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John Zorn
John Zorn's Cobra: Live At The Knitting Factory

Album US 1995 on Knitting Factory Works label
Jazz (Contemporary Jazz)

Cobra 1: Hemachatus Hemachatus - African, spits venom, has keeled scales and bears up to 60 live young. Cobra 2: Naja Naja Atra - Asian, has a "complete mask" (i.e., a black and white scale pattern that completely covers the back of its neck), its venom played a role in the development of immunology and serum therapy for snake bite. Cobra 3: Many-Banded Krait - Asain, Kraits bite almost only at night. The Many-Banded Krait has closely-set black and white rings: it does not roll into an ellipse like the more common Banded Krait, but into a rounded knot. Cobra 4: Taipan - Most poisonous Australian snake. The venom not only paralyzes the central nervous system, but it also destroys red corpuscles. Cobra 5: D. Polylepis - Largest venemous snake in Africa, characterized by lightning quick, elegant movements in branches and the vigor of its reactions. When excited, lifts its head and neck and opens its mouth threateningly. Cobra 6: Lampropeltis Doliata Syspila - Brilliantly-colored American snake. A "false" coral snake, it uses mertensian mimicry for protection. Cobra 7: Boomslang - Australian, a colubrid that lives in trees, it uses its rear fangs to inject hematoxic venom into its prey. This species has killed at least one noted herpetologist. Cobra 8: Maticora Intenstinalis - Southeast Asian snake. Has a coral-red tail underside, which it displayes when excited. Its venom appears to be less potent than other cobra species. Cobra 9: Acanthopis Antareticus - Australian, the death adder. When excited, inflates itself into a sausage shape. Its bite leaves practically no mark. Chiefly active at dusk. Cobra 10: Hydrophiidae - Have glands in the head used for eliminating excess salt. Its external nasal openings are on top of the head and can be closed by a valve. Cobra 11: Ngu Sam Liem - Southeast Asian cobra. Lacquer-black with shiny yellow bands on a strangely ridged back, the "triangle snake" eats almost nothing but other snakes. Cobra 12: Ophiophagus Hannah - The largest poisonous cobra in the world, it is the only cobra that can move forward while in the threat position. Cobra 13: Boulengerina - These cobras almost always live in shallow water and feed on nothing but fishes. Cobra 14: Laticanda Laticanda - Widely distributed snake. It moves quickly and skillfully on land, but us often encountered sunning itself near the beach.

Musicians

	John Zorn as, *1953 US saxophone, album by
	Andrea Parkins acc, sampler, US accordion
	Juliet Palmer , *1967 alto vocals
	KJ Grant voc, alto vocals, bass
	Chris Nelson baritone vocals
	Eric Qin p, 1967-1993 US baritone vocals
	Rick Porterfield baritone vocals
	Joe Gallant cb, US bass, double bass
	Sebastian Steinberg cb, b, voc, *1959 US bass
	Steve Waxman bass, percussion, trumpet
	Wilbur Pauley voc, bass vocals
	Leslie Ross bsn, ob, bassoon
	Bob Lipman bongos, guitar, percussion
	Fredrick Lonberg-Holm vc, cello, cornet, electronics, harp, tape
	Michelle Kinney vc, US cello, electronics
	Tomas Ulrich vc, *1958 US cello
	David Castiglione sax, ts, ss, clarinet, saxophone
	David Krakauer cl, *1956 US clarinet
	Doug Wieselman , *1954 US clarinet
	Tim Smith sax, clarinet
	Evan Gallagher p, key, US cornet, keyboards, sampler, trombone
	Brad Jones b, *1963 US double bass
	Chris Wood b, *1969 US double bass
	Ed Broms b, eb, double bass
	Ben Perowsky dr, *1966 US drums
	Christine Bard dr, drums
	E.J. Rodriguez perc, dr, US drums, percussion
	Hollis Headrick perc, dr, drums
	James Lo dr, US drums
	Jim Pugliese perc, *1952 US drums, percussion, sampler
	Louis Belogenis ts, sax, US drums
	Michael Evans dr, drums, percussion
	Tim Spelios dr, electronics
	Paul Shapiro sax, fl, US flute, saxophone
	Walter Thompson as, US flute, saxophone
	Adam Rogers g, eg, *1965 US guitar
	Craig Flanagin g, dr, voc, guitar
	David Tronzo s-g, *1957 US guitar
	David Watson g, eg, *1960 guitar, trumpet
	John King voc, g, guitar
	Judy Dunaway voc, acg, *1964 US guitar, mezzo-soprano vocals
	Kiku Wada , guitar
	Marc Ribot g, *1954 US guitar
	Rolf Sturm g, bj, US guitar
	Vito Ricci perc, *1947 US guitar
	Zeena Parkins hrp, eb, *1956 US harp
	Nina Mankin mezzo-soprano vocals
	Billy Martin dr, perc, *1963 US percussion
	Daniel Sadownick perc, US percussion
	Frank London tr, *1958 US percussion, trumpet
	Jane Tomkiewicz , percussion
	Anthony Coleman p, *1955 US producer, sampler
	David Shea sampler, p, *1965 US sampler
	David Weinstein sampler, *1954 US sampler
	Dawn Buckholz sampler
	Lee Hyla p, 1952-2014 US sampler
	Mark Degliantoni sampler, voc, sampler
	Steven Bernstein tr, *1961 US sampler, trumpet
	Alan Chase as, saxophone
	Blaise Siwula as, ts, *1950 US saxophone, trumpet
	Jay Rodriguez fl, saxophone
	Margaret Lancaster fl, saxophone
	Paul Hoskin cb, bcl, cl, saxophone
	Roy Nathanson sax, ss, *1951 US saxophone
	Cassie Hoffman soprano vocals
	Gisburg voc, *1966 AT soprano vocals, whistling
	Tamela Glenn soprano vocals
	Greg Anderson eb, strings
	Dan Rosengard synthesizer
	Matthew Ostrowski ep, US synthesizer
	Myra Melford p, *1957 US synthesizer
	Nick Balaban synthesizer
	Randy Hutton acg, synthesizer
	Jeff Buckley g, voc, 1966-1997 US tenor vocals
	Mark Ettinger , tenor vocals
	Mike Doughty voc, g, *1970 US tenor vocals
	Curtis Fowlkes tb, voc, *1950 US trombone
	Steve Swell tb, *1954 US trombone
	Marcus Rojas tu, *1963 US tuba
	Bill Ware vib, *1959 US vibraphone
	Alicia Svigals vn, voc, *1963 US violin
	April Chung vn, ob, violin
	Paul Morrissett b, voc, US violin
	Kevin Sharp voc, vocals
	Donna Jewell Jordan , voice
	Makigami Koichi voc, b, cor, voice
	Sharon Topper voc, voice

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