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Marc Ribot: Spiritual Unity
by Nenad Georgievski
Spiritual Unity is the latest effort by versatile virtuoso guitarist/composer Marc Ribot since Saints, from four years ago. He takes this opportunity to explore the legacy of Albert Ayler, one of the giants of free jazz. The new unit he gathered for this occasion, featuring drummer Chad Taylor, trumpeter Roy Campbell, and the legendary bassist Henry ...
Ribot/Campbell/Grimes/Taylor: Spiritual Unity
by Jeff Stockton
When Albert Ayler went down into the East River, he simply wouldn't have believed that after 35 years he would be held in the highest esteem and the subject of a genuine revival. He always wanted us to focus on the sound rather than the notes, but we weren't quite ready to receive his message: musical ...
Marc Ribot: Spiritual Unity
by Mark Corroto
When you speak of the giants of free jazz--the signatories of its constitution, so to speak--you are obliged to include saxophonist Albert Ayler. But curiously enough, his immediately recognizable music, although revered, had no direct followers. His compositions have been covered, but not like those of John Coltrane or Ornette Coleman. Maybe he was too much ...
Marc Ribot: Scelsi Morning
by Nenad Georgievski
Marc Ribot Scelsi Morning Tzadik 2005 It would be diminishing and inappropriate to say that Marc Ribot is an eclectic guitarist as too many artists fall into this category. Even using a term such as abstract is not suitable. What is certain is that his work defies categorization, it has ...
Ellery Eskelin: Ten
by Shawn McGrew
This article was originally published under our Call and Response column. It's curious that both Andrea Parkins and Jim Black's names are absent from the front cover of Ten. This marks the tenth year the band has been together and both long-time associates do participate on this project. Despite functioning as the leader, Eskelin's ...
A Fireside Chat with Marc Ribot
by AAJ Staff
I love pleasant surprises. Like watching the new X-Men movie and expecting tragedy to unfold on screen and instead, getting quite an entertaining couple of hours for my cynicism. That is the same pleasant experience I had in listening to Marc Ribot's Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos, one of my top ten recordings of that ...
Saints
By Marc Ribot
Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1. Saints 2. Book of Heads #13 3. I?m Getting Sentimental Over You 4. Empty 5. Happiness Is a Warm Gun 6. I?m Confessin? 7. Go Down Moses 8. St. James Infirmary 9. Somewhere 10. Holy Holy Holy 11. It Could Have Been Very, Very Beautiful 12. Witches and Devils
Music From The Performance "Inasmuch as Life is Borrowed..."
By Marc Ribot
Label: Tzadik
Released: 2001
