50th Birthday Celebration Volume Three

50th Birthday Celebration Volume Three
Live album by Locus Solus
Released	April 27, 2004 (2004-04-27)
Recorded	September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10)
Genres	Downtown music, avant-garde jazz
Length	44:53
Labels	Tzadik TZ 5003
Producers	John Zorn Kazunori Sugiyama
Locus Solus chronology
50th Birthday Celebration Volume Two (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume Three (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (2004)

50th Birthday Celebration Volume Three is a live album of improvised music by Locus Solus, a trio consisting of Anton Fier, Arto Lindsay and John Zorn, documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration concert series.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

The AllMusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars stating "The level of communication between players is stunning, developing lurching, spastic grooves that then get blown apart like ducks in a shooting gallery... Certainly not for all tastes, this is a noisy, fun listen."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anton Fier, Arto Lindsay and John Zorn, all lyrics written by Arto Lindsay.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	0:34
2.	"That Scene"	1:23
3.	"Doll Moment"	2:53
4.	"Unwritten Law"	2:55
5.	"Ponce"	4:00
6.	"Come Yelling"	1:50
7.	"On the Ropes"	3:28
8.	"Klossowski"	2:21
9.	"Pacing"	2:37
10.	"In Memory Of"	2:38
11.	"Detroit for No Reason"	1:18
12.	"This Year's Skirts"	2:50
13.	"Want Those Boots"	4:19
14.	"Trampoline at Dawn"	1:13
15.	"Last Thing to Get Moist"	4:58
16.	"Ceiling"	4:01
17.	"Doll Sport"	1:25

Personnel

Locus Solus

• Anton Fier – drums
• Arto Lindsay – guitar, vocals
• John Zorn – alto saxophone

Technical personnel

• John Zorn – producer
  • Kazunori Sugiyama – co-producer
• Daniel Goldaracena – recording engineer
• Scott Hull – mastering engineer
• Chippy, Heung-Heung Chin – design