Lamentations''
Brian Marsella Trio
Buer: Book of Angels Volume 31 The Hierophant Calculus Meditations on the Tarot- ''John Zorn's Bagatelles Vol. 6''
Brian Marsella / Jorge Roeder / Ches Smith
Suite for Piano The Fourth Way Ballades Ou Phrontis Impromptus Nocturnes- ''Alea Icta Est''
Incerto
Incerto- Multiplicities II: A Repository Of Non-Existent Objects Full Fathom Five
- ''Homenaje A Remedios Varo''
John Zorn's Bagatelles
- Vol 1
- Vol 2
- Vol 3
- Vol 4
- Vol 5
- Vol 6
- Vol 7
- Vol 8
- Vol 9
- Vol 10
- Vol 11
- Vol 12
- Vol 13
- Vol 14
- Vol 15
- ''Vol 16''
John Zorn's Olympiad
Dither Plays Zorn – Volume 1 Fencing 1978 – Volume 2 Pops Plays Pops-Eugene Chadbourne Plays The Book Of Heads – Volume 3- ''Curling - Volume 4''
Album collaborations
- School
- In Memory of Nikki Arane
- Yankees
- Deadly Weapons
- Voodoo
- News for Lulu
- More News for Lulu
- Improvised Music New York 1981
- The Art of Memory
- Zohar
- Nani Nani
- Harras
- Euclid's Nightmare
- Weird Little Boy
- Downtown Lullaby
- 1977 1981
- Prelapse
- Ars Longa Dens Brevis
- Buck Jam Tonic
- Naninani II
- The Stone: Issue One
- The Stone: Issue Three
- The Art of Memory II
- Late Works
- The Receiving Surfaces
- @
- The Dream Membrane
- Sonic Rivers
- Blink
- Songs for Petra
- Shinjuku Pit Inn
- The Cleansing
- Memoria
- Love Songs Live
- Memories, Dreams, and Reflections
- ''Alchemical Theatre''
Albums featured
- Lowe & Behold
- Environment for Sextet
- The Golden Palominos
- OTB
- Hallowed Ground
- Berlin Djungle
- That's the Way I Feel Now: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk
- Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill
- Experimental Performance With John Zorn
- The Godard Fans: Godard ça vous chante?
- Points Blank -
- The Technology of Tears
- Replicant Walk
- Comme des Garçons Vol. 1
- Comme des Garçons Vol. 2
- Purged Specimen
- Square Dance
- NekonoTopia NekonoMania - Zorn plays sax on 6 tracks
- Live at the Knitting Factory Volume 3 - Zorn plays alto sax on 2 tracks with Slan
- Winter Was Hard
- Ignorance - Zorn plays alto sax on track 2 "パラドックス"
- Attention Span
- Lo Flux Tube
- Mr. Bungle - produced by John Zorn & plays uncredited sax on 1 track
- Possession
- How I Got Over
- We Insist?
- Welcome to Forbidden Paradise
- Early Works
- Blue Planet Man
- Speed Yr Trip
- Ground Zero
- Sacrifist
- Bar del Mattatoio - Zorn plays sax on 2 tracks
- Peace on Earth - Zorn plays sax on 2 tracks
- Mais
- Company 91 Volume 1 - first of three volumes documenting five-day 1991 improv collaboration with Derek Bailey, Alexander Bălănescu, Buckethead, Paul Lovens, Vanessa Mackness, Yves Robert, Paul Rogers, and Pat Thomas
- Company 91 Volume 2
- Company 91 Volume 3
- Minor Swing
- Signals for Tea
- Hex Kitchen - John Zorn plays clarinet on this album
- State of the Union
- Hsi-Yu Chi
- Vira Loucos - Zorn plays alto on 2 tracks
- Cross Fire
- Pranzo Oltranzista
- Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainsbourg
- Shoe String Symphonettes
- Busy Being Born
- Vision Volume One
- Hallelujah, Anyway – Remembering Tom Cora
- Paradiso
- Satlah - Zorn plays alto on 3 tracks
- Street of Lost Brothers
- Maria & Maria
- Scientist at Work
- Children of Israel
- Beat the Donkey - Zorn plays alto on 1 track
- Irving Stone Memorial Concert
- Cyborg Acoustics
- Lake Biwa
- Solo Works - The Lumina Recordings
- For the Moment
- Devushki payut
- Inamorata - Zorn plays alto on 1 track with the Masada String Trio
- Banquet of the Spirits - Zorn plays alto on 1 track
- Eretz Hakodesh
- Luminescence
- The Ducks Palace - Zorn plays alto on 2 tracks
- Homeland - Zorn plays alto on 2 tracks
- Utilitarian - Zorn plays two sax solos on track "Everyday Pox".The Road to Jajouka I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell: A Channel
- Celebrate Ornette - 1 track on Ornette Coleman tribute alongside Bill Laswell, Laurie Anderson and Stewart Hurwood
- ''Retrocausal''