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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