50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3
Live album by John Zorn
Released April 27, 2004
Recorded September 10, 2003
Genre Downtown music
Avant-garde jazz
Length 44:53
Label Tzadik TZ 5003
Producer John Zorn
John Zorn chronology

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 2
(2004)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3
(2004)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
(2004)

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3: Locus Solus is a live album of improvised music by Anton Fier, Arto Lindsay and John Zorn documenting their performance at Tonic in September, 2003 as part of John Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.[1]

Reception

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Source Rating
Allmusic [2]

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars stating "The level of communication between players is stunning, developing lurching, spastic grooves that then get blown apart like ducks in a shooting gallery... Certainly not for all tastes, this is a noisy, fun listen.".[2]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by John Zorn/Anton Fier/Arto Lindsay. 

No. Title Length
1. "Intro"   0:34
2. "That Scene"   1:23
3. "Doll Moment"   2:53
4. "Unwritten Law"   2:55
5. "Ponce"   4:00
6. "Come Yelling"   1:50
7. "On the Ropes"   3:28
8. "Klossowski"   2:21
9. "Pacing"   2:37
10. "In Memory Of"   2:38
11. "Detroit for No Reason"   1:18
12. "This Year's Skirts"   2:50
13. "Want Those Boots"   4:19
14. "Trampoline at Dawn"   1:13
15. "Last Thing to get Moist"   4:58
16. "Ceiling"   4:01
17. "Doll Sport"   1:25

Personnel

References

  1. Tzadik catalogue
  2. 2.0 2.1 Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 16, 2012