Buck Jam Tonic

Buck Jam Tonic
Studio album by John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Nakamura
Released	2003
Recorded	December 6, 2002, Victor Studio, Tokyo
Genre	Avant-garde
Length	100:48
Label	WildDisk WDD-004/005
Producer	Tsutomu Fujii
John Zorn chronology
The Unknown Masada (2003) Buck Jam Tonic (2003) Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking (2003)
Bill Laswell chronology
ROIR Dub Sessions (2003) Buck Jam Tonic (2003) AFTERMATHematics (2003)

Buck Jam Tonic is a double album of improvised music by John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Nakamura released on the Japanese WildDisk label in 2003 and consists of one disc mixed in Tokyo and another mixed in New York City.^[1] A vinyl edition was also released containing only the Tokyo mix^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Nakamura/Laswell/Zorn

• Disc one: Tokyo mix

1. "Old Dragon" - 4:53
2. "Lobo" - 7:18
3. "Matagi" - 5:39
4. "Toccata for Coyote" - 10:20
5. "Nu" - 4:53

• Disc two: NY mix

1. "Tzu" - 23:29
2. "Second Sight" - 28:37
3. "Panepha" - 15:39

Personnel

Adapted from the Buck Jam Tonic liner notes.^[3]

• John Zorn – alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Bill Laswell – bass
• Tatsuya Nakamura – drums

References

1. Rousell, P. John Zorn Discography, accessed November 21, 2013
2. Bill Laswell Discography accessed July 21, 2008.
3. Buck Jam Tonic (booklet). Bill Laswell, Tatsuya Nakamura and John Zorn. Japan: WildDisk. 2003.