In advanced booking: 2500 Ft / on the day of the concert: 3000 Ft
Co-organized with the Budapest Autumn Festival
Duration: 120’
“Prickly but popular, with a mood both breezy and intense." (New York Times)
Programme:
8pm - Hard Plains Drifter (HU)
9pm - Marc Ribot Ceramic Dog feat. Bálint Eszter (USA)
The New York-based guitarist, singer, composer and influential concept developer Marc Ribot comes to Budapest with his latest formation Ceramic Dog, which is free/punk/funk/experimental/psychedelic/post electronica collective, where Marc Ribot plays together with two of the best young players on the New York/California underground improvisational/experimental rock scene, Shazad Ismaily (bass) and Chess Smith (drums). The group’s appeal comes from a genially diverse mixture of pop, singer/songwriting, noise and improvisation combined with great delight in playing. Ribot brings with him a very special guest in the form of actress and singer Eszter Balint.
Marc Ribot (pronounced REE-bow) was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1954. As a teen, he played guitar in various garage bands while studying with his mentor, Haitian classical guitarist and composer Frantz Casseus. After moving to New York City in 1978, Ribot was a member of the soul/punk Realtones, and from 1984 – 1989, of John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards. Between 1979 and 1985, Ribot also worked as a sidemusician with Brother Jack McDuff, Wilson Pickett, Carla Thomas, Rufus Thomas, Chuck Berry, and many others.
Ribot’s recording credits include Tom Waits, Norah Jones, Soloman Burke, John Lurie, Elvis Costello, Marianne Faithful, Arto Lindsay, Caetano Veloso, Laurie Anderson, David Sylvian, Susana Baca, McCoy Tyner, T-Bone Burnett, The Jazz Passengers, The Lounge Lizards, Evan Lurie, Chocolate Genius, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Cibo Mato, Medeski Martin & Wood, James Carter, Vinicio Caposella (Italy), Auktyon (Russia), Vinicius Cantuaria, Sierra Maestra (Cuba), Alain Bashung (France), Joe Henry, Alan Toussaint, Marisa Monte, Allen Ginsburg, Trey Anastasio, Madeline Peyroux, Patti Scialfa, Sam Phillips, Akiko Yano, The Black Keys, and many others. Ribot frequently collaborates with producer T Bone Burnett, most recently on Alison Krauss and Robert Plant’s grammy award winning “Raising Sand” and regularly works with composer John Zorn.
Ribot’s own recording projects have included the bands Rootless Cosmopolitans (Island Antilles), Shrek (Tzadik), and Los Cubanos Postizos (Atlantic). Marc’s solo recordings include “Marc Ribot Plays The Complete Works of Frantz Casseus” (Les Disques Du Crepuscule), “The Book of Heads” (Tzadik), “”Don’t Blame Me” (DIW), described as “a record filled with savory and unlikely amusements” by Village Voice, “Saints” (Atlantic), and most recently “Exercises in Futility” (Tzadik).
Marc has performed on scores such as “Walk The Line (Mangold),” “Everything is Illuminated,” and “The Departed” (Scorcese).” Marc has also recently composed original scores for the PBS documentary “Revolucion: Cinco Miradas,” and the film “Drunkboat,” starring John Malkovich and John Goodman. Past scoring project include Yoshiko Chuma’s “Altogether Different” dance piece, a documentary film by Greg Feldman titled “Joe Schmoe,” a feature film by director Joe Brewster titled “The Killing Zone”, and “In as Much as Life is Borrowed”, a dance piece by famed Belgian choreographer, Wim Vanderkeybus.
Marc’s talents have also been showcased with a full symphony orchestra. Composer Stewart Wallace wrote a guitar concerto with orchestra specifically for Marc. The piece was premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC in July of 2004 and also appeared at The Cabrillo Festival in Santa Cruz, CA in August of 2005.
Marc is currently touring with two bands, the Albert Ayler tribute project “Spiritual Unity” (Pi Recordings), featuring original Ayler bassist Henry Grimes, and Ceramic Dog featuring bassist Shahzad Ismaily an drummer Ches Smith. Ceramic Dog will release their debut album “Party Intellectuals” this May on Pi Recordings in the North America, and Enja in Europe and Japan.
„Hard Plains Drifter”
The „Hard Plains Drifter” is a piece of Bill Frisell’s and John Zorn’s collaboration.
Zorn was given some short compositions and music ideas by Frisell, but it was Zorn himself binding the separate pieces together by improvisational elements.
This masterpiece is on the “Before we were born” album from 1989.
The landmark of this period –both for Zorn and for Frisell- is their joint band: Naked City.
The eclectic solos of the band are dominated by sharp switches between styles, what makes it lively and exciting.
The originally 14- minute piece was recomposed into a whole-night rendition by Andras Parniczky (Nigun). Mutually inspiring play by the musicians and improvisation are the main characters of the next performance.
Marc Ribot Ceramic Dog feat. Bálint Eszter (USA)
Marc RIBOT - guitar, voice, bass guitar
Shahzad ISMAILY – bass guitar, Moog, electronics
Ches SMITH - drums, electronics
Guest musician:
BÁLINT Eszter – voice
www.marcribot.com/
Hard Plains Drifter
Párniczky András - guitar
Szabó Dániel - piano
Nagy Péter - bass
Jeszenszky György - drums
www.nigun.eu
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