Yankees (album)

Yankees
Studio album by
Released1983
VenueOAO Studio, Brooklyn
GenreAvant-garde jazz
Length44:21
LabelCelluloid
ProducerDerek Bailey, John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Locus Solus
(1983)
Yankees
(1983)
The Classic Guide to Strategy
(1983)

Yankees is an album of improvised music by Derek Bailey, John Zorn and George Lewis. The album was released as an LP by Celluloid in 1983 and was reissued on CD by Celluloid (from a vinyl source) and Charly (from the original master tape). It was the first recorded meeting of John Zorn and Derek Bailey.[1] The two men would later release the album, Harras, with William Parker in 1993. Zorn and Lewis would collaborate further on News for Lulu (1988) and More News for Lulu (1993) with Bill Frisell.