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50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1


FieldValue
name50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1
typelive
artistMasada String Trio
cover50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1.jpg
released
recordedSeptember 3, 2003
genreDowntown music
Avant-garde jazz
length63:03
labelTzadik TZ 5001
producerJohn Zorn
chronologyMasada String Trio
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Avant-garde jazz 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1 is a live album by the Masada String Trio documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of John Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4.5 stars stating "From soloing to comping, bowing to pizzicato techniques, the set is dazzling from start to finish. Only "Malkut" and "Karet" are anything but beautiful, sounding like pieces left more open to free improvisation than the others, and allowing other facets of the players' abilities to come out. The Masada songbook has elicited a rather large number of truly excellent recordings from its various ensembles. Add this one to the list. Recommended."

Track listing

  • *misspelled as "Malkut" on album sleeve

Personnel

  • Greg Cohen – bass
  • Mark Feldman – violin
  • Erik Friedlander – cello
  • John Zorn – conductor

References

References

  1. [http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=5001 Tzadik catalogue]
  2. [https://masada.world/book-one/50th-birthday/50th-birthday-celebration-vol-1 Masada World: 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 1], accessed January 6, 2020
  3. Westergaard, S. [http://allmusic.com/album/masada-string-trio-50th-birthday-celebration-vol-1-r678233/review Allmusic Review] accessed February 16, 2012
  4. [https://masada.world/book-one/50th-birthday/50th-birthday-celebration-vol-1.html Masada World: 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 1], accessed January 6, 2020
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