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Michael Zerang (16 Nov 1958 - )

Male Person - United States American free jazz percussionist

Releases (3)

Official

Album

  1. Cedarhead Jul 2007
  2. The Shuddering Cherub - For Solo Piano With Vibrating Elements 09 Jan 2019

Relationships (6)

Member Of

  1. Michael Zerang & The Blue Lights original, eponymous, drums (drum set)
  2. Galactic Unity Ensemble percussion, drums (drum set)
  3. Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet drums (drum set)
  4. Brötzmann Chicago Octet
  5. Stumble drums (drum set)
  6. DRMWPN

Recordings by (20)

  1. Untitled 6:39 (Jul 2007)
  2. For Solo Piano With Vibrating Elements 43:45 (09 Jan 2019)
  3. Sharif Sehnaoui Electric Guitar 6:44 (15 Jul 2019)
  4. Mazen Kerbaj Trumpet 11:29 (15 Jul 2019)
  5. Raed Yassin Tapes & Electronics 15:08 (15 Jul 2019)
  6. Christine Abdelnour Alto Sax 6:40 (15 Jul 2019)
  7. Charbel Haber Electric Guitar 4:36 (15 Jul 2019)
  8. Jassem Hindi Electronics 11:38 (15 Jul 2019)
  9. Bechir Saade Nay 5:09 (15 Jul 2019)
  10. Chicago Flyaway 5:04 (2019)
  11. The Djinn Of Nineveh 3:58 (2019)
  12. Assyrian Caesarean 4:02 (2019)
  13. Capitalism's Last Shred 3:33 (2019)
  14. The Swift And Sordid Purification Of Jimi Jihad 5:00 (2019)
  15. Song For Mourners 7:28 (2019)
  16. Threnody For A Desert Storm 6:07 (2019)
  17. Pepper Gas 2020 7:19 (19 Jun 2020)
  18. Yalla Beirut ?:?? (07 Aug 2020)
  19. Velvet Bell for Myanmar 3:11 (24 Feb 2021)
  20. Velvet Bell for Lebanon 6:26 (06 Aug 2021)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Variant Reading 7:16 Ken Vandermark (1995) drums (drum set)
  2. Experiment: Trial 6:09 Ken Vandermark (1995) drums (drum set)
  3. A Sick Man's Dreams 6:26 Ken Vandermark (1995) drums (drum set)
  4. Lake Michigan 19:53 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) percussion, flute, whistle
  5. House Pet 6:11 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) percussion, flute, whistle
  6. The Angels of Swedenborg 5:23 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) percussion, flute, whistle
  7. Cornfield Meet 7:13 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) drums (drum set)
  8. Linkola 5:55 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) drums (drum set)
  9. Clog Dancers of the Cook County Fjords 5:20 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) percussion, flute, whistle
  10. Parthenogenetic Pan 8:02 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) percussion, flute, whistle
  11. Nan’s Rubber Band 5:35 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) percussion, flute, whistle
  12. Mabuse’s Monocles 6:29 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) drums (drum set)
  13. Hal’s Tango? 8:01 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) drums (drum set)
  14. Propietary Mythologies 12:48 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) drums (drum set)
  15. Silent Comedy 7:00 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) drums (drum set)
  16. More Railroad History 9:18 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) drums (drum set)
  17. Fast Market 5:13 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) drums (drum set)
  18. Requiem for a Stooge 4:19 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) drums (drum set)
  19. Snake Handler Gets Bit 4:45 Jim Baker & Michael Zerang (1997) percussion, flute, whistle
  20. Burning Spirit (For Kazuka Shiraishi) 29:43 Brötzmann Chicago Octet (1998) percussion, drums (drum set)
  21. Old Bottles, No Wine 9:24 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) percussion, drums (drum set)
  22. Immediate Music 13:51 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) percussion, drums (drum set)
  23. Divide by Zero 10:40 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) percussion, drums (drum set)
  24. Makapoor 12:57 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) percussion, drums (drum set)
  25. Aziz 9:46 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) percussion, drums (drum set)
  26. Other Brothers 24:38 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) percussion, drums (drum set)
  27. Foolish Infinity 26:44 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) percussion, drums (drum set)
  28. Krug 6:19 Dörner / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang (Nov 2000) percussion
  29. Gifle 4:38 Dörner / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang (Nov 2000) percussion
  30. Taloche 4:21 Dörner / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang (Nov 2000) percussion
  31. Ranzen 5:48 Dörner / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang (Nov 2000) percussion
  32. Jar 7:18 Dörner / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang (Nov 2000) percussion
  33. Bin 7:55 Dörner / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang (Nov 2000) percussion
  34. Tronc 3:40 Dörner / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang (Nov 2000) percussion
  35. Kasu 6:37 Dörner / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang (Nov 2000) percussion
  36. Satchel 5:26 Dörner / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang (Nov 2000) percussion
  37. Stone/Water 38:44 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2000) drums (drum set)
  38. W/ M.Zerang 4:05 Kyle Bruckmann (2000) percussion
  39. Oil of Glonoin 15:27 John Butcher, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Michael Zerang (20 Mar 2001) percussion
  40. Sugar of Lead 6:25 John Butcher, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Michael Zerang (20 Mar 2001) percussion
  41. Butter of Tin 3:22 John Butcher, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Michael Zerang (20 Mar 2001) percussion
  42. Spirits of Hartshorn 16:12 John Butcher, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Michael Zerang (20 Mar 2001) percussion
  43. Milk of Bismuth 4:22 John Butcher, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Michael Zerang (20 Mar 2001) percussion
  44. And Michael 4:27 Kyle Bruckmann (2001) percussion
  45. Stonewater 42:37 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) drums (drum set)
  46. Lightbox 15:21 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) drums (drum set)
  47. Short Visit to Nowhere 25:12 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) drums (drum set)
  48. Broken English (For Franz Kline) 24:10 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) drums (drum set)
  49. Ellington 13:16 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) drums (drum set)
  50. Hold That Thought 17:24 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) drums (drum set)

