Rootless Cosmopolitans

by Marc Ribot

Rootless Cosmopolitans cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Antilles
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:47
  • Community rating: 3.7/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut solo album from the prolific avant-garde guitarist masterfully deconstructs jazz and rock paradigms. Featuring a severely fractured interpretation of Jimi Hendrix's 'The Wind Cries Mary', the album showcases his distinctively angular, highly dissonant approach to the instrument.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, dissonant, noisy, avant-garde, experimental, improvisation, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. I Should Care (1:18)
  2. Shortly After Takeoff (4:13)
  3. The Wind Cries Mary (5:03)
  4. Friendly Ghosts (5:20)
  5. The Cocktail Party (5:00)
  6. New Sad (3:02)
  7. A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste (1:15)
  8. Beak Lunch Manifesto (6:29)
  9. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (2:02)
  10. Nature Abhors A Vacuum Cleaner (4:33)
  11. Mood Indigo (4:40)
  12. Have A Nice Day (3:48)

Credits

  • Brad Jones - bass, written-by, guitar
  • Don Byron - clarinet, clarinet [bass], clarinet [bass], performer [turkey calls]
  • Richie Schwarz - drums, percussion [sampled], written-by
  • Anthony Coleman - keyboards, piano, organ, sampler
  • Roy Nathanson - saxophone
  • Axel Stordahl - written-by
  • Paul Weston - written-by
  • Sammy Cahn - written-by

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