50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10

2005 live album by John Zorn and Yamataka Eye
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10
Live album by
John Zorn and Yamataka Eye
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2005
RecordedSeptember 15, 2003
GenreDowntown music
Avant-garde jazz
Length44:21
LabelTzadik TZ 5010
ProducerJohn 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
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media7.1/10 [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

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.[4] Guitarist Fred Frith also appears on one track.

Reception

The Allmusic listing rated the album 3½ stars.[5] 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."[6]

The authors of The Penguin Guide to Jazz called the album "mysterious", and wrote: "credit should be given to technician Sawai Taeji, who does quite extraordinary things with Eye's electronics: we have never heard a performance quite like it, and it is nothing like the screamfest which might have been expected."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Zorn/Yamataka Eye

No.TitleLength
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

References

  1. ^ 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Yamataka Eye and John Zorn: Naninani II / 50th Birthday Celebration: Pitchfork Record Review". www.pitchforkmedia.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1545. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ "Tzadik catalogue". Tzadik.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  5. ^ Allmusic listing accessed November 25, 2013.
  6. ^ Macdonald, C. Pitchfork Review, Pitchfork, February 21, 2005
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