Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot | |
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Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Guitar |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Labels | Antilles, Avant, DIW, Atlantic, Tzadik, Pi, Anti-, Northern Spy |
Website | www |
Marc Ribot (/ˈriːboʊ/;[1] born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer.
His work has touched on many styles, including
Biography
Marc Ribot, who is of
He has worked extensively as a session guitarist. He has performed and recorded with
Ribot's earliest work as a
Ribot's first two albums featured the Rootless Cosmopolitans, followed by an album of works by Frantz Casseus for solo guitar. Further releases found him working in a variety of band and solo contexts including two albums with his self-described "dance band", Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos[6] (Prosthetic Cubans), featuring compositions by Arsenio Rodríguez.
Ribot admitted to Guitar Player a relatively limited technical facility due to learning to play right-handed despite being left-handed: "That's a real limit, one that caused me a lot of grief when I was working with Jack McDuff and realising I wasn't following in George Benson's footsteps. I couldn't be a straight-ahead jazz contender if you held a gun to my head."[7]
He currently performs and records with his groups Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog with bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer
A biographical documentary film about Ribot was made, called The Lost String.[10]
Ribot was also a judge for the sixth annual Independent Music Awards.[11]
Discography
- Rootless Cosmopolitans (Antilles, 1990)
- Requiem for What's His Name (Les Disques du Crépuscule, 1992)
- Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus (Les Disques du Crépuscule, 1993)
- Shrek (Avant, 1994)
- Subsonic 1: Sounds of a Distant Episode with Shrek (Sub Rosa/Subsonic 1994, split album with Fred Frith)
- The Book of Heads (Tzadik, 1995) composed by John Zorn
- Don't Blame Me (DIW, 1995)
- Surrender to the Air (1996)
- Shoe String Symphonettes (Tzadik, 1997)
- The Prosthetic Cubans (Atlantic, 1998) with Los Cubanos Postizos
- Yo! I Killed Your God (Tzadik, 1999)
- ¡Muy Divertido! (Atlantic, 2000) with Los Cubanos Postizos
- Saints (Atlantic, 2001)
- Inasmuch as Life is Borrowed (Ultima Vez, 2001) limited edition
- Scelsi Morning (Tzadik, 2003)
- Soundtracks Volume 2 (Tzadik, 2003)
- Spiritual Unity (Pi, 2005)
- Exercises in Futility (Tzadik, 2008)
- Party Intellectuals (Pi, 2008) with Ceramic Dog
- Silent Movies (Pi, 2010)
- Your Turn (Northern Spy, 2013) with Ceramic Dog
- Live at the Village Vanguard (Pi, 2014) with Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor
- The Young Philadelphians: Live in Tokyo (Yellowbird, 2016) with the Young Philadelphians
- YRU Still Here? (Northern Spy, 2018) with Ceramic Dog
- Songs of Resistance: 1942–2018(Anti-, 2018)
- What I Did On My Long Vacation (Northern Spy (exclusively on Bandcamp), 2020) with Ceramic Dog
- Hope (Northern Spy / Yellowbird / P-Vine, 2021) with Ceramic Dog
- Connection (Knockwurst, 2023) with Ceramic Dog
Filmography
- The Tune (1992)
- Sabbath in Paradise (1998)
- The Soul of a Man (directed by Wim Wenders) (2003)
- A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn (2004)
- The Lost String (directed by Anais Prosaic) (2007)
- Gare du Nord (2013)
References
- ^ "Marc Ribot biography". Marc Ribot Homepage. Retrieved September 22, 2008.
- ^ "Unstrung: Rants and Stories of a Noise Guitarist – Marc Ribot".
- ^ "Discograph". Ikuemori.com. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- ^ John Lurie (2021). The History of Bones, Random House
- ^ Ruhlman, W. All Music Review of Rain Dogs accessed September 3, 2008.
- ^ Jazz, All About (February 21, 2004). "A Fireside Chat with Marc Ribot". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- ^ Guitar Player, June 1997
- The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
- ^ "Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos". marc ribot. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ "Marc Ribot. The Lost String". Archive.today. January 27, 2013. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
- ^ Independent Music Awards – 6th Annual Judges Archived October 5, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Marc Ribot official website
- Marc Ribot at IMDb
- Marc Ribot at AllMusic
- Marc Ribot discography at Discogs