Scelsi Morning

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Scelsi Morning
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Studio album by Marc Ribot
Released August 26, 2003
Recorded January–April, 2000
Genre Avant-garde jazz, experimental music
Length53:10
Label Tzadik
Producer Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot chronology
Masada Guitars
(2003) Masada Guitars2003
Scelsi Morning
(2003)
Soundtracks Volume 2
(2003) Soundtracks Volume 22003

Scelsi Morning is a 2003 album by Marc Ribot released on Tzadik Records. [1]

Marc Ribot American musician

Marc Ribot is an American guitarist and composer.

Tzadik Records American record label

Tzadik Records is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a not-for-profit, cooperative record label.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard states, "Taken as a whole, Scelsi Morning is not really an easy listen (although a couple of the tracks are wonderful), but it certainly is impressive". [2]

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Track listing

All compositions by Marc Ribot.

  1. "Bataille" – 4:56
  2. "Scelsi Morning" - 6:25
  3. "And Then She Fell..." – 1:26
  4. "Earth" – 4:01
  5. "Pennies from Hell" – 4:59
  6. "Geese" – 12:14
  7. "Our Daily Bread" – 3:27
  8. "Identity I-Shmentity" – 6:47
  9. "The Youth Brigade Triumphs Again (And Again)" – 5:14
  10. "Kabukitsch" – 3:23

Personnel

Ned Rothenberg American composer

Ned Rothenberg is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He specializes in woodwind instruments, including the alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and shakuhachi. He is particularly known for his work in new music and free improvisation, as well as for his work in expanding the vocabulary of sounds of his instruments through the use of extended techniques. His compositions show influences from such diverse sources as contemporary classical music, jazz, rock, and world music.

Chris Wood (jazz musician) American jazz musician

Christopher Barry Wood is an American bassist with the jazz trio Medeski Martin & Wood.

Anthony Coleman American musician

Anthony Coleman is an avant-garde jazz pianist. During the 1980s and 1990s he worked with John Zorn on Cobra, Kristallnacht, The Big Gundown, Archery, and Spillane and helped push modern Jewish music into the 21st century.

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References

  1. Tzadik catalogue
  2. 1 2 Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 3, 2009