Ganryu Island (album)

Ganryu Island
Studio album by
Michihiro Sato and John Zorn
Released
  • 1985
  • 1998 (re-release)
RecordedRadio City Studio on November 23, 1984
GenreAvant-garde
Length75:24
Label
ProducerJohn Zorn
John Zorn chronology
The Classic Guide to Strategy
(1983) 		Ganryu Island
(00000001) 		Voodoo
(1986)

Ganryu Island is a collaborative album by John Zorn and Michihiro Sato. The album was first released on vinyl LP on Yukon Records in 1984 and later re-released on Tzadik Records as a CD with five additional tracks in 1998.

The album is titled after Ganryujima, a small island in the Strait of Shimonoseki where legendary samurai warriors Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro engaged in battle.

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