50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3
Live album by John Zorn
Released	April 27, 2004 (2004-04-27)
Recorded	September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)
Genre	Downtown music, avant-garde jazz
Length	44:53
Label	Tzadik
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 2 (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3 (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (2004)

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3: Locus Solus is a live album of improvised music by Anton Fier, Arto Lindsay and John Zorn documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars stating "The level of communication between players is stunning, developing lurching, spastic grooves that then get blown apart like ducks in a shooting gallery... Certainly not for all tastes, this is a noisy, fun listen."

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Zorn/Anton Fier/Arto Lindsay

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:34
2.	"That Scene"	1:23
3.	"Doll Moment"	2:53
4.	"Unwritten Law"	2:55
5.	"Ponce"	4:00
6.	"Come Yelling"	1:50
7.	"On the Ropes"	3:28
8.	"Klossowski"	2:21
9.	"Pacing"	2:37
10.	"In Memory Of"	2:38
11.	"Detroit for No Reason"	1:18
12.	"This Year's Skirts"	2:50
13.	"Want Those Boots"	4:19
14.	"Trampoline at Dawn"	1:13
15.	"Last Thing to get Moist"	4:58
16.	"Ceiling"	4:01
17.	"Doll Sport"	1:25

Personnel

• John Zorn – alto saxophone
• Anton Fier – drums
• Arto Lindsay – guitar, voice