Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Jazz  »  Avant-Garde/Downtown
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: June 16, 1998
• Label: Atlantic (USA)
• UPC: 075678311628
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106703979
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #8260 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #425 in Jazz (See Top 100 Jazz Bestsellers)
• #7 in Avant-Garde/Downtown (See Top 100 Avant-Garde/Downtown Bestsellers)

Personnel: Marc Ribot (vocals, trumpet, guitar); Gregory Ribot (baritone saxophone); John Medeski (organ, Mellotron); Anthony Coleman (organ); Brad Jones (bass); Robert J. Rodriguez (drums, claves, chekere, percussion, background vocals); EJ Rodriguez (percussion, background vocals); Madeline Hunt-Erlich, Mattan Ingram, Miles Ingram (background vocals).

Recorded at Water Music, Hoboken, New Jersey; Quad Recording, Platinum Island, New York, New York.

All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology.

Guitarist Marc Ribot is well-known and respected for his session work with the likes of Tom Waits and Elvis Costello, as well as his association with John Zorn and other downtown New York experimental musicians. Like several others in that scene, Ribot has formed a group to create an outlet for an interest in ethnic music, in this case, the music of the late Cuban composer, instrumentalist, and bandleader Arsenio Rodriguez, who wrote most of the tunes on this CD. The result is a well-crafted album that should bring Cuban music to a whole new audience.

The album's overall feel is understated--on many cuts it's just Ribot, a bassist, a drummer, and a percussionist. Ribot's guitar solos are always highly articulate and he has a great command over a variety of tones. A few cuts also feature organ (either frequent Zorn collaborator Anthony Coleman or John Medeski), and Ribot even takes a couple of spoken vocals on "No Me Llores Mas" and "La Vida Es Un Sueno." The production is spare and uncluttered, giving it a live band sound. Anyone who enjoyed the Latin Playboys' album or Ry Cooder's Buena Vista Social Club is sure to respond to Ribot and company's quirky take on Cuban music.

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