John Zorn - The Bagatelles Vol. 8 - John Medeski Trio (2026)

The Bagatelles Vol. 8 presents a powerful and electrifying take on John Zorn’s monumental Bagatelles project, a collection of 300 compositions written in 2015. This volume showcases the long-awaited recording by the John Medeski Trio, delivering one of the most intense and genre-defying interpretations of the series.

Driven by Medeski’s swirling organ textures, David Fiuczynski’s incendiary guitar work and G. Calvin Weston’s dynamic drumming, the trio moves fluidly across funk, jazz, psychedelic rock and avant-garde territories. The result is a fierce and highly imaginative session, combining virtuosic improvisation with Zorn’s compact compositional forms, creating a sound that is both raw and deeply inventive.

John Medeski – Organ
David Fiuczynski – Guitar
G. Calvin Weston – Drums