Saints (Marc Ribot album)

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Released September 18, 2001 Artist Marc Ribot Producer J. D. Foster Genre Avant-garde jazz		Length 42:34 Release date 18 September 2001 Label Atlantic Records

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Saints is a 2001 album of solo guitar recorded by Marc Ribot. It features several interpretations of compositions by Albert Ayler, as well as traditional spirituals, jazz standards, showtunes, and a song by The Beatles.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Alex Henderson states, "Ribot approaches avant-garde jazz in a very different way. Saints is full of discernible melodies; typically, Ribot will warmly embrace a melody before he ventures outside. And that inside/outside contrast serves him well throughout this excellent and very unpredictable CD".

Track listing

"Saints" (Albert Ayler) – 4:39
"Book of Heads #13" (John Zorn) – 3:33
"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (George Bassman, Ned Washington) – 4:13
"Empty" (Marc Ribot, Francois Lardeau) – 2:21
"Happiness Is a Warm Gun" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 4:32
"I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Daughtery, Al Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds) – 4:01
"Go Down Moses" (Traditional; arranged by Ribot) – 4:04
"St. James Infirmary" (Traditional; arranged by Ribot) – 3:42
"Somewhere" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 2:41
"Holy Holy Holy" (Traditional; arranged by Ribot) – 4:38
"It Could Have Been Very Beautiful" (John Lurie) – 4:10
"Witches and Devils" (Albert Ayler) – 4:24