Marc
Ribot (pronounced REE-bow) was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1954. As a
teen, he played guitar in various garage bands while studying with his
mentor, Haitian classical guitarist and composer Frantz Casseus. In
1978, Ribot crossed the river to New York City, where he served as
sideman for such musicians as jazz organist Jack McDuff and legendary
soul shouter Wilson Pickett. Ribot began his five-year stint as a member
of the Lounge Lizards (John Lurie's innovative and influential Downtown
jazz ensemble) in 1984. At the time Marc's playing, which blended
elements of classic Blues guitar with the ironic No Wave/Knitting
Factory aesthetic, caught the ear of a number of artists who were also
interested in amalgamating and disrupting disparate musical traditions.
Ribot performed on some of these singer/songwriter's finest records,
including Elvis Costello's SPIKE, MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE, and KOJAK VARIETY;
Marianne Faithful's BLAZING AWAY; and Tom Waits' RAIN DOGS, BIG TIME,
FRANK'S WILD YEARS, MULE VARIATIONS, and REAL GONE.
All the
while, the increasingly in-demand guitarist continues to explore the
ever-changing terrain of New York's New Music scene, working with
musicians such as Arto Lindsay, Don Byron, Anthony Coleman, T-Bone
Burnett, the Jazz Passengers, Evan Lurie, the Sun Ra Arkestra, Chocolate
Genius, Bill Frisell, Medeski Martin & Wood, and John Zorn in any
number of incarnations.
Ribot also composed and recorded his own
brand of Downtown soul music with his bands, Rootless Cosmopolitans and
Shrek. In 1996 he recorded DON'T BLAME ME, which found a solo Ribot
reinventing a number of American standards, which was hailed by The
Village Voice as “a record filled with savory and unlikely amusements.”
In 1998 Atlantic Records released the critically acclaimed Marc Ribot Y
Los Cubanos Postizos, featuring Ribot's beautifully slanted
interpretations of material by the great Cuban songwriter Arsenio
Rodriguez.
Recent musical scores by Marc Ribot include Yoshiko
Chuma's ALTOGETHER DIFFERENT dance piece, a documentary film by Greg
Feldman titled JOE SCHMOE, a feature film by director Joe Brewster
titled THE KILLING ZONE, and IN AS MUCH AS LIFE IS BORROWED, a dance
piece by famed Belgian choreographer, Wim Vanderkeybus.
Composer
Stewart Wallace recently completed an electric guitar concerto with
orchestra written for Marc. The piece was premiered by the National
Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC in July of 2004.
Marc
continues to write and perform and collaborate. He's currently working
on a new, sonically dense, rock band called the Marc Ribot Mystery Trio.
He's also producing a record of material by the great Haitian
composer/guitar player, Frantz Casseus, and recording with a new project
called Spiritual Unity based on the works of Albert Ayler, as well as
recording with artists Elvis Costello, and T-Bone Burnett.
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Marc
Ribot (pronunciado REE-bow) nació en Newark, Nueva Jersey, en 1954. De
adolescente, tocó la guitarra en varias bandas de garaje mientras
estudiaba con su mentor, el guitarrista y compositor clásico haitiano
Frantz Casseus. En 1978, Ribot cruzó el río hasta la ciudad de Nueva
York, donde trabajó como músico de acompañamiento para músicos como el
organista de jazz Jack McDuff y el legendario cantante de soul Wilson
Pickett. En 1984, Ribot comenzó su etapa de cinco años como miembro de
los Lounge Lizards (el innovador e influyente conjunto de jazz del
Downtown de John Lurie). Por aquel entonces, la forma de tocar de Marc,
que mezclaba elementos de la guitarra clásica del blues con la estética
irónica de la No Wave/Knitting Factory, llamó la atención de una serie
de artistas que también estaban interesados en amalgamar y trastocar
tradiciones musicales dispares. Ribot participó en algunos de los
mejores discos de estos cantautores, como SPIKE, MIGHTY LIKE A ROSE y
KOJAK VARIETY de Elvis Costello; BLAZING AWAY de Marianne Faithful; y
RAIN DOGS, BIG TIME, FRANK'S WILD YEARS, MULE VARIATIONS y REAL GONE de
Tom Waits.
Al mismo tiempo, el guitarrista, cada vez más
solicitado, sigue explorando el terreno siempre cambiante de la escena
de la nueva música de Nueva York, trabajando con músicos como Arto
Lindsay, Don Byron, Anthony Coleman, T-Bone Burnett, los Jazz
Passengers, Evan Lurie, la Sun Ra Arkestra, Chocolate Genius, Bill
Frisell, Medeski Martin & Wood y John Zorn en un gran número de
encarnaciones.
Ribot también compuso y grabó su propia marca de
música soul del centro de la ciudad con sus bandas, Rootless
Cosmopolitans y Shrek. En 1996 grabó DON'T BLAME, en el que un Ribot en
solitario reinventaba una serie de estándares americanos, que fue
aclamado por The Village Voice como "un disco lleno de sabrosas e
improbables diversiones". En 1998, Atlantic Records publicó el aclamado
Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos, con interpretaciones de Ribot del
material del gran cantautor cubano Arsenio Rodríguez.
Las
partituras recientes de Marc Ribot incluyen la pieza de danza ALTOGETHER
DIFFERENT de Yoshiko Chuma, un documental de Greg Feldman titulado JOE
SCHMOE, un largometraje del director Joe Brewster titulado THE KILLING
ZONE, y IN MUCH AS LIFE IS BORROWED, una pieza de danza del famoso
coreógrafo belga Wim Vanderkeybus.
El compositor Stewart Wallace
completó recientemente un concierto para guitarra eléctrica con orquesta
escrito para Marc. La pieza fue estrenada por la Orquesta Sinfónica
Nacional de Washington DC en julio de 2004.
Marc sigue
escribiendo, actuando y colaborando. Actualmente está trabajando en una
nueva banda de rock de gran densidad sonora llamada Marc Ribot Mystery
Trio. También está produciendo un disco con material del gran compositor
y guitarrista haitiano Frantz Casseus, y grabando con un nuevo proyecto
llamado Spiritual Unity, basado en las obras de Albert Ayler, así como
grabando con los artistas Elvis Costello y T-Bone Burnett.
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