50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5 is a live album of improvised music by Fred Frith and John Zorn documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.[1]
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 5 | ||||
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Live album by John Zorn and Fred Frith | ||||
Released | June 29, 2004 | |||
Recorded | September 15, 2003 | |||
Venue | Tonic, New York City | |||
Genre | Downtown music Avant-garde jazz | |||
Length | 44:53 | |||
Label | Tzadik TZ 5005 | |||
Producer | John Zorn | |||
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Reception
editThe Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars stating "The interplay is simply amazing. Much of it is what you'd expect from free improv, but there are a handful of beautiful, lyrical moments, like those that close the set. Any fan of free improvisation will be thrilled. It doesn't get much better than this."[2]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Track listing
editAll tracks are written by John Zorn and Fred Frith
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Off Topic" | 7:29 |
2. | "Alecto" | 3:56 |
3. | "Sowers of Discord" | 3:54 |
4. | "Four Corners" | 8:14 |
5. | "Level Six Jumping" | 4:33 |
6. | "Cruel Abstraction" | 6:25 |
7. | "Eumenides Outside the Window" | 6:54 |
8. | "Nine-part Invention" | 4:37 |
9. | "Cord Trouble and Tuning" | 1:38 |
10. | "Astrologers and Magicians" | 6:31 |
- Recorded live at Tonic in New York City on September 15, 2003
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ Tzadik catalogue
- ^ a b Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 6, 2020