The Circle Maker

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The Circle Maker: Issachar
The Circle Maker - Issachar.jpg
Studio album by
Released1998
Recorded1997
Genre Avant-garde jazz
Downtown music
Chamber music
Length122:13
Label Tzadik TZ 7122
Producer John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Weird Little Boy
(1998)
The Circle Maker: Issachar
(1998)
Downtown Lullaby
(1998)
The Circle Maker: Zevulun
The Circle Maker - Zevulun.jpg

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]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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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

  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. "Yatzar" – 8:14 - misspelled as "Yatzah" on album sleeve [3]
  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
  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

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Tzadik catalogue
  2. 1 2 Layne, J. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2013
  3. Masada World: Issachar, accessed January 6, 2020