Ganryu Island | ||||
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Studio album by Michihiro Sato & John Zorn | ||||
Released | 1985 1998 (Re-Release) |
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Recorded | Radio City Studio on November 23, 1984 | |||
Genre | Avant-garde | |||
Length | 43:03 | |||
Label | Yukon Tzadik (Re-Release) |
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Producer | John Zorn | |||
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Allmusic |
Ganryu Island is an collaborative album by John Zorn and Michihiro Sato. The album was first released on vinyl LP on Yukon Records in 1984 and later re-released on Tzadik Records as a CD with five additional tracks in 1998.
The album is titled after Ganryujima, a small island off the coast of Japan where legendary samurai warriors Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro engaged in battle.
The Allmusic review by Joslyn Layne awarded the album 4 stars stating "The great, no-holds-barred improvisation is by no means an inchoate whirl -- indeed, the shamisen's rhythmic presence often provides a steady, but flexible structure for the duo's truly imaginative interaction".
All compositions by John Zorn and Satoh Michihiro