Bar Kokhba
Studio album by 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
John Zorn chronology
Filmworks III: 1990-1995 (1996) Bar Kokhba (1996) Masada: Zayin (1996)

Bar Kokhba is a double album by John Zorn, recorded between 1994 and 1996.^[1] It features music from Zorn's Masada project, rearranged for small ensembles.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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[edit] Track listing

• Disc one

1. "Gevurah" - 6:55
2. "Nezikin" - 1:51
3. "Mahshav" - 4:33
4. "Rokhev" - 3:10
5. "Abidan" - 5:19
6. "Sheloshim" - 5:03
7. "Hath-Arob" - 2:25
8. "Paran" - 4:48
9. "Mahlah" - 7:48
10. "Socoh" - 4:07
11. "Yechida" - 8:24
12. "Bikkurim" - 3:25
13. "Idalah-Abal" - 5:04

• Disc two

1. "Tannaim" - 4:38
2. "Nefesh" - 3:33
3. "Abidan" - 3:13
4. "Mo'ed" - 4:59
5. "Maskil" - 4:41
6. "Mishpatim" - 6:46
7. "Sansanah" - 6:56
8. "Shear-Jashub" - 2:06
9. "Mahshav" - 4:50
10. "Sheloshim" - 6:45
11. "Mochin" - 13:11
12. "Karaim" - 3:39

(All compositions by John Zorn.)

[edit] 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

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Bar Kokhba (disambiguation)