| 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 | ||||
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| Released | May 25, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | September 27, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Downtown music, avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 72:32 | |||
| Label | Tzadik | |||
| Producer | John Zorn | |||
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50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 is a live album by Electric Masada documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of John Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration. [1] [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
The AllMusic review by Sean Westergaard states "This is a fantastic ensemble, with lots of time spent playing together, and Zorn knows how get the best out of them. Fans of the Masada series will not be disappointed. Excellent." [3]
All tracks are written by John Zorn
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Tekufah" | 14:33 |
| 2. | "Idalah-Abal" | 6:18 |
| 3. | "Hadasha" | 13:48 |
| 4. | "Hath-Arob" | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Yatzar" | 9:20 |
| 6. | "Lilin" | 15:41 |
| 7. | "Kisofim" | 8:41 |
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