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Ganryu Island (album)

Ganryu Island
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Studio album by Michihiro Sato & John Zorn
Released 1985
1998 (Re-Release)
Recorded Radio City Studio on November 23, 1984
Genre Avant-garde
Length 43:03
Label Yukon
Tzadik (Re-Release)
Producer John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
The Classic Guide to Strategy
(1983)The Classic Guide to Strategy1983
Ganryu Island
(1985)
Voodoo
(1986)Voodoo1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars

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


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