I'm not sure that Zorn and SY mix in the same circles all that much. Members of SY have played at Tonic (that did used to be run by Zorn, didn't it?), but I think that's as close a link as could be drawn between the two.
There used to be two fairly distinct alt-musical scenes in NY, I think, and there wasn't a great amount of crossover between them. Possibly there's some kind of a hangover from that, or maybe SY have just built up better links with other saxophonists (e.g. the guys from Borbetomagus).
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