Exercises in Futility (Marc Ribot album)

Exercises in Futility
Exercises in Futility
Studio album by Marc Ribot
Released	February 25, 2008
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Length	61:30
Label	Tzadik
Producer	Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot chronology

Exercises in Futility is a 2008 album of solo guitar recorded by Marc Ribot and released on Tzadik Records' Composer Series.^[1] It features compositions that Ribot wrote as "setups for improvising" that "teach guitarists how to play with and in spite of futility".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions are by Marc Ribot.

"Etude No. 1. Five Gestures" – 5:47
"Etude No. 2. Morton 1" – 4:59
"Etude No. 3. Elvis" – 4:04
"Etude No. 4. Bombasto" – 2:53
"Etude No. 5. Lame" – 3:47
"Etude No. 6. Cowboy" – 1:46
"Etude No. 7. Ballad" – 2:53
"Etude No. 8. Groove?" – 3:14
"Etude No. 9. Morton 2" – 3:20
"Etude No. 10. Min" – 1:23
"Etude No. 11. Ascending" – 2:03
"Etude No. 12. Mirror" – 4:21
"Etude No. 13. Wank" – 4:20
"Etude No. 14. Event on 10th Avenue" – 1:18
"The Joy of Repetition" – 9:49

Personnel

Marc Ribot – guitars

References

^ Tzadik catalogue
^ Olsen, P. Marc Ribot: That's the Way I View it from New York AllAboutJazz.com March 27, 2006.

External links

Exercises in Futility at AllMusic

[1] Tzadik catalogue

[2] Olsen, P. Marc Ribot: That's the Way I View it from New York AllAboutJazz.com March 27, 2006.

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