Batman (Naked City)
Context
1 min 58 s opener of the first album by Naked City, a group created in 1988 by John Zorn as a composition workshop to test the limits of the rock format. The record, made in 1989 and released in 1990 on Elektra Nonesuch, juxtaposes avant-garde jazz, no wave and grindcore at high speed, under Zorn's name.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Downtown New York, No Wave. Among the origins and influences of Downtown New York, No Wave: Free jazz, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk, Free improvisation and European free.