Group
Bar Kokhba Sextet
- From
- United States
- Since
- present
- Releases
- 2
- jazz
About
Bar Kokhba Sextet brings together six core members of Masada under the leadership of John Zorn. An improvisational group of New York's downtown artists, the sextet includes Cyro Baptista on percussion, Marc Ribot on guitar, Greg Cohen on bass, Joey Baron on drums, Mark Feldman on violin, and Erik Friedlander on cello. According to Tzadik, Zorn's music label, the band's music is "Sephardic exotica for young moderns".
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The Bar Kokhba album, recorded from 1994 to 1996, started Zorn's transition into his second Masada Book, The Book of Angels.
Members
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Cyro Baptista percussion
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Joey Baron drums (drum set)
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Greg Cohen bass
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Mark Feldman violin
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Erik Friedlander cello
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Marc Ribot guitar
Discography
Links
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Reference
Conductor position
Also known as
Bar Kokhba
Identifiers
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- ddc1c46c-ddfb-4e8a-b894-6e4d092d04ab
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.