A Dreamers Christmas

A Dreamers Christmas is an album of Christmas music by John Zorn released in October 2011 on the Tzadik label.^[1] It was produced by John Zorn and released on his own label Tzadik Records. It was Zorn's 5th album in 2011.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]"
Consequence of Sound	^[4]

Allmusic said "A Dreamer's Christmas is one of those holiday records -- once you hear it, you'll be reaching for it every season".^[3] Consequence of Sound called it "interesting, captivating, and pleasing for every member of the family at your holiday party"^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Winter Wonderland"	Felix Bernard	4:13
2.	"Snowfall"	Claude Thornhill	5:10
3.	"Christmas Time Is Here"	Vince Guaraldi	4:37
4.	"Santa's Workshop"	John Zorn	5:21
5.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin	5:16
6.	"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!"	Jule Styne	4:03
7.	"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"	John Frederick Coots, Haven Gillespie	6:29
8.	"Magical Sleigh Ride"	Zorn	6:23
9.	"The Christmas Song"	Mel Tormé, Robert Wells	6:33

Personnel

Cyro Baptista − percussion
Joey Baron − drums
Trevor Dunn − acoustic and electric Bass
Mike Patton − vocal^[5]
Marc Ribot − guitars
Jamie Saft − keyboards
Kenny Wollesen − vibes, chimes, glockenspiel

References

↑ "John Zorn − A Dreamers Christmas". Discogs.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
↑ Ananth Krishnan: John Zorn − A Dreamer’s Christmas (Tzadik, 2011)
1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed November 8, 2013
1 2 Kivel, A. Album Review: John Zorn – A Dreamers Christmas, Consequence of Sound, October 31, 2011
↑ "John Zorn: A Dreamers Christmas". Tzadik.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.

John Zorn

Solo albums	The Classic Guide to Strategy First Recordings 1973 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9 The Hermetic Organ The Hermetic Organ Vol. 2

Game Pieces	Lacrosse Pool Hockey Archery Cobra John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94 New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands Xu Feng Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2

File Card Pieces	Spillane The Bribe Elegy Kristallnacht Godard/Spillane Femina Dictée/Liber Novus Interzone Mount Analogue

Cover albums	Voodoo The Big Gundown News for Lulu More News for Lulu Spy vs Spy

Classical	Redbird The Book of Heads Duras: Duchamp Angelus Novus Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra The String Quartets Cartoon S/M Madness, Love and Mysticism Songs from the Hermetic Theatre Chimeras Magick Mysterium Rituals From Silence to Sorcery The Satyr's Play / Cerberus What Thou Wilt Lemma On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits The Alchemist Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections In the Hall of Mirrors Myth and Mythopoeia

Filmworks	1986-1990 Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill 1990–1995 S&M + More Tears of Ecstasy 1996 Cynical Hysterie Hour 1997 Trembling Before G-d In the Mirror of Maya Deren Secret Lives Three Documentaries Invitation to a Suicide Hiding and Seeking Protocols of Zion Workingman's Death Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls The Treatment The Rain Horse Sholem Aleichem Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum The Last Supper El General The Nobel Prizewinner City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite

Bar Kokhba	Bar Kokhba The Circle Maker 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10

Masada String Trio	The Circle Maker 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1 Azazel: Book of Angels Volume 2 Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16

Music Romance	Music for Children Taboo & Exile The Gift

Hemophiliac	Hemophiliac 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6

Masada Anniversary	Masada Guitars Voices in the Wilderness The Unknown Masada Masada Recital Masada Rock

50th Birthday Celebration	Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8 Volume 9 Volume 10 Volume 11 Volume 12

Book of Angels	Astaroth Azazel Malphas Orobas Balan Moloch Asmodeus Volac Xaphan Lucifer Zaebos Stolas Mycale Ipos Baal Haborym Caym Pruflas Abraxas Tap Alastor Adramelech Aguares

Moonchild	Moonchild: Songs Without Words Astronome Six Litanies for Heliogabalus The Crucible Ipsissimus Templars: In Sacred Blood

The Dreamers	The Dreamers O'o A Dreamers Christmas Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14

Alhambra	Alhambra Love Songs In Search of the Miraculous The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days

Tributes and Inspirations	IAO Enigmata Nova Express At the Gates of Paradise Nosferatu Rimbaud A Vision in Blakelight The Concealed Dreamachines Shir Hashirim Psychomagia On Leaves of Grass

Gnostic Trio	The Gnostic Preludes The Mysteries In Lambeth

Collaborations	In Memory of Nikki Arane with Eugene Chadbourne Locus Solus Yankees with Derek Bailey & George Lewis Deadly Weapons with Steve Beresford, Tonie Marshall & David Toop Ganryu Island with Sato Michihiro The Art of Memory with Fred Frith Zohar with Yamantaka Eye Nani Nani with Yamantaka Eye Harras with Derek Bailey & William Parker Euclid's Nightmare with Bobby Previte Weird Little Boy with Trey Spruance, Mike Patton, William Winant & Chris Cochrane Downtown Lullaby with Wayne Horvitz, Elliott Sharp and Bobby Previte Prelapse with Prelapse Buck Jam Tonic with Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Nakamura Naninani II with Yamantaka Eye The Stone: Issue One with Dave Douglas, Rob Burger, Bill Laswell, Mike Patton & Ben Perowsky The Stone: Issue Three with Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson The Art of Memory II with Fred Frith Late Works with Fred Frith "@" with Thurston Moore Sonic Rivers with George Lewis & Wadada Leo Smith

Related	John Zorn discography Naked City Painkiller Masada Hemophiliac

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