Marc Ribot & Rootless Cosmopolitans

Reflektor Marc Ribot

Marc Ribot
Marc Ribot © Eric van den Brulle

Creative synthesis

»›Rootless Cosmopolitans‹ was the first record over which I had full control,« says Marc Ribot about the album he released in 1990 as the first under his own name. So, it is also the album that is the entry point into his fascinating work for many of his fans and it enjoys a particularly high profile. Since playing as a guest musician for outstanding artists, such as John Zorn, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and Chuck Berry, with the Rootless Cosmopolitans, Ribot brings together all the different styles and influences he tried and tested separately for years for the culmination of the »Reflektor« Festival dedicated to him.

As a result, his own compositions and numerous cover versions, such as the Beatles classic »While My Guitar Gently Weeps«, provide ample room for noise, free improvisation and rock. Therefore, the Rootless Cosmopolitans are not least a blueprint for the later projects Shrek and Ceramic Dog.

With pianist Anthony Coleman and bassist Brad Jones, two musicians from the original line-up with whom Ribot recorded the »Rootless Cosmopolitans« album and its successor »Requiem For What’s His Name« in 1990 and 1992 are here in the concert at the Elbphilharmonie. The group is completed by the extraordinary drummer Ches Smith, who also plays with Ceramic Dog.

Performers

Marc Ribot guitar

Anthony Coleman keyboard

Brad Jones bass

Ches Smith drums

Programme

Set 1: »Shadows Choose Their Horrors« (director: Jennifer Todd Reeves, US 2005) with live music by Marc Ribot
Set 2: »Rootless Cosmopolitans«

Series

Jazz at the Elbphilharmonie

Festival

Reflektor Marc Ribot

Promoter: HamburgMusik

Supported by Stiftung Elbphilharmonie

During your visit

Elbphilharmonie Plaza

A public viewing platform on the 8th floor of the Elbphilharmonie

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Food and Drink

Before the concert and in the interval

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