50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
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| 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 | ||||
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| Live album by Electric Masada | ||||
| Released | May 25, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | September, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Downtown music Avant-garde jazz |
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| Length | 72:32 | |||
| Label | Tzadik | |||
| Producer | John Zorn | |||
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50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 is a live album by Electric Masada documenting their performance at Tonic in September, 2003 as part of John Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration.[1]
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[edit] Reception
The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "This is a fantastic ensemble, with lots of time spent playing together, and Zorn knows how get the best out of them. Fans of the Masada series will not be disappointed. Excellent.".[2]
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| Allmusic |   [2] |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by John Zorn.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Tekufah" | 14:33 |
| 2. | "Idalah-Abal" | 6:18 |
| 3. | "Hadasha" | 13:48 |
| 4. | "Hath-Arob" | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Yatzar" | 9:20 |
| 6. | "Lilin" | 15:41 |
| 7. | "Kisofim" | 8:41 |
[edit] Personnel
- Cyro Baptista– percussion
- Joey Baron– drums
- Trevor Dunn– bass
- Ikue Mori– laptop electronics
- Marc Ribot– guitar
- Jamie Saft– keyboards
- Kenny Wollesen– drums
- John Zorn– alto saxophone
[edit] References
- ^ Tzadik catalogue
- ^ a b Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 16, 2012
