50th Birthday Celebration Volume Five is a live album of improvised music by Fred Frith and John Zorn documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.Tzadik catalogue
Reception The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars stating "The interplay is simply amazing. Much of it is what you'd expect from free improv, but there are a handful of beautiful, lyrical moments, like those that close the set. Any fan of free improvisation will be thrilled. It doesn't get much better than this."Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 6, 2020
Track listing
Recorded live at Tonic in New York City on September 15, 2003
Personnel John Zorn – alto saxophone Fred Frith – guitars
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