Eugene Chadbourne and John Zorn

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Eugene Chadbourne and John Zorn are American musicians known for experimental collaborations that mix free-jazz, improvisation and country-inflected guitar work; their joint album School (recorded 1978) is an example of their exploratory duo work.

John Zorn is a prolific composer and saxophonist associated with the New York downtown scene and avant-garde music. Eugene Chadbourne is a guitarist known for blending country/folk elements with free improvisation and experimental approaches. Both have collaborated with many figures across genres and pursued long careers in experimental music.

The DeBaser review of School (Chadbourne & Zorn) describes an experimental 1978 collaboration blending country-folk, free-jazz and noisy guitar improvisation. The reviewer finds it challenging but rewarding for genre lovers, noting a raw, exuberant approach and occasional saxophone interventions. Overall reception is ambivalent: interesting and adventurous, not universally accessible.

For:Listeners of experimental/avant-garde music, free-jazz fans, and those curious about country/folk crossovers with improvisation.

 Eugene Chadbourne imposes an acidic country-folk on the free-jazz New York, with no schemes or models, outside of any divine grace (?) that "starts" from Uncle Tom's cabin and reaches the joints of the Woodstock festival (1969 Bethel, a pleasant rural town in the state of New York), then returns to the smoky haunts of the New York suburbs.

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