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{{short description|American guitarist and composer (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name            = Marc Ribot
| image           =  muy_divertido.jpg
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| caption         = Ribot performing in 2007
| background    = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name    = 
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1954|5|21}}
| birth_place     =  [[Newark, New Jersey]], United States
| genre =  [[Experimental music|Experimental]], [[alternative rock|alternative]], [[avant garde jazz|avant garde]], [[electronic music|electronic]], [[hardcore punk]], [[no wave]], [[Classical guitar|classical]], [[free jazz]]
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Guitar
| years_active = 1970s–present
| label = [[Antilles Records|Antilles]], [[Avant Records|Avant]], [[DIW Records|DIW]], [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], [[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]], [[Pi Recordings|Pi]], Anti-, [[Northern Spy Records|Northern Spy]]
| associated_acts = [[Lounge Lizards]], Shrek,  Los Cubanos Postizos, [[Bar Kokhba Sextet]], [[Electric Masada]], [[Jazz Passengers]], Young Philadelphians, [[John Zorn]], [[Tom Waits]], [[Youn Sun Nah]]
| website = {{URL|www.marcribot.com}}
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'''Marc Ribot''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|iː|b|oʊ}};<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.marcribot.com/bio
|title=Marc Ribot biography
|publisher=Marc Ribot Homepage
|access-date=2008-09-22
}}</ref>
born May 21, 1954) is an American guitarist and composer.

His work has touched on many styles, including [[no wave]], [[free jazz]], [[Rock music|rock]], and [[Cuban music]]. Ribot is also known for collaborating with other musicians, most notably [[Tom Waits]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[Vinicio Capossela]] and [[John Zorn]].

==Biography==
Marc Ribot, who is of [[American Jews|Jewish]] heritage,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.full-stop.net/2021/08/09/reviews/cam-lind/unstrung-rants-and-stories-of-a-noise-guitarist-marc-ribot/ | title=Unstrung: Rants and Stories of a Noise Guitarist – Marc Ribot }}</ref> was born in [[Newark, New Jersey]]. He grew up in the Montrose section of [[South Orange|South Orange, New Jersey]].  

He has worked extensively as a session guitarist. He has performed and recorded with [[Tom Waits]], [[Caetano Veloso]], [[John Zorn]], [[David Sylvian]], [[Jack McDuff]], [[Wilson Pickett]], [[Arto Lindsay]], [[T&nbsp;Bone Burnett]], [[Medeski, Martin and Wood]], [[Cibo Matto]], [[Sam Phillips (singer)|Sam Phillips]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[Tift Merritt]], [[Allen Ginsberg]], [[Foetus (band)|Foetus]], [[Robert Plant]] and [[Alison Krauss]], [[Susana Baca]], [[The Black Keys]], [[Vinicio Capossela]], [[Alain Bashung]], [[McCoy Tyner]], [[Elton John]], [[Trey Anastasio]], [[Jon Fishman]], [[John Medeski]], [[Oteil Burbridge]], [[Madeleine Peyroux]], [[Marianne Faithfull]], [[Diana Krall]], [[Mike Patton]], [[Norman Zamcheck|Stormin’ Norman]] and [[Suzy Williams]], [[Neko Case]], [[Joe Henry]], [[Allen Toussaint]], [[Robert Quine]], [[Ikue Mori]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ikuemori.com/discograph.html|title=Discograph|website=Ikuemori.com|access-date=June 3, 2018}}</ref> and others. Ribot was a member of [[The Lounge Lizards]] for several years in the late 1980s. Band leader [[John Lurie]] later wrote: "Marc is a musical genius. So many ideas are coming out of that guy that it is actually often a problem."<ref>John Lurie (2021). The History of Bones, Random House</ref>

