| 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 8 | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | October 19, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | September 22, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Downtown music Avant-garde jazz | |||
| Length | 76:00 | |||
| Label | Tzadik TZ 5008 | |||
| Producer | John Zorn | |||
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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]
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "This is one volume in this series not to miss."[2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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 |
