50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4

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]

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
Live album by Electric Masada
Released	May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)
Recorded	September 27, 2003 (2003-09-27)
Genre	Downtown music, avant-garde jazz
Length	72:32
Label	Tzadik
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3 (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (2004) Masada Recital (2004)
Electric Masada chronology
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (2004) At the Mountains of Madness (2005)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
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]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Zorn.

No.	Title	Length
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

Personnel

• Cyro Baptista – percussion
• Joey Baron – drums
• Trevor Dunn – bass
• Ikue Mori – laptop electronics
• Marc Ribot – guitar
• Jamie Saft– keyboards
• Kenny Wollesen – drums
• John Zorn – alto saxophone