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Exercises in Futility (Marc Ribot album)

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Released
  
February 25, 2008

Producer
  
Marc Ribot

Release date
  
25 February 2008

Genre
  
Avant-garde jazz

Length
  
61:30

Artist
  
Marc Ribot

Label
  
Tzadik Records

Exercises in Futility (2008)
  
Party Intellectuals (2008)

Similar
  
Marc Ribot albums, Avant-garde jazz albums, Other albums

Marc ribot exercises in futility


Exercises in Futility is a 2008 album of solo guitar recorded by Marc Ribot and released on Tzadik Records' Composer Series. It features compositions that Ribot wrote as "setups for improvising" that "teach guitarists how to play with and in spite of futility".

Contents

Marc ribot exercises in futility etude 1 five gestures


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

  • Marc Ribot – guitars

    • Songs

    1Etude #1 Five Gestures5:47
    2Etude #2 Morton 14:59
    3Etude #3 Elvis4:04

    References

    Exercises in Futility (Marc Ribot album) Wikipedia
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