Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus

Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus
Studio album by Marc Ribot
Released	1993
Recorded	1989, 1993