Kenneth Goldsmith & Jonathan Zorn - Kenny G Meets John Zorn
Kenny G Meets John Zorn has to be the most mind-boggling album title of all time. No, this is not THE Kenny G or even THE John Zorn but poet Kenneth Goldsmith (who DJs at radio station WFMU under the moniker Kenny G) and electronic composer Jonathan Zorn. However the album does have something to do with the famous easy listening pop saxophonist.
Due to Mr. Goldsmith’s dubious choice of names, he tends to get a lot of e-mail meant for the other Kenny G. You can read a few of them here. Goldsmith and Zorn collaborated to create this piece of, for lack of a better term, performance art. Goldsmith’s dead pan recitation of these letters and Zorn’s odd and sometimes overbearing glitches and beeps cast a surreal shadow throughout. I’m not sure I like this album as much as just get a giggle out of it. The strange humor, the unique idea, and that great album title is enough to give it a thumbs up.
The album is available as separate tracks in 192kbps MP3.
I found this on another website and can not stop listening to it! It is so weirdly brilliant, humorous, and yes, even beautiful.
I thought Kenneth Goldsmith was going to put out a publication of the emails that he received under his moniker, “Kenny G”. I don’t know what happened to this project, though.
Comment by john — May 11, 2009 @ 5:43 pm