50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
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{{Infobox album|
| name = 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
| type = live
| artist = Electric Masada
| cover = 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2004|5|25}}
| recorded = {{start date|2003|9|27}}
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Downtown music, avant-garde jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=72|s=32}}
| label = Tzadik
| producer = John Zorn
| chronology = John Zorn
| prev_title = 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Masada Recital
| next_year = 2004
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Electric Masada
| type = Live album
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| title = 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
| year = 2004
| next_title = At the Mountains of Madness
| next_year = 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.[http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=5004 Tzadik catalogue][https://masada.world/book-one/50th-birthday/50th-birthday-celebration-vol-4 Masada World: 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 4], accessed January 6, 2020
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
}}
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."{{allMusic|first=Sean|last=Westergaard|class=album|id=r689340|title=50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 > Review|accessdate=February 16, 2012}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = John Zorn
| title1 = Tekufah
| length1 = 14:33
| title2 = Idalah-Abal
| length2 = 6:18
| title3 = Hadasha
| length3 = 13:48
| title4 = Hath-Arob
| length4 = 4:07
| title5 = Yatzar
| length5 = 9:20
| title6 = Lilin
| length6 = 15:41
| title7 = Kisofim
| length7 = 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
References
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