TALES OF LOHR: JOHN ZORN'S "OU PHRONTIS"

On the surprisingly relatable pleasures of the (maybe?) avant-garde; plus, "Factory Roll Call" says Stan's the man

I spent the last evening of my most recent visit to New York City in the spare, stripped-down confines of The Stone, a long-running experimental music venue located on the campus of The New School in Greenwich Village. There, I was treated to an hour-long extended dual improvisation by pianist / electronics artist Shinya Lin and Billy Martin, drummer / …