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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0702397710820 Label: Tzadik Manufacturer: Tzadik MPN: 7108 Number Of Discs: 2 Publisher: Tzadik Release Date: August 20, 1996 Studio: Tzadik Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not quite essential3 1/2 This is amongst the schizophrenic songwriter's more restrained, traditionalist point-of-entries, covering a wide interpretive range from his unique Klezmer-Jazz Masada influences, similar in concept to what I think is the slightly stronger Masada Guitars. By all accounts, I understand the outstanding feedback. It is an impressive, if misleading introduction into Zorn's work in the field, I just think the material usually "looks" better then it truly sounds, where many initial exquisitely ... Read More Rating:  - I did not receive until today my cd.....................Thanks Anazon, after more of one month I did not again received my stuff, instead to ask to me a review of the compact disk, it should be usefull that you ask to me where is it my stuff!!! Rating:  - ONE OF JOHN ZORN'S BEST!This is a beautiful recording. Somewhat more accessible than some John Zorn records. I don't write long reviews. YOU NEED TO OWN THIS!! Rating: - As good as its reputation."Bar Kokhba" is one of John Zorn's most tirelessly praised and revered albums-- look no further than the reviews here, all of them give the recording five stars. Likewise, every commercial review sings its praises-- "[t]he album consistently impresses" (All Music Guide), "a double album of painfully beautiful music" (omnology.com), "simply excellent music" (Lord Chimp's review here on amazon).... the praise goes on and on. The album is discussed as the kind of Zorn you could play for your friends and family, ... Read More Rating: - i am a beas.t are yuoThis is quite a set. _Bar Kokhba_ is two hours of small chamber-jazz ensembles playing pieces from John Zorn's Masada songbook. The music stems from traditional Jewish melodies, which are addictive and lovely, but Zorn revisions them as very jazzy and deviously contrapuntal. The instruments used are violin, cello, bass, drums, clarinet, trumpet, piano, organ, and guitar. Certain combinations appear more frequently than others, for instance the Feldman-Friedlander-Cohen string trio and piano trios led by Anthony ... Read More |
