50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3
Live album by
John Zorn
ReleasedApril 27, 2004 (2004-04-27)
RecordedSeptember 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)
GenreDowntown music, avant-garde jazz
Length44:53
LabelTzadik
ProducerJohn 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 Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

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."

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Zorn/Anton Fier/Arto Lindsay

No.TitleLength
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. ^ a b Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 16, 2012