50th Birthday Celebration Volume 8

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 8 is a live album of improvised music by Susie Ibarra, Wadada Leo Smith and John Zorn documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.^[1]

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 8
Live album by John Zorn, Wadada Leo Smith, Susie Ibarra
Released	October 19, 2004 (2004-10-19)
Recorded	September 22, 2003
Genre	Downtown music Avant-garde jazz
Length	76:00
Label	Tzadik TZ 5008
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Magick (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 8 (2004) Naninani II (2004)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is one volume in this series not to miss."^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Meridian"	John Zorn, Susie Ibarra	4:19
2.	"Rising Sign"	Zorn, Ibarra	7:01
3.	"Spirit Writing"	Zorn, Ibarra	6:09
4.	"By the Mark, Eight"	Zorn, Ibarra	7:06
5.	"Visitation"	Zorn, Ibarra	8:33
6.	"Ipsissimi"	Zorn, Ibarra, Wadada Leo Smith	15:59
7.	"Ghost Writing"	Zorn, Ibarra, Smith	11:59
8.	"The Ascending Arc"	Zorn, Smith	8:02
9.	"Full Fathom Five"	Zorn, Ibarra, Smith	6:50

Personnel

• John Zorn – alto saxophone
• Susie Ibarra – drums (Tracks 1-7 & 9)
• Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet (Tracks 6-9)