50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9

50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9
Live album by
ReleasedNovember 23, 2004 (2004-11-23)
RecordedSeptember 8, 2003
GenreDowntown music
Avant-garde jazz
Length44:10
LabelTzadik TZ 5009
ProducerJohn Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Naninani II
(2004)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 9
(2004)
50th Birthday Celebration Volume 10
(2004)

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]