50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 is a live album by Electric Masada documenting their performance at Tonic in September 2003 as part of John Zorn's month-long 50th Birthday Celebration.[1][2]

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4
Live album by Electric Masada
Released	May 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)
Recorded	September 27, 2003 (2003-09-27)
Genre	Downtown music, avant-garde jazz
Length	72:32
Label	Tzadik
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 3 (2004) 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (2004) Masada Recital (2004)
Electric Masada chronology
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (2004) At the Mountains of Madness (2005)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

The AllMusic review by Sean Westergaard states "This is a fantastic ensemble, with lots of time spent playing together, and Zorn knows how get the best out of them. Fans of the Masada series will not be disappointed. Excellent."[3]

Track listing

Personnel

• Cyro Baptista – percussion
• Joey Baron – drums
• Trevor Dunn – bass
• Ikue Mori – laptop electronics
• Marc Ribot – guitar
• Jamie Saft– keyboards
• Kenny Wollesen – drums
• John Zorn – alto saxophone

References