The Circle Maker

by John Zorn

The Circle Maker cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Tzadik
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:01:45
  • Community rating: 5/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The Circle Maker is a double album by John Zorn featuring Zorn's Masada compositions performed by the Masada String Trio (on Disc One: Issachar) and the Bar Kokhba Sextet (on Disc Two: Zevulun) which was released in 1998 on the Tzadik label.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, complex, virtuosic, improvisation, suite, genre-blending

Tracklist

  1. Tahah (02:31)
  2. Sippur (03:21)
  3. Karet (01:21)
  4. Hadasha (05:36)
  5. Taharah (03:51)
  6. Mispar (02:47)
  7. Ratzah (04:36)
  8. Zebdi (01:51)
  9. Yatzar (08:14)
  10. Malkhut (01:57)
  11. Hodaah (03:49)
  12. Elilah (03:21)
  13. Meholalot (04:54)
  14. Kochot (04:58)
  15. Lachish (01:30)
  16. Shidim (04:32)
  17. Aravot (02:58)
  18. Moshav (05:06)
  19. Lilin (06:57)
  20. Hazor (04:44)
  21. Kisofim (07:21)
  22. Khebar (04:52)
  23. Laylah (02:55)
  24. Teli (04:12)
  25. Tevel (04:26)
  26. Eitan (02:00)
  27. Ner Tamid (02:36)
  28. Idalah-abal (07:39)
  29. Gevurah (06:50)

Credits

  • Mark Feldman - violin
  • Erik Friedlander - cello
  • Greg Cohen - bass
  • Marc Ribot - guitar
  • Cyro Baptista - percussion
  • Joey Baron - drums
  • John Zorn - producer, composed by
  • Kazunori Sugiyama - associate producer
  • Jim Anderson - sound engineer

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