Editing Bar Kokhba (album)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Bar Kokhba
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[John Zorn]]
| cover      = Bar Kokhba (album cover).jpg
| alt        = Photograph of archaic paper with superimposed text "Bar Kokhba" near the bottom
| released   = 1996
| recorded   = August 1994, December 1995, & March 1996
| venue      =
| studio     = Baby Monster Studios, New York City
| genre      = [[Avant-garde jazz]], [[klezmer]], [[chamber jazz]]
| length     = 128:09
| label      = [[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]]
| producer   = John Zorn
| prev_title = [[Filmworks III: 1990–1995]]
| prev_year  = 1996
| next_title = [[In Memory of Nikki Arane]]
| next_year  = 1996
}}
'''''Bar Kokhba''''' is a [[double album]] by [[John Zorn]], recorded between 1994 and 1996.<ref>[http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7108-2 Tzadik catalogue]</ref> It features music from Zorn's ''[[Masada (band)|Masada]]'' project, rearranged for small ensembles.<ref>[https://masada.world/releases/bar-kokhba Bar Kokhba album on Masada World]</ref> It also features the original soundtrack from ''[http://riverlightspictures.com/taor/index.html The Art of Remembrance – Simon Wiesenthal]'', a film by [http://hannahheer.com Hannah Heer] and Werner Schmiedel (1994–95).

== Reception ==
The [[AllMusic]] review by Marc Gilman noted: "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."<ref name="Allmusic">Gilman, M. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/bar-kokhba-r307394 Allmusic Review] accessed July 26, 2011.</ref>
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic" /> 
|rev2 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev2score  = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1544}}</ref>
}}

== 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

== 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) – [[Double bass|bass]]
* [[Marc Ribot]] (9,18,24) – guitar
* [[Anthony Coleman]] (1,3,11,17,19) – piano
* [[David Krakauer (musician)|David Krakauer]] (3,8) – [[clarinet]]s
* [[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 (trumpeter)|Dave Douglas]] (23) – trumpet

== References ==
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{{John Zorn}}
{{Masada}}

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[[Category:Albums produced by John Zorn]]
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