50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10
Live album by John Zorn and Yamataka Eye
Released	January 25, 2005
Recorded	September 15, 2003
Genre	Downtown music Avant-garde jazz
Length	44:21
Label	Tzadik TZ 5010
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9 (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 (2005) Rituals (2005)
John Zorn and Yamataka Eye chronology
Naninani II (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Pitchfork Media	7.1/10

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 is a live album of improvised music by Yamataka Eye and John Zorn documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of John Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.

Reception

The Allmusic listing rated the album 3½ stars. Pitchfork reviewer Cameron Macdonald gave the album 7.1 out of 10 stating "Listening to their new work was masochistic for me. High-pitched tones disturb me, and Zorn cleared my sinuses with one of the more horrific squeals caught live on tape in the 50th Birthday closer."

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Zorn/Yamataka Eye

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Postiviva"	9:30
2.	"M.S.T.G.L. (Moneysextripgodlove)"	6:44
3.	"Big Muff Dive"	8:28
4.	"Microwaveable Empty Highway"	5:13
5.	"Sun See Soon"	9:21
6.	"Choronzone"	7:36

Personnel

• John Zorn – alto saxophone
• Yamataka Eye – voice, electronics
• Fred Frith – guitar (track 5)
• Sawai Taeji – technician