In one marathon day we bring pioneering composer and saxophonist John Zorn to Los Angeles for his first performance here in 25 years. In a sweeping program curated and masterminded by Zorn, he brings together a cadre of disciples to traverse the city, underscore the world of visual art and celebrate the massive scope of his undiluted and often unorthodox artistic vision.

• Part 1: Zorn at LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art – 11am Over the course of six hours, Zorn will present 12 sets of compositions and improvisations in selected galleries. Navigating the museum, vocal trios, string quartets, percussionists, solo cellists, improvisational duos and more will perform brief works every half hour amid a vast array of art and architecture.
• Part 2: Royce Triple Threat (Abraxas, Secret Chiefs 3 & Bladerunner) Royce Hall – 8pm This power-packed triple-bill rock show is not for the faint of heart. Three different bands will take the stage in succession performing critical parts of Zorn’s stunningly vast output. NYC based Abraxas will perform “Psychomagia” a new chapter in Zorn’s mystic series; Bay Area experimentalists Secret Chiefs 3 will perform selections from “Masada Book Two” a small portion of Zorn’s extensive songbook of radical Jewish music; and powerhouse trio Bladerunner (John Zorn, Bill Laswell & Dave Lombardo) will close out this portion of the evening with the raw intensity and experimentation for which they have become known.
• Part 3: The Hermetic Organ – solo organ improvisations Royce Hall – midnight There is a tradition of midnight organ recitals on college campuses equipped with a hall to perform them. We’re diving into that tradition and blasting it apart with a performer who will push the legendary Royce Hall Skinner Organ to glorious new heights. Zorn takes on our home base a riveting midnight performance that reveals the composer’s mind at work in all its bizarre and dramatic permutations—huge blocks of sound, chords, clusters, counterpoint, drones, ostinatos, lyrical melodies and more—often simultaneously.