50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 | ||||
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Live album by John Zorn and Yamataka Eye | ||||
Released | January 25, 2005 | |||
Recorded | September 15, 2003 | |||
Genre | Downtown music Avant-garde jazz | |||
Length | 44:21 | |||
Label | Tzadik TZ 5010 | |||
Producer | John Zorn | |||
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John Zorn and Yamataka Eye chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork Media | 7.1/10 [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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. | Title | Length |
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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
- John Zorn – alto saxophone
- Yamataka Eye – voice, electronics
- Fred Frith – guitar (track 5)
- Sawai Taeji – technician
References
- ^ 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 at AllMusic
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1545. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ "Tzadik catalogue". Tzadik.com. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- ^ Allmusic listing accessed November 25, 2013.
- ^ Macdonald, C. Pitchfork Review, Pitchfork, February 21, 2005
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