Bar Kokhba (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Bar Kokhba
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist = John Zorn


Released = 1996
Recorded = August 1994, December 1995, & March 1996; Baby Monster Studios, NY
Genre = Avant-garde jazz
Klezmer
Chamber jazz
Length = 128:09
Label = Tzadik
Producer = John Zorn
Reviews = *amg|id=10:l1uw6j8o71w0|rating|4.5|5
Last album = "Filmworks III"
(1996)
This album = "Bar Kokhba"
(1996)
Next album = ""
(1996)

"Bar Kokhba" is a double album by John Zorn, recorded between 1994 and 1996. [ [http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7108-2 Tzadik catalogue] ] It features music from Zorn's "Masada" project, rearranged for small ensembles.

Track listing

*"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

::"(All compositions by John Zorn.)"

Personnel

*John Zorn: alto saxophone
*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

References

ee also

*Bar Kokhba (disambiguation)