Bar Kokhba is a double album by John Zorn, recorded between 1994 and 1996.Tzadik catalogue It features music from Zorn's Masada project, rearranged for small ensembles.Bar Kokhba album on Masada World It also features the original soundtrack from The Art of Remembrance – Simon Wiesenthal, a film by Hannah Heer and Werner Schmiedel (1994–95).
Reception
The AllMusic review by Marc Gilman awarded the album 4½ stars, noting that, "While some compositions retain their original structure and sound, some are expanded and probed by Zorn's arrangements, and resemble avant-garde classical music more than jazz.
But this is the beauty of the album; the ensembles provide a forum for Zorn to expand his compositions.
The album consistently impresses."
Gilman, M. Allmusic Review accessed July 26, 2011.
Track listing
All compositions by John Zorn ;Disc One
"Gevurah" – 6:55
"Nezikin" – 1:51
"Mahshav" – 4:33
"Rokhev" – 3:10
"Abidan" – 5:19
"Sheloshim" – 5:03
"Hath-Arob" – 2:25
"Paran" – 4:48
"Mahlah" – 7:48
"Socoh" – 4:07
"Yechida" – 8:24
"Bikkurim" – 3:25
"Idalah-Abal" – 5:04
;Disc Two
"Tannaim" – 4:38
"Nefesh" – 3:33
"Abidan" – 3:13
"Mo'ed" – 4:59
"Maskil" – 4:41
"Mishpatim" – 6:46
"Sansanah" – 6:56
"Shear-Jashub" – 2:06
"Mahshav" – 4:50
"Sheloshim" – 6:45
"Mochin" – 13:11
"Karaim" – 3:39
Recorded at Baby Monster Studios, New York City in August 1994, December 1995 and March 1996
Personnel
John Zorn – Producer
Mark Feldman (2,4,6,10,12,14,16,20,21,25) – violin
Erik Friedlander (2,4,6,10,12,14,16,21,25) – cello
Greg Cohen (2,4,6,9,10,12,14,16,18,21,25) – bass
Marc Ribot (9,18,24) – guitar
Anthony Coleman (1,3,11,17,19) – piano
David Krakauer (3,8) – clarinets
John Medeski (5,7,8,13,15,17,20,22,23) – organ, piano
Mark Dresser (1,15,19) – bass
Kenny Wollesen (1,2,15,19,23) – drums
Chris Speed (5,13,20,23) – clarinet
Dave Douglas (23) – trumpet
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