Daily Jam - Chinatown

About 20 years ago, i dove really deep into the music of avant garde and free jazz composer John Zorn.  The artist has an absolutely massive body of work, so it's easy to get lost in.  Like a lot of folks, i was particular drawn to the eclectic moods of 1990's "Naked City."  Dig on the noir vibes of Zorn's cover of Jerry Goldsmith's theme from "Chinatown" below, our Daily Jam.

Daily Jam - Contempt

There was a brief period for me about 15 years ago or so when i got really into the extended works of composer and saxophonist John Zorn.  His output is immense and there's so much to get lost in, but one of the albums that i was particularly drawn to was the 1990 self-titled debut of his project Naked City.  The record was a mix of freeform jazz, no wave noise, punk, metal, and more, and it blew my post-collegiate mind.  Anyway, here's "Contempt," our Daily Jam.

William S. Burroughs - Let Me Hang You

This is definitely one of the stranger recordings i've heard in a long time, but it took years and years to finally make it to our earholes, and it's wonderful.  The story goes as so: a couple of decades ago, writer and icon William S. Burroughs was asked to record audio readings of his favorite sections of "Naked Lunch."  Those recordings were then handed off to Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz of Naked City fame to add musical accompaniment.  Classical and experimental composer Eyvind Kang also contributed.  For some reason, the project was eventually abandoned and sat on a shelf for years...until Hal Willner, one of the original producers on the project, unearthed it and got the garage-psych-soul-punk rock wunderkind King Khan involved to add his own sounds and love to the recordings.  And now we have "Let Me Hang You," a collaborative experimental, psychedelic, spoken word record to melt your fucking minds.  Listen to the title track below and get the record here.