50th Birthday Celebration Volume One 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.Tzadik catalogueMasada World: 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 1, accessed January 6, 2020
Critical 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."Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed February 16, 2012
Track listing
*misspelled as "Malkut" on album sleeve Masada World: 50th Birthday Celebration, Vol. 1, accessed January 6, 2020
Personnel
Masada String Trio John Zorn – conductor Mark Feldman – violin Erik Friedlander – cello Greg Cohen – bass
Technical personnel
John Zorn – producer Kazunori Sugiyama – co-producer Daniel Goldaracena – recording engineer Scott Hull – mastering engineer Chippy, Heung-Heung Chin – design
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