Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars.[2] Writing for All About Jazz, Warren Allen stated "Some may find it difficult to embrace the mystical/minimalist aesthetic captured here, but there is so much art present. For Zorn as a composer, the writing is an important step in the development of his file card music. For the musicians, the songs contain deeply passionate performances that sound effortless, even where they are certainly not. And for the listener, there are pleasures to be found either just in listening or in trying to unwind some of the layers within this suite of music. This is simply an album to lose oneself within".[3]
The Free Jazz Collective called it "A typical atmospheric piece of music, with quite repetitive piano phrases based on klezmer scales. Very lyrical and nice, sometimes with odd rhyhms... Despite this stellar list of Tzadik musicians, the music itself has a kind of déjà-vu effect, even if some of the playing is more emphatic than on other albums".[4]PopMatters correspondent Benjamin Aspray was also unimpressed noting "his new record features many of the virtues that set even his lesser works above the vast majority of experimental music. The compositions are balanced just right between being intricate and hanging loose, and the piano-led ensemble assembled here plays through them with precision and restraint. The production is crisp and clear; the vibes shimmer on top of sinewy basslines, and no one overtakes anyone else. In other words, the whole thing is very, very professional. And that’s, unfortunately, all it really is... knowing John Zorn, he wanted the opportunity to force himself into even less expected musical territory. He’s succeeded, and shown the world that he can make faceless, functional music with the best of the world’s shopping network jingle-writers. Now, hopefully, he realizes that being boring is, well, boring, and goes back to what he does best: being awesome".[5]
search, miraculous, john, zorn, album, search, miraculous, album, composer, john, zorn, released, part, tzadik, archival, series, 2010, search, miraculousstudio, album, john, zornreleasedfebruary, 2010recordedseptember, october, 2009genrejazzlength51, 25labelt. In Search of the Miraculous is an album by composer John Zorn released as a part of Tzadik s Archival series in 2010 1 In Search of the MiraculousStudio album by John ZornReleasedFebruary 2010RecordedSeptember October 2009GenreJazzLength51 25LabelTzadik TZ 7379ProducerJohn ZornJohn Zorn chronologyMycale Book of Angels Volume 13 2010 In Search of the Miraculous 2010 Ipos Book of Angels Volume 14 2010 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 ReferencesReception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 All About Jazzfavorable 3 Free Jazz Collective nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 4 PopMatters nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars 2 Writing for All About Jazz Warren Allen stated Some may find it difficult to embrace the mystical minimalist aesthetic captured here but there is so much art present For Zorn as a composer the writing is an important step in the development of his file card music For the musicians the songs contain deeply passionate performances that sound effortless even where they are certainly not And for the listener there are pleasures to be found either just in listening or in trying to unwind some of the layers within this suite of music This is simply an album to lose oneself within 3 The Free Jazz Collective called it A typical atmospheric piece of music with quite repetitive piano phrases based on klezmer scales Very lyrical and nice sometimes with odd rhyhms Despite this stellar list of Tzadik musicians the music itself has a kind of deja vu effect even if some of the playing is more emphatic than on other albums 4 PopMatters correspondent Benjamin Aspray was also unimpressed noting his new record features many of the virtues that set even his lesser works above the vast majority of experimental music The compositions are balanced just right between being intricate and hanging loose and the piano led ensemble assembled here plays through them with precision and restraint The production is crisp and clear the vibes shimmer on top of sinewy basslines and no one overtakes anyone else In other words the whole thing is very very professional And that s unfortunately all it really is knowing John Zorn he wanted the opportunity to force himself into even less expected musical territory He s succeeded and shown the world that he can make faceless functional music with the best of the world s shopping network jingle writers Now hopefully he realizes that being boring is well boring and goes back to what he does best being awesome 5 Track listing editAll compositions by John Zorn Prelude From a Great Temple 4 15 Sacred Dance Invocation 4 47 The Book of Shadows 5 13 Affirmation 5 04 The Magus 9 08 Hymn for a New Millennium 5 31 Journey of the Magicians 4 02 Mythic Etude 7 27 Postlude Prayers and Enchantment 5 58Personnel editShanir Ezra Blumenkranz electric bass Rob Burger piano organ Greg Cohen acoustic bass Ben Perowsky drums Kenny Wollesen vibraphoneReferences edit Tzadik catalogue a b Allmusic Review accessed October 31 2013 a b Allen W All About Jazz review January 19 2011 a b Stef The Free Jazz Collective Review Free Jazz Collective April 21 2010 a b Asprey B PopMatters review April 25 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title In Search of the Miraculous John Zorn album amp oldid 1000695506, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
