Composer John Zorn Brings Eight Bands to Big Ears Festival 

Source: NPR.

Trick question: How do you chronicle the creative plenitude of John Zorn? It’s a fool’s errand, considering his body of work, which at least resists categorization if not the very limits of description. Still, there’s copious insight, and no small amount of pleasure, to be gained from a flash immersion in Zorn’s sonic world — an irresistible opportunity that surfaced at the 2022 Big Ears Festival, where he shared his uncompromising vision in eight distinct musical settings.