50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9 (also referred to as The Classic Guide to Strategy Volume 3: The Fire Book) is a live album by John Zorn featuring a solo performance at Tonic in September 2003 that was part of his month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.^[1] It is a continuation of his solo work documented on The Classic Guide to Strategy Volumes 1 & 2.^[2]

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9
Live album by John Zorn
Released	November 23, 2004 (2004-11-23)
Recorded	September 8, 2003
Genre	Downtown music Avant-garde jazz
Length	44:10
Label	Tzadik TZ 5009
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Naninani II (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9 (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10 (2004)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard stated "Any fan of free improvisation or any student of the alto saxophone would do well to check out The Classic Guide to Strategy, Vol. 3: The Fire Book. It demonstrates in yet another way that John Zorn is truly one of the masters of his instrument."^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Zorn.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Fire Book: One"	15:59
2.	"The Fire Book: Two"	8:11
3.	"The Fire Book: Three"	3:27
4.	"The Fire Book: Four"	8:42
5.	"The Fire Book: Five"	7:19

Personnel

• John Zorn – alto saxophone