21 aprile 2024

 

Per la versione musical bisognerà attendere ancora un po', ma per i testi che ne costituiscono la trama si può già dare un'occhiata al sito web dell'autore, Jesse Harris: Love Songs, scene di un discorso amoroso con le musiche di John Zorn ideate per la voce di Petra Haden, ora in cd - Love Songs Live, su Tzadik - con registrazioni tratte da un concerto dello scorso settembre a Brooklyn.

"In September 2023, Petra Haden, pianist Brian Marsella, bassist Jorge Roeder and drummer Ches Smith presented all of the songs at two concerts at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, New York as part of Zorn’s 70th birthday celebrations. Fortunately, during the sound check right before the second concert, we made the last-minute decision to have the club make a multi-track recording of the concert. This album is that second concert in its entirety. Love Songs Live is not only a preview of a larger work to come, but also a full fledged concert in its own right: sixteen new Zorn/Harris songs sung by Petra Haden -whose folky, intimate voice belies an acrobatic ability to sing anything - backed by three masterful musicians who make Zorn’s complex twists and turns sound natural - even inevitable."