''Busy Being Born'' is an album by

Gary Lucas Gary Lucas (born June 20, 1952) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and composer who was a member of Captain Beefheart's band. He formed the band Gods and Monsters in 1989. Lucas has released more than 50 albums to date as a solo artist or ...

, released in 1998 through

Tzadik Records Tzadik is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a not-for-p ...

. It is an album of children's songs.

Production

"Fleischerei" is a tribute to the soundtracks to

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cartoons.

Track listing

Personnel

;Musicians *

Greg Cohen Greg Cohen (born July 13, 1953) is an American jazz bassist who has been a member of John Zorn's Masada quartet and worked with numerous other noted musicians for over four decades. Career Cohen plays traditional jazz and other styles, includin ...

– bass guitar *Jonathan Kane – drums *

– vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar,

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, production ;Production and additional personnel *Larry Fine – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" *André Grossmann – photography *Kenny Hurwitz – vocals on "Adon Olom", "The Mensch in the Moon" and "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" *Tim Kalliches –

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*Misako Kano – piano on "Abie the Fishman" *

Ikue Mori (born 17 December 1953), also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, electronic musician, composer, and graphic designer. Mori was awarded a "Genius grant" from the MacArthur Foundation in 2022. Biography Ikue Mori was born and raised in Japan. She sa ...

– design *Sascha von Oertzen – engineering *Kazunori Sugiyama – production *Irene Trudel – engineering *Allan Tucker – mastering *

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conducting, conductor, saxophonist, arrangement, arranger and record producer, producer who "deliberately resists category". His Avant-garde music, avant-garde and experimental music, ex ...

– saxophone on "Adon Olom" and "Sandman"

References

1998 albums Gary Lucas albums Tzadik Records albums {{1990s-folk-album-stub