MARC RIBOT -"Elizabeth,""Optimism Of The Spirit":New Release-"Map Of A Blue City" First Cut/Last Cut

Описание: MARC RIBOT (b. 5/21/1954) Is An Eclectic American Guitarist And Composer Whose Work Has Touched On Many Styles - Including No Wave, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Rock, And Cuban Music. RIBOT Is Known For His Collaborations With Other Musicians, Most Notably TOM WAITS, ELVIS COSTELLO, VINICIO CAPOSELLA And JOHN ZORN.
MARC RIBOT, Who Is Of Jewish Heritage, Was Born In Newark, New Jersey. He Grew Up In The Montrose Section Of South Orange, New Jersey.
He Has Worked Extensively As A Session Guitarist. He Has Performed And Recorded With TOM WAITS, CAETANO VELOSO, JOHN ZORN, DAVID SYLVIAN, JACK MCDUFF, WILSON PICKETT, ARTO LINDSAY, T-BONE BURNETT, MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD, CIBO MATTO, SAM PHILLIPS, ELVIS COSTELLO, TIFT MERRITT ALLEN GINSBERG, FOETUS, ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS, SUSANA BACA, THE BLACK KEYS, VINICIO CAPOSSELA, ALAIN BASHUNG, MCCOY TYNER, ELTON JOHN, TREY ANASTASIO, JON FISHMAN, JOHN MEDESKI, OTEIL BURBRIDGE, MADELEINE PEYROUX, MARIANNE FAITHFUL, DIANA KRALL, MIKE PATTON, STORMIN' NORMAN & SUZY WILLIAMS, NEKO CASE, JOE HENRY, ALLEN TOUSSAINT, ROBERT QUINE, IKUE MORI, And Many Others. RIBOT Was A Member Of THE LOUNGE LIZARDS For Several Years In The Late 1980s. Band Leader JOHN LURIE Later Wrote: "MARC Is A Musical Genius. So Many Ideas Are Coming Out Of That Guy That It Is Actually Often A Problem."
RIBOT's Earliest Work As A Session Musician Was Featured On TOM WAIT's "Rain Dogs" (1985) And Helped To Define WAITS's New Musical Direction. RIBOT Worked With WAITS On Seven Subsequent Albums. He Has Appeared On ELVIS COSTELLO's "Spike" (11989), "Mighty Like A Rose" (1991), And "Kojak Variety" (1995). He Has Appeared On Numerous Recordings By JOHN ZORN, Including Many Of ZORN's "Filworks" Recordings, Solo Performances On ZORN's "Masada Guitars" (Also Featuring BILL FRISELL And TIM SPARKS), And Is A Member Of ZORN's BAR KOKHBA SEXTET And ELECTRIC MASADA.
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 (PROSTHETIC CUBANS), Featuring Compositions By ARSENIO RODRIGUEZ.
RIBOT Admitted To Guitar Player Magazine 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 Realizing 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."
He Currently Performs And Records With His Groups MARC RIBOT's CERAMIC DOG With Bassist SHAHZAD ISMAILY And Drummer CHES SMITH Of The Avant-Garde Band SECRET CHIEFS 3, MARC RIBOT TRIO With Bassist HENRY GRIMES And Drummer CHAD TAYLOR Of CHICAGO UNDERGROUND, MARC RIBOT Y LOS CUBANOS POSTIZOS With HORATIO "EL NEGRO" HERNANDEZ On Drums And ORIGINAL MEMBERS Pianist ANTHONY COLEMAN, Bassist BRAD JONES And Percussionist EJ RODRIGUEZ, And THE YOUNG PHILADELPHIANS, Covering 1970s Philadelphia Soul Music With Philadelphia-Based Musicians Bassist JAMAALADEEN TACUMA And Drummer G. CALVIN WESTON With Guitarist MARY HALVORSON Plus A Three-Piece String Section.
A Biographical Documentary Feature Was Made About MARC RIBOT Was Released, Called "The Lost String." He Has Also Been A Judge For The Sixth Annual Independent Music Awards.
I Pulled The Opening Cut, "Elizabeth," And The Closer Bookend From The 2025 Album "Map Of A Blue City," "Optimism Of The Spirit."
MARC RIBOT Has Twenty-Nine Studio Albums Under His Name And Variations Thereof; And Seven Movies In His Filmography, Including The Aforementioned Documentary. He Has Literally Hundreds Of Contributions To Other Artists' Material - He Has A Brutal Work Ethic!
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