The Bribe (album)

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The Bribe
The Bribe cover
Studio album by John Zorn
Released 1998
Recorded 1986
Genre Avant-garde
Length 76:01
Label Tzadik
Producer John Zorn
Professional reviews

The Bribe: variations and extensions on Spillane is an album by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn, consisting of music created for three half-hour radio plays produced by Mabou Mines theater company in 1986. It utilises similar compositional techniques, source material, and personnel to Zorn's Spillane.

[edit] Track listing

Part 1: Sliding On The Ice (Zorn)

  1. Gill's Theme 2:07
  2. Hydrant Of The Vogue 0:41
  3. The Big Freeze 1:01
  4. Meters 2:24
  5. The Bridge/Cocktails 4:06
  6. The Willies 1:01
  7. The Taxman Cometh 1:16
  8. Night Walk 1:09
  9. Skit Rhesus 2:43
  10. The Boxer 0:59
  11. Trick Or Treat 3:22
  12. The Latin Trip/Gill's Theme 3:30

Part 2: The Arrest (Zorn)

  1. A Taste Of Voodoo 3:20
  2. Inhaling The Image 1:49
  3. City Chase 3:27
  4. Dreams Of The Red Chamber 11:38
  5. Rash Acts 1:30
  6. Chippewa 1:24
  7. The Hour Of Thirteen 0:47
  8. Radio Mouth/Gill's Theme 2:57

Part 3: The Art Bar (Zorn)

  1. Midnight Streets 3:58
  2. Victoria Lake 3:12
  3. Strip Central 5:26
  4. Pink Limousine 9:18
  5. Skyline 3:19
  6. Ordinary Lies/Gill's Theme 2:04

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Notes

  • Recorded at Radio City Studio, New York City in 1986.
  • Produced by John Zorn.
  • The album shares it's title with The Bribe, a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Marguerite Roberts, based on a story written by Frederick Nebel.