{{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

| 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.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 Johanna 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."Gilman, M. Allmusic Review accessed July 26, 2011.

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Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

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

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

References