50th Birthday Celebration Volume One
2004 live album by Masada String Trio
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50th Birthday Celebration Volume One is a live album by the Masada String Trio documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of John Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.[1][2]
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| Released | February 24, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | September 3, 2003 | |||
| Genres | Downtown music, avant-garde jazz, klezmer | |||
| Length | 63:03 | |||
| Labels | Tzadik TZ 5001 | |||
| Producer | John Zorn | |||
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Critical reception
The AllMusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "From soloing to comping, bowing to pizzicato techniques, the set is dazzling from start to finish. Only "Malkut" and "Karet" are anything but beautiful, sounding like pieces left more open to free improvisation than the others, and allowing other facets of the players' abilities to come out. The Masada songbook has elicited a rather large number of truly excellent recordings from its various ensembles. Add this one to the list. Recommended."[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by John Zorn.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Tahah" | 7:53 |
| 2. | "Abidan" | 5:25 |
| 3. | "Lachish" | 3:29 |
| 4. | "Sippur" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Malkhut*" | 5:02 |
| 6. | "Meholalot" | 6:30 |
| 7. | "Kedushah" | 8:31 |
| 8. | "Ner Tamid" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Karet" | 4:12 |
| 10. | "Moshav" | 8:07 |
| 11. | "Khebar" | 6:50 |
- *misspelled as "Malkut" on album sleeve [4]
Personnel
Masada String Trio
- John Zorn – conductor
- Mark Feldman – violin
- Erik Friedlander – cello
- Greg Cohen – bass
Technical personnel
- John Zorn – producer
- Kazunori Sugiyama – co-producer
- Daniel Goldaracena – recording engineer
- Scott Hull – mastering engineer
- Chippy, Heung-Heung Chin – design