Six Litanies for Heliogabalus is an album by John Zorn. It is the third album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of Mike Patton, Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn, following Moonchild: Songs Without Words (2005) and Astronome (2006) and the first to feature additional performers. The promotional notes that accompany the US CD Release indicate that the concept for the recording was inspired by the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus.Tzadik catalogue

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

Personnel John Zorn – alto sax, composer, conductor Joey Baron – drums Trevor Dunn – bass Ikue Mori – electronics Mike Patton – voice Jamie Saft – organ Martha Cluver – voice Abby Fischer – voice Kirsten Sollek – voice

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