50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
Live album by Electric Masada
Released	May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)
Recorded	September 27, 2003 (2003-09-27)
Genre	Downtown music, avant-garde jazz
Length	72:32
Label	Tzadik
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3 (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (2004) Masada Recital (2004)
Electric Masada chronology
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (2004) At the Mountains of Madness (2005)

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.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

The AllMusic review by Sean Westergaard states "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."

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Zorn

No.	Title	Length
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

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