Credited as (34)

  1. Spires That in the Sunset Rise with Michael Zerang
  2. John Butcher, Fred Lonberg-Holm & Michael Zerang
  3. Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Kent Kessler & Michael Zerang
  4. Joe McPhee, Peter Brötzmann, Kent Kessler & Michael Zerang
  5. Joe McPhee / Maâllem Mokhtar Gania / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Michael Zerang
  6. Fredy Studer | Hamid Drake | Michael Zerang
  7. Brötzmann, Zerang
  8. Jaap Blonk, Mats Gustafsson & Michael Zerang
  9. Trzaska / Zerang / Gasser Trio
  10. Erb / Baker / Zerang
  11. Michael Zerang & Spires That in the Sunset Rise
  12. Jeff Parker · Kevin Drumm · Michael Zerang
  13. Dörner / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang
  14. Mikołaj Trzaska / Clementine Gasser / Michael Zerang
  15. Joe McPhee / Michael Zerang
  16. Michael Zerang
  17. Birgit Ulher, Lou Mallozzi, Michael Zerang
  18. Perry Robinson, Wacław Zimpel, Michael Zerang & Raphael Rogiński
  19. Jaap Blonk, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Michael Zerang
  20. Steve Swell, Gebhard Ullmann, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Michael Zerang
  21. Hamid Drake / Michael Zerang
  22. Joe McPhee, Jeb Bishop, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Michael Zerang
  23. Frode Gjerstad, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Michael Zerang
  24. Tashi Dorji / C. Spencer Yeh / Michael Zerang
  25. Michael Zerang / Tashi Dorji
  26. Michael Zerang / C. Spencer Yeh / Tashi Dorji
  27. Rempis/Harnik/Zerang
  28. Rempis - Harnik - Zerang
  29. Rempis / Harnik / Zerang
  30. Michael Zerang / Paal Nilssen-Love
  31. Upwellings feat. Michael Zerang
  32. Jim Baker & Michael Zerang
  33. Michael Zerang & Jim Baker
  34. Michael Zerang / Fred Lonberg-Holm

Works (19)

Composed

  1. Cymbalism
  2. [untitled]
  3. [untitled]
  4. [untitled]
  5. Wistful 6
  6. Wistful 3
  7. Wistful 4
  8. Aziz
  9. Makapoor
  10. Wistful 1
  11. Wistful 5
  12. An Ancient Scar on the Terrestrial Globe
  13. What About the Phoenicians?
  14. Miracles of Bitumen
  15. Obscure Days
  16. Taming the Nobility
  17. Blame Pericles
  18. The Landscape: Still Recognizable
  19. Wistful 2

Events (2)

Main Performer At

  1. artacts20, Day 1
  2. FRIM på Fylkingen #2

Links (13)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.michaelzerang.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no00037776
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/michael-zerang
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00037776
  4. https://d-nb.info/gnd/1096507242
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb146478203

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/569446

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/319251

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000889350

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/301046196

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1929936

Biographies

  1. http://www.michaelzerang.com/press/bio_eng.htm

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Zerang_01.jpg