The Concealed

2012 studio album by John Zorn

The Concealed

Studio album by

John Zorn

Released| October 27, 2012 (2012-10-27)
Recorded| May 21, 2012 (2012-05-21), East Side Studio, NYC
Genre| Jazz, avantgarde music
Length| 62:33
Label| Tzadik TZ 8304
Producer| John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
| Music and Its Double
(2012)  | The Concealed
(2012)  | Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite
(2013)

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The Concealed (subtitled Esoteric Secrets and Hidden Traditions of the East) is an album composed by John Zorn. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in November 2012.[1] The world premiere of this piece took place on 18 May 2012, in Victoriaville.[2] It was recorded on 21 May 2012, in East Side Sound Studio in New York City.[3]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [4]
Free Jazz Collective| [5]

Allmusic said "These are formal compositions, played with a light and spacious touch; compelling textures and rhythmic variety add dimension while limited but stunning improvisational acumen is also on display. For its dreamy accessibility and sheer lyricism, The Concealed feels like a recital of sacred songs, rooted in history and layered in mystery, interpreted through Zorn's dual role as composer and medium".[4] Martin Schray noted, "The album is especially great because of its variety, its accessibility, its rhythmic and harmonic complexity and its awe-inspiring musicianship".[5]

## Track listing

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All compositions by John Zorn

No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Persepolis"| 4:02
2.| "The Hidden Book"| 2:57
3.| "Passage to Essentuki"| 3:44
4.| "Pathway of Fire"| 4:01
5.| "Towards Kafiristan"| 3:29
6.| "Kavanah"| 5:03
7.| "Back to Bokhara"| 5:24
8.| "The Silver Thread"| 4:28
9.| "The Dervish"| 6:33
10.| "The Way of the Sly Man"| 3:50
11.| "Amu Darya"| 4:45
12.| "A Portrait of Moses Cordovero"| 5:37
13.| "Visitation of the Night Angels"| 4:09
14.| "Life Is Real Only Then, When "I Am""| 4:31

## Personnel

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* Mark Feldman − violin
* Erik Friedlander − cello
* John Medeski − piano
* Kenny Wollesen − vibraphone
* Trevor Dunn − bass
* Joey Baron − drums

## References

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1. ^ Tzadik Catalog, accessed October 15, 2013
2. ^ "The Concealed". Retrieved December 27, 2012.
3. ^ "John Zorn – The Concealed". Discogs.com. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
4. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed October 15, 2013
5. ^ a b Schray, M., The Free Jazz Collective Review, Free Jazz Collective, March 7, 2013

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Discography

Solo albums|

* The Classic Guide to Strategy
* First Recordings 1973
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9
* The Hermetic Organ
* The Hermetic Organ Vol. 2

Game Pieces|

* Lacrosse
* Pool
* Hockey
* Archery
* Cobra
* John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory
* John Zorn's Cobra: Tokyo Operations '94
* New Traditions in East Asian Bar Bands
* Xu Feng
* Cobra: John Zorn's Game Pieces Volume 2

File Card
Pieces|

* Spillane
* The Bribe
* Elegy
* Kristallnacht
* Godard/Spillane
* Femina
* Dictée/Liber Novus
* Interzone
* Mount Analogue

Cover albums|

* Voodoo
* The Big Gundown
* News for Lulu
* More News for Lulu
* Spy vs Spy

Classical|

* Redbird
* The Book of Heads
* Duras: Duchamp
* Angelus Novus
* Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra
* The String Quartets
* Cartoon S/M
* Madness, Love and Mysticism
* Songs from the Hermetic Theatre
* Chimeras
* Magick
* Mysterium
* Rituals
* From Silence to Sorcery
* The Satyr's Play / Cerberus
* What Thou Wilt
* Lemma
* On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits
* The Alchemist
* Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections
* In the Hall of Mirrors
* Myth and Mythopoeia

Filmworks|

* 1986-1990
* Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill
* 1990–1995
* S&M + More
* Tears of Ecstasy
* 1996
* Cynical Hysterie Hour
* 1997
* Trembling Before G-d
* In the Mirror of Maya Deren
* Secret Lives
* Three Documentaries
* Invitation to a Suicide
* Hiding and Seeking
* Protocols of Zion
* Workingman's Death
* Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls
* The Treatment
* The Rain Horse
* Sholem Aleichem
* Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
* The Last Supper
* El General
* The Nobel Prizewinner
* City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite

Bar Kokhba|

* Bar Kokhba
* The Circle Maker
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11
* Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10

Masada
String Trio|

* The Circle Maker
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1
* Azazel: Book of Angels Volume 2
* Haborym: Book of Angels Volume 16

Music Romance|

* Music for Children
* Taboo & Exile
* The Gift

Hemophiliac|

* Hemophiliac
* 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 6

Masada
Anniversary|

* Masada Guitars
* Voices in the Wilderness
* The Unknown Masada
* Masada Recital
* Masada Rock

50th Birthday
Celebration|

* Volume 1
* Volume 2
* Volume 3
* Volume 4
* Volume 5
* Volume 6
* Volume 7
* Volume 8
* Volume 9
* Volume 10
* Volume 11
* Volume 12

Book of Angels|

* Astaroth
* Azazel
* Malphas
* Orobas
* Balan
* Moloch
* Asmodeus
* Volac
* Xaphan
* Lucifer
* Zaebos
* Stolas
* Mycale
* Ipos
* Baal
* Haborym
* Caym
* Pruflas
* Abraxas
* Tap
* Alastor
* Adramelech
* Aguares

Moonchild|

* Moonchild: Songs Without Words
* Astronome
* Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
* The Crucible
* Ipsissimus
* Templars: In Sacred Blood
* The Lost Judgment

The Dreamers|

* The Dreamers
* O'o
* Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14
* A Dreamers Christmas
* Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula

Alhambra|

* Alhambra Love Songs
* In Search of the Miraculous
* The Goddess – Music for the Ancient of Days

Simulacrum|

* Simulacrum
* The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons
* Inferno
* The Painted Bird
* 49 Acts Of Unspeakable Depravity In The Abominable Life And Times Of Gilles De Rais
* The Garden Of Earthly Delights
* Baphomet
* Chaos Magick
* Nostradamus: The Death of Satan

Tributes and
Inspirations|

* IAO
* Enigmata
* Nova Express
* At the Gates of Paradise
* Nosferatu
* Rimbaud
* A Vision in Blakelight
* The Concealed
* Dreamachines
* Shir Hashirim
* Psychomagia
* On Leaves of Grass

Gnostic Trio|

* The Gnostic Preludes
* The Mysteries
* In Lambeth

Collaborations|

* In Memory of Nikki Arane with Eugene Chadbourne
* Locus Solus
* Yankees with Derek Bailey & George E. Lewis
* Deadly Weapons with Steve Beresford, Tonie Marshall & David Toop
* Ganryu Island with Sato Michihiro
* The Art of Memory with Fred Frith
* Zohar with Yamantaka Eye
* Nani Nani with Yamantaka Eye
* Harras with Derek Bailey & William Parker
* Euclid's Nightmare with Bobby Previte
* Weird Little Boy with Trey Spruance, Mike Patton, William Winant & Chris Cochrane
* Downtown Lullaby with Wayne Horvitz, Elliott Sharp and Bobby Previte
* Prelapse with Prelapse
* Buck Jam Tonic with Bill Laswell & Tatsuya Nakamura
* Naninani II with Yamantaka Eye
* The Stone: Issue One with Dave Douglas, Rob Burger, Bill Laswell, Mike Patton & Ben Perowsky
* The Stone: Issue Three with Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson
* The Art of Memory II with Fred Frith
* Late Works with Fred Frith
* @ with Thurston Moore
* Sonic Rivers with George E. Lewis & Wadada Leo Smith

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