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John Zorn

1953 - Today

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John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist, arranger and producer who "deliberately resists category". His avant-garde and experimental approaches to composition and improvisation are inclusive of jazz, rock, hardcore, classical, contemporary, surf, metal, soundtrack, ambient, and world music. In 2020 Rolling Stone noted that "[alt]hough Zorn has operated almost entirely outside the mainstream, he's gradually asserted himself as one of the most influential musicians of our time".Zorn engaged New York City's downtown music scene in the mid-1970s, collaborating with improvising artists and experimenting with compositional strategies and arrangements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Zorn has received more than 1,074,829 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. John Zorn is the 245th most popular musician (up from 260th in 2019), the 1,385th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,524th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Zorns by language

Over the past year John Zorn has had the most page views in the with 140,906 views, followed by French (21,540), and Japanese (14,705). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Arabic (152.57%), French (90.35%), and Southern Azerbaijani (79.66%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, John Zorn ranks 245 out of 3,175. Before him are Stéphane Grappelli, Khaled, Dave Mustaine, Émile Waldteufel, Ludacris, and Lalo Schifrin. After him are Mick Taylor, Don Cherry, Dinu Lipatti, Georges Prêtre, Consuelo Velázquez, and Maria Theresia von Paradis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, John Zorn ranks 58. Before him are David Morse, Roberto Bolaño, Gaetano Scirea, José María Aznar, Kristalina Georgieva, and Ron Jeremy. After him are Armen Sarkissian, Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia, Nanni Moretti, Alisher Usmanov, Alan Moore, and Claudio Gentile.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Zorn ranks 1,385 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Kane (1915), Scott Wilson (1942), Norman Borlaug (1914), Jim Lovell (1928), George Strait (1952), and John Jacob Astor IV (1864). After him are Annette Bening (1958), Henry Gantt (1861), David Duchovny (1960), Sacagawea (1780), Nelson Goodman (1906), and Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, John Zorn ranks 69. Before him are Mike Shinoda (1977), Jaco Pastorius (1951), Thelonious Monk (1917), Carla Bley (1936), Dave Mustaine (1961), and Ludacris (1977). After him are Don Cherry (1936), Beck (1970), Paul Stanley (1952), J. J. Cale (1938), Charles Mingus (1922), and Art Blakey (1919).

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