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Marc Ribot: Don’t Blame Me

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On November 21, 1995, “DIW” label released “Don’t Blame Me”, the seventh Marc Ribot album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, in New York City, and was produced by Marc Ribot.

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot – guitars
  • Allan Tucker – mastering
  • Piet Schreuders – design
  • Cornell Van Vuren – photography

Track listing:

  1. I’m in the Mood for Love – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
  2. Noise 1 – Marc Ribot
  3. Don’t Blame Me – Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh
  4. Ghosts – Albert Ayler
  5. Spigot – Marc Ribot
  6. Body and Soul – Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton
  7. Bouncin’ Around – Gus Deloof
  8. Solitude – Eddie DeLange, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills
  9. Dinah – Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young
  10. Song for Ché – Charlie Haden
  11. These Foolish Things – Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey
  12. Noise 2 – Marc Ribot
  13. Ol’ Man River – Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern

Don Cherry

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On October 19, 1995, Donald Eugene Cherry died aged 58. He was a musician (trumpet), one of the pioneers in world fusion in the 60s and 70s. Cherry recorded and performed with a number of musicians and bands including Ornette Coleman, Paul Bley, Sonny Rollins, New York Contemporary Five, Naná Vasconcelos, La Monte Young, Abdullah Ibrahim, Carla Bley, Charlie Haden, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Brackeen, Codona, Albert Ayler, Clifford Jordan, Steve Lacy, Michael Mantler, Sunny Murray, Jim Pepper, George Russell, Sun Ra, Lou Reed, Charlie Rouse, Albert Heath, James Mtume, Herbie Hancock, Ed Blackwell, Steve Hillage, Collin Walcott, Latif Khan, Johnny Dyani, Masahiko Togashi, Bengt Berger, Rip Rig + Panic, Bengt Berger Bitter Funeral Beer Band, Dag Vag, Frank Lowe, Jai Uttal, and Ed Blackwell.

Marc Ribot: Saints

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On September 18, 2001, “Atlantic” label released “Saints”, the twelve Marc Ribot album. It was recorded in 2001, at “Sperry Sound & Picture” in New York, NY, and was produced by JD Foster.

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot– guitars

Track listing:

  1. Saints – Albert Ayler
  2. Book of Heads #13 – John Zorn
  3. I’m Getting Sentimental Over You – George Bassman, Ned Washington
  4. Empty – Marc Ribot, Francois Lardeau
  5. Happiness Is a Warm Gun – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  6. I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You) – Doc Daughtery, Al Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds
  7. Go Down Moses – traditional, arranged by Marc Ribot
  8. James Infirmary – traditional, arranged by Marc Ribot
  9. Somewhere – Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim
  10. Holy Holy Holy – traditional; arranged by Marc Ribot
  11. It Could Have Been Very Beautiful – John Lurie
  12. Witches and Devils – Albert Ayler

Gary Peacock

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On September 5, 2020, Gary Peacock died aged 85. He was a musician (bass), one of the most important figures in modern jazz history. He recorded and performed with major jazz figures such as Albert Ayler, Paul Bley, Bill Evans, Keith Jarret, Frank Amsallem, Bill Carrothers, Marc Copland, Marilyn Crispell, Don Ellis, Clare Fischer, Barney Kessel, Sonny Simmons, Prince Lasha, Misha Mengelberg, Don Pullen, Bud Shank, Ravi Shankar, John Surman, Ralph Towner, Mal Waldrom, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette, Jimmy Woods, Toninho Horta, and Masabumi Kikuchi. As leader, he released twelve albums.

Marc Ribot: Spiritual Unity

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On May 3, 2005, “PI Recordings” label released “Spiritual Unity”, the 16th Marc Ribot album. It was recorded in October 2004, at “Orange Music Sound Studio” in West Orange, New Jersey, “Tonic” in New York City, and was produced by Marc Ribot.

Personnel:

  • Marc Ribot– guitar
  • Roy Campbell– trumpet, pocket trumpet
  • Henry Grimes– bass
  • Chad Taylor – drums
  • Francois Lardeau – engineer
  • Bill Mulvey – engineer
  • Dominik Huber – photography

 Track listing:

All tracks by Albert Ayler.

  1. Invocation
  2. Spirits
  3. Truth Is Marching In
  4. Saints
  5. Bells

 

Violent Femmes: Freak Magnet

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On February 22, 2000, “Beoynd” label released “Freak Magnet”, the eighth Violent Femmes studio album. It was recorded at “Big House”, “Soundtrack”, “Odin”, “Son/Re”, “DV’s Perversion Room” in Milwaukee, and was produced by Warren Bruleigh, Gordon Gano, Brian Ritchie, Guy Hoffman, Pierre Henry and Tom Grimley.

Personnel:

  • Gordon Gano– vocal, guitar
  • Brian Ritchie– vocal, bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, shakuhachi,  additional recording, design
  • Guy Hoffman– vocal, drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Gordon Gano, except where noted.

  1. Hollywood Is High
  2. Freak Magnet
  3. Sleepwalkin
  4. All I Want
  5. New Generation – Rose Marie McCoy,Albert Ayler, Mary Parks
  6. In the Dark
  7. Rejoice and Be Happy
  8. Mosh Pit – Gordon Gano and Brian Ritchie
  9. Forbidden – William Carlos Williams, Gordon Gano
  10. When You Died
  11. At Your Feet
  12. I Danced – Max Dunn, Gordon Gano
  13. I’m Bad
  14. Happiness Is
  15. A Story – Gordon Gano, Brian Ritchie