Ribot's earliest work as a [[session musician]] was featured on Tom Waits's ''[[Rain Dogs]]'' (1985) and helped define Waits's new musical direction.<ref>Ruhlman, W. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r21380|pure_url=yes}} All Music Review of ''Rain Dogs''] accessed September 3, 2008.</ref> Ribot worked with Waits on many of his following albums including ''[[Franks Wild Years]]'' (1987), ''[[Big Time (Tom Waits album)|Big Time]]'' (1988), ''[[Mule Variations]]'' (1999), ''[[Real Gone (album)|Real Gone]]'' (2004), ''[[Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards]]'' (2006) and ''[[Bad as Me]]'' (2011). He has appeared on Elvis Costello's ''[[Spike (Elvis Costello album)|Spike]]'' (1989), ''[[Mighty Like a Rose]]'' (1991), and ''[[Kojak Variety]]'' (1995). Ribot has appeared on numerous recordings by [[John Zorn]], including many of Zorn's ''Filmworks'' recordings, solo performances on Zorn's ''[[Masada Guitars]]'' (also featuring [[Bill Frisell]] and [[Tim Sparks]]), and is a member of Zorn's [[Bar Kokhba Sextet]] and [[Electric Masada]].

Ribot's first two albums featured the Rootless Cosmopolitans, followed by an album of works by [[Frantz Casseus]] for solo guitar.  Further releases found him working in a variety of band and solo contexts including two albums with his self-described "dance band", Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1165|title=A Fireside Chat with Marc Ribot|first=All About|last=Jazz|website=All About Jazz|date=February 21, 2004 |access-date=June 3, 2018}}</ref> (Prosthetic Cubans), featuring compositions by [[Arsenio Rodríguez]].

Ribot admitted to ''[[Guitar Player]]'' a relatively limited technical facility due to learning to play right-handed despite being left-handed: "That's a real limit, one that caused me a lot of grief when I was working with Jack McDuff and realising I wasn't following in [[George Benson]]'s footsteps. I couldn't be a straight-ahead jazz contender if you held a gun to my head."<ref>''[[Guitar Player]]'', June 1997</ref>

He currently performs and records with his groups Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog with bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer [[Ches Smith]] of the [[avant-garde]] band [[Secret Chiefs 3]],<ref>{{cite web | title = Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog Party Intellectuals | author = Ted Drozdowski | url = http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/63648-MARK-RIBOTS-CERAMIC-DOG-PARTY-INTELLECTUALS/ | publisher = [[The Boston Phoenix]] | date = June 25, 2008 | access-date = 2008-07-15}}</ref> Marc Ribot Trio with bassist [[Henry Grimes]] and drummer Chad Taylor of [[Chicago Underground (jazz ensemble)|Chicago Underground]], Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos with [[Horacio "El Negro" Hernández|Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez]] on drums and original members pianist [[Anthony Coleman]], bassist [[Brad Jones (bassist)|Brad Jones]] and percussionist EJ Rodriquez,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos|url=https://www.marcribot.com/marc-ribot-y-los-cubanos-postizos|access-date=2021-05-28|website=marc ribot|language=en-US}}</ref> and The Young Philadelphians, covering 1970s Philadelphia soul music with  Philadelphia-based musicians bassist [[Jamaaladeen Tacuma]] and drummer [[G. Calvin Weston]] with guitarist [[Mary Halvorson]] plus a three-piece string section.

A biographical documentary film about Ribot was made, called ''[[The Lost String]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahuit.com/store/uk/show/32|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127100233/http://www.lahuit.com/store/uk/show/32|url-status=dead|title=Marc Ribot. The Lost String|date=January 27, 2013|archive-date=January 27, 2013|website=Archive.today|access-date=June 3, 2018}}</ref>

Ribot was also a judge for the sixth annual Independent Music Awards.<ref>[http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2007.asp Independent Music Awards – 6th Annual Judges] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005194007/http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2007.asp |date=October 5, 2009 }}</ref>

==Discography==
[[Image:Ribot-Schindelbeck-Wiki.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Marc Ribot in Saalfelden, Austria 2010]]
{{main|Marc Ribot discography}}
* ''[[Rootless Cosmopolitans]]'' ([[Antilles Records|Antilles]], 1990)
* ''[[Requiem for What's His Name]]'' ([[Les Disques du Crépuscule]], 1992)
* ''[[Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus]]'' (Les Disques du Crépuscule, 1993)
* ''[[Shrek (album)|Shrek]]'' ([[Avant Records|Avant]], 1994)
* ''Subsonic 1: Sounds of a Distant Episode'' with Shrek ([[Sub Rosa Records|Sub Rosa]]/Subsonic 1994, split album with [[Fred Frith]])
* ''[[The Book of Heads]]'' ([[Tzadik Records|Tzadik]], 1995) composed by [[John Zorn]]
* ''[[Don't Blame Me (album)|Don't Blame Me]]'' ([[DIW Records|DIW]], 1995)
* ''[[Surrender to the Air (album)|Surrender to the Air]]  (1996)''
* ''[[Shoe String Symphonettes]]'' (Tzadik, 1997)
* ''[[The Prosthetic Cubans]]'' ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], 1998) with Los Cubanos Postizos 
* ''[[Yo! I Killed Your God]]'' (Tzadik, 1999)
* ''[[¡Muy Divertido!]]'' (Atlantic, 2000) with Los Cubanos Postizos 
* ''[[Saints (Marc Ribot album)|Saints]]'' (Atlantic, 2001)
* ''Inasmuch as Life is Borrowed'' (Ultima Vez, 2001) limited edition 
* ''[[Scelsi Morning]]'' (Tzadik, 2003)
* ''[[Soundtracks Volume 2]]'' (Tzadik, 2003)
* ''[[Spiritual Unity (Marc Ribot album)|Spiritual Unity]]'' ([[Pi Recordings|Pi]], 2005)
* ''[[Exercises in Futility (Marc Ribot album)|Exercises in Futility]]'' (Tzadik, 2008)
* ''[[Party Intellectuals]]'' (Pi, 2008) with Ceramic Dog
* ''[[Silent Movies]]'' (Pi, 2010)
* ''[[Your Turn]]'' ([[Northern Spy Records|Northern Spy]], 2013) with Ceramic Dog
* ''[[Live at the Village Vanguard (Marc Ribot album)|Live at the Village Vanguard]]'' (Pi, 2014) with Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor
* ''[[The Young Philadelphians: Live in Tokyo]]'' (Yellowbird, 2016) with the Young Philadelphians
* ''[[YRU Still Here?]]'' (Northern Spy, 2018) with Ceramic Dog
* ''[[Songs of Resistance: 1942–2018]]'' (Anti-, 2018)
* ''[[What I Did On My Long Vacation]]'' (Northern Spy (exclusively on Bandcamp), 2020) with Ceramic Dog
* ''Hope'' (Northern Spy / Yellowbird / P-Vine, 2021) with Ceramic Dog
* ''Connection'' (Knockwurst, 2023) with Ceramic Dog
* ''Map Of A Blue City'' ([[New West Records]] 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marc Ribot – Map Of A Blue City |url=https://www.pabsttheatergroup.com/events/detail/marc-ribot-2025 |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=pabsttheatergroup.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Marc Ribot – Map Of A Blue City |url=https://www.discogs.com/de/release/34001796-Marc-Ribot-Map-Of-A-Blue-City |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Discogs}}</ref>

==Filmography==

* ''[[The Tune]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Sabbath in Paradise]]'' (1998)
* ''[[The Soul of a Man]]'' <small>(directed by [[Wim Wenders]])</small> (2003)
* ''[[A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn]]'' (2004)
* ''[[The Lost String]]'' <small>(directed by Anais Prosaic)''</small> (2007)
* ''[[Gare du Nord (film)|Gare du Nord]]'' (2013)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.marcribot.com/ Marc Ribot] official website
* {{IMDb name|id=0723023|name=Marc Ribot}}
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p7416}}
* {{Discogs artist}}

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