The Circle Maker

The Circle Maker: Issachar
Studio album by John Zorn
Released 1998
Recorded 1997
Genre Avant-garde jazz
Downtown music
Chamber music
Length 122:13
Label Tzadik TZ 7122
Producer John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Weird Little Boy
(1998)Weird Little Boy1998		 The Circle Maker
(1998)		 Downtown Lullaby
(1998)Downtown Lullaby1998
The Circle Maker: Zevulun

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.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic review by Joslyn Layne awarded the album 5 stars stating "Zorn skeptics will find the superb and elegant music on The Circle Maker surprisingly stable and accessible... All of these musicians are accomplished in jazz and improvised music, and have performed extensively in world and/or classical settings as well. The Circle Maker is a very necessary recording for all appreciators of chamber jazz, new Jewish music, or any of these stellar musicians."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

  • Disc One: Issachar
  1. "Tahah" – 2:30
  2. "Sippur" – 3:21
  3. "Karet" – 1:21
  4. "Hadasha" – 5:36
  5. "Taharah" – 3:51
  6. "Mispar" – 2:47
  7. "Ratzah" – 4:36
  8. "Zebdi" – 1:51
  9. "Yatzah" – 8:14
  10. "Malkhut" – 1:57
  11. "Hodaah" – 3:49
  12. "Elilah" – 3:21
  13. "Meholalot" – 4:54
  14. "Kochot" – 4:58
  15. "Lachish" – 1:30
  16. "Shidim" – 4:32
  17. "Aravot" – 2:58
  18. "Moshav" – 5:06
  • Disc Two: Zevulun
  1. "Lilin" – 6:58
  2. "Hazor" – 4:45
  3. "Kisofim" – 7:23
  4. "Khebar" – 4:54
  5. "Laylah" – 2:57
  6. "Teli" – 4:14
  7. "Tevel" – 4:27
  8. "Eitan" – 2:02
  9. "Ner Tamid" – 2:38
  10. "Idalah-Abal" – 7:41
  11. "Gevurah" – 6:51
  • Disc One: Issachar – Recorded December 6, 1997 at Avatar Studio, New York City
  • Disc Two: Zevulun – Recorded December 7, 1997 at Avatar Studio, New York City

Personnel

Production

  • Produced by John Zorn
  • Kazunori Sugiyama: Associate Producer
  • Jim Anderson: Sound Engineer

References

  1. ↑ Tzadik catalogue
  2. 1 2 Layne, J. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2013
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