Editing John Zorn (section)

===Early compositions and recordings===
Zorn's early major compositions included many [[game piece (music)|game pieces]] described as "complex systems harnessing improvisers in flexible compositional formats".<ref>Zorn, J. ''The Game Pieces'' in Cox, C. & Warner, D., Eds. (2004) ''Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music'', Continuum Press: New York ({{ISBN|0-8264-1615-2}})</ref><ref name="Duckworth">[[William Duckworth (composer)|Duckworth, W.]] (1999) ''Talking Music'', Da Capo Press ({{ISBN|0-306-80893-5}}) pp.&nbsp;444–476</ref> These compositions "involved strict rules, role playing, prompters with flashcards, all in the name of melding structure and improvisation in a seamless fashion".<ref name="Milkowski00" /> Zorn's early game pieces had sporting titles like ''[[Lacrosse (album)|Lacrosse]]'' (1976), ''[[Hockey (album)|Hockey]]'' (1978), ''[[Pool (John Zorn album)|Pool]]'' (1979), and ''[[Archery (album)|Archery]]'' (1979), which he recorded and first released on [[Eugene Chadbourne]]'s Parachute label.<ref>Poop, C. E. [http://www.pukekos.org/2011/01/eugene-chadbournejohn-zorn.html Pukekos Website], January 28, 2011</ref><ref name="Roussel 2013">Roussel, P. (2013) [http://nyds-discographies.com/zorn.htm John Zorn Discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024210534/http://nyds-discographies.com/zorn.htm |date=2017-10-24 }}, accessed November 1, 2013</ref> His most enduring game piece is [[Cobra (Zorn)|''Cobra'']], composed in 1984 and first [[Cobra (album)|recorded in 1987]] and in subsequent versions in [[John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory|1992]], [[John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94|1994]] and [[Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2|2002]], and revisited in performance many times.<ref>Kozinn, A [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE3DA1F3DF930A3575AC0A96F948260 John Zorn and 'Cobra'] ''NY Times'', September 3, 1989</ref><ref>Ross, A [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE0D71E38F936A25750C0A965958260 Music and Plenty of It: 12 Hours' Worth In Fact] ''NY Times'' March 15, 1993</ref><ref>Ratliff, B [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E0D81E3FF936A3575BC0A960958260 Stretching the Boundaries of the Things Musicians Do] ''NY Times'', August 5, 1996</ref>

In the early 1980s, Zorn was heavily engaged in improvisation as both a solo performer and with other like-minded artists.<ref name="Milkowski00" /> Zorn's first solo saxophone recordings were originally released in two volumes as ''[[The Classic Guide to Strategy (album)|The Classic Guide to Strategy]]'' in 1983 and 1986 on the Lumina label.<ref>Proefrock, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-classic-guide-to-strategy-mw0000186775 Allmusic Review: The Classic Guide to Strategy], accessed November 1, 2013</ref> Zorn's early small group improvisations are documented on ''[[Locus Solus (album)|Locus Solus]]'' (1983) which featured Zorn with various combinations of other improvisers including [[Christian Marclay]], [[Arto Lindsay]], [[Wayne Horvitz]], [[Ikue Mori]], and [[Anton Fier]].<ref>Layne, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/locus-solus-mw0000178650 Allmusic Review: Locus Solus], accessed November 1, 2013</ref> ''[[Ganryu Island (album)|Ganryu Island]]'' featured a series of duets by Zorn with [[Michihiro Sato]] on [[shamisen]], which received limited release on the Yukon label in 1984.<ref>Layne, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/ganryu-island-mw0000058805 Allmusic Review: Ganryu Island], accessed November 1, 2013</ref> Zorn has subsequently reissued these early recordings.<ref name=Tzadikcatalog>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tzadik.com/catalog.php?view=date|title=Tzadik Complete Catalog|website=Tzadik.com}}</ref>
[[File:John Zorn Münster 1990.jpg|thumb|Zorn in 1990]]