Kord

Kord may refer to:

Kord (Greyhawk)

In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting and the default pantheon of deities for the third and fourth editions of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, Kord is the Suel god of Athletics, Sports, Storms, Brawling, Strength, and Courage. His symbol is an eight-pointed star composed of spears and maces.

Publication history

Lenard Lakofka created Kord.

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)

Kord was first detailed for the Dungeons & Dragons game in the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (1983), by Gary Gygax.

Kord was further detailed by Lenard Lakofka in Dragon #87 (1984), in the article Gods of the Suel Pantheon.

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)

Kord was one of the deities described in the From the Ashes set (1992), for the Greyhawk campaign, and appeared again in Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (1998).

Kord is described as one of the good deities that celestials can serve in the supplement Warriors of Heaven (1999).

Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)

Tanz

Tanz is the second recording by American guitarist Tim Sparks on the Tzadik Records label, released in 2000. "Tanz" is Yiddish for "dance."

History

After the recording of traditional Jewish music arranged for solo guitar on Neshamah, producer John Zorn combined Sparks with Masada alumni Greg Cohen and Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista. Music critic Ben Kettlewell called the combination of Sparks, Cohen and Baptisto "a wonderful adventure into the myriad of styles of music of the Jewish Diaspora." Cohen and Baptista would reunite with Sparks for two more releases on the Tzadik label.

Tanz includes four arrangements of songs by Klezmer clarinetist Naftule Brandwein. Sparks would later record Little Princess, an entire album of Brandwein arrangements.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, critic Sean Westergaard wrote, "Sparks comes from a classical guitar background more than a fingerpicking folky background, and his virtuosic technique is incredible, but always in service to the music, not merely technique... Anyone with a passing interest in either Jewish music or fingerpicked guitar should seek out this recording; it's beautiful." Critic Gary Joyner of Acoustic Guitar commented on the music's influences from Brazil, Mexico, Yemen, the Balkans, Africa, and Spain and Sparks' "mastery of these difficult musical forms."