Exercises in Futility (Marc Ribot album) explained

Exercises in Futility
Type:studio
Artist:Marc Ribot
Cover:Exercises in Futility.jpg
Released:February 25, 2008
Genre:Avant-garde jazz
Length:61:30
Label:Tzadik
Producer:Marc Ribot
Prev Year:2007
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Exercises in Futility is a 2008 album of solo guitar recorded by Marc Ribot and released on Tzadik Records' Composer Series.[1] It features compositions that Ribot wrote as "setups for improvising" that "teach guitarists how to play with and in spite of futility".[2]

Track listing

All compositions are by Marc Ribot.

  1. "Etude No. 1. Five Gestures" – 5:47
  2. "Etude No. 2. Morton 1" – 4:59
  3. "Etude No. 3. Elvis" – 4:04
  4. "Etude No. 4. Bombasto" – 2:53
  5. "Etude No. 5. Lame" – 3:47
  6. "Etude No. 6. Cowboy" – 1:46
  7. "Etude No. 7. Ballad" – 2:53
  8. "Etude No. 8. Groove?" – 3:14
  9. "Etude No. 9. Morton 2" – 3:20
  10. "Etude No. 10. Min" – 1:23
  11. "Etude No. 11. Ascending" – 2:03
  12. "Etude No. 12. Mirror" – 4:21
  13. "Etude No. 13. Wank" – 4:20
  14. "Etude No. 14. Event on 10th Avenue" – 1:18
  15. "The Joy of Repetition" – 9:49

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=8046 Tzadik catalogue
  2. Olsen, P. Marc Ribot: That's the Way I View it from New York AllAboutJazz.com March 27, 2006.

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