The album is characterized by its covers of movie themes and its fusion of various musical genres. The group Zorn assembled for the material recorded on Naked City would later become a band in its own right known under the same name ; the lineup was Zorn on alto saxophone with Bill Frisell on guitar, Wayne Horvitz on keyboards, Fred Frith on bass and Joey Baron on drums. The group was established in as a "compositional workshop" to test the limitations of a rock band format. The album consists of several covers of movie themes , one jazz standard , and original compositions by Zorn, including several "hardcore miniatures" which would later be compiled on the album Torture Garden.
Naked City (band)
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Naked City was an avant-garde music group led by saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Active primarily in New York City from to , Naked City was initiated by Zorn as a "composition workshop" [1] to test the limits of composition and improvisation in a traditional rock band lineup. Their music incorporated elements of jazz , surf , progressive rock , classical , heavy metal , grindcore , country , punk rock , and other genres.
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