John Zorn - John Zorn's A Dreamers Christmas - Tzadik - TZ7393

The saxophonist and strategist John Zorn sits in with other New York art loft eggheads on a Christmas album that avoids the obvious jazz noise trashing of the classics to find new flavours of festive fun inside some rather stale seasonal chestnuts. Winter Wonderland's breezy solos float on a distinctly downtown guitar chug from Marc Ribot, who also spars nicely with the notionally non-ironic sleigh-bells on Let It Snow! Sickening stuff, in its own way, from the man whose Naked City group once gave us tunes like Mantra Of Resurrected Shit and Igneous Ejaculation. Include free Santa sticker pack.

(17/12/11)