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Music CD - Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos: Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos
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Music CD: Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos
Artist: Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos
List Price: $11.98
Our Price: $7.21
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Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
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Tracks:
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1. Aurora En Pekin
2. Aqui Como Alla
3. Como Se Goza En El Barrio
4. Postizo
5. No Me Llores Mas
6. Los Teenagers Bailan Changui
7. Fiesta En El Solar
8. La Vida Es Un Sueno
9. Esclavo Triste
10. Choserito Plena
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075678311628
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Atlantic / Wea
Release Date: 1998-06-09
Studio: Atlantic / Wea
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Superb guitar
Comment: An extraordinary album. I'm new to Marc Ribot, but this album is full of surprises--witty, innovative guitar that is melodic and always listenable. Ribot's guitar playing is at the heart of every tune and carries the weight of this mostly instrumental album. The Cuban style echoes Manuel Galban but is (not surprisingly) less traditional. This album will satisfy people who love guitar and enjoy Latin music, but you needn't be a Latin music aficianado to appreciate it.
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Summary: Outstanding unknown guitar disc
Comment: Ribot and his prosthetic Cubans are an astonishing bunch. This is some of the tastiest guitar work this side of Havana. I've enjoyed Marc Ribot's guitar on Tom Waits' albums, and finally looked him up. Some of his work is very experimental, not for the squeamish. But the two Cuban discs he did with the Postizos feature some of the sweetest, jazziest cuts I've ever heard. And they all have Ribot's edgy touch. If you buy one and like it, get them both. The other is "Muy Divertido!", which Amazon offers only as an MP3 download -- and big thanks to Amazon for that! The disc is not available anywhere I've looked.
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Summary: just get it now
Comment: this disc is a gem. it is easily one of the ten best in my collection. do yourself a favor and buy it now for yourself and anyone who just likes good music.
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Summary: Cocktail music mood setter
Comment: Marc Ribot's fuzzy, dirty guitar sound pulls us right into a lounge sonewhere in which we simultaneously smell cigarette smoke, cheap alcohol and strong coffee as we are eating ropa viejo and black beans (Cuban food), while the kitchen help clatters plates and whistles at the girls walking by outside. Everything works well in this album ... until we hear the track on which Marc Ribot speaks Spanish gringo-style, which breaks both the mood and the magic of this otherwise alluring album.
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Summary: 4 1/2 stars-- Ribot's "dance band".
Comment: Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos, remarkably still in print, is Ribot's self-described dance band and tribute to Cuban musician Arsenio Rodriguez. With a band consisting of Ribot on guitar and occasional vocals, bassist Brad Jones, percussionist (and frequent show stealer) E.J. Rodriguez, drummer Robert Rodriguez and either Anthony Coleman or John Medeski on organ, the album ends up being a mix of Cuban funk, jam band sounds, soul jazz, and a dash of the usual undefinable downtown quality.
There's not a whole lot bad to say about this one, the whole album is pretty much fantastic, whether its the opening and melodrama of opener "Aurora en Pekin" with some of the best playing Ribot's ever laid on record), the circular funk vamp of Ribot-penned Postizo or the surf-tinged "La Vida es un Sueno", it's all pretty much fantastic. The only exception being "Los Teenagers Bailan Changui", which features what I consider a downright irritating organ riff. Still, throughout the playing is consistently top notch, with Ribot in particular generating just enormous depth of mood ("No Me Llores Mas") and the whole band, particularly percussionist E.J. Rodriguez are fantastic throughout.
While it's getting harder to find, courtesy of major labels deciding that real distribution on an album like this isn't necessary, "Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos" (and its followup, "Muy Divertido") are both worth digging up. Recommended.
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Editorial Reviews:
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You'd hardly expect New York guitarist Marc Ribot--who's played with lots of ironists and cynics--to do such a spectacular, hearty job of paying homage to Cuban bandleader Arsenio Rodriguez. This CD, though, reaches far and wide, to both straightahead Cuban jazz fans and lovers of more visceral, gritty music. Ribot plays scouring guitar, getting great organ cushions from John Medeski and Roy Coleman. But it's E.J. Rodriguez's deep, traditional Cuban percussion that fattens this CD for its Best of 1998 status. --Andrew Bartlett
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