| Pool | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | John Zorn |
| Cover: | Pool Parachute.jpg |
| Released: | 1980, 1997 & 2000 |
| Recorded: | March 1, 1980 |
| Genre: | Avant-garde |
| Length: | 55:15 |
| Label: | Parachute P011/12 Tzadik TZ 7316 |
| Producer: | John Zorn |
| Chronology: | John Zorn |
| Next Title: | Archery |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
Pool is an album by John Zorn featuring his early "game piece" composition of the same name which was first released on vinyl on Parachute Records in 1980 as a double album including the composition "Hockey".[1] The album was released on CD on Tzadik Records with an additional bonus track featuring a test recording of Archery as part of The Parachute Years Box Set in 1997 and as a single CD in 2000.[2] The album was the first released solely under Zorn's name following his collaboration with Eugene Chadbourne, School (1978).
The AllMusic review by Joclyn Layne stated: "Dedicated fans should check this out, as it is part of the early annals of Zorn. Listeners with less patience for music theory -- and Zorn skeptics -- should save Pool for later, because it will not win anyone over; nor will the compositional theories become more clear upon listening. Essentially, Pool has more historical value than listening interest."[3]
All compositions by John Zorn
Original Vinyl Release
CD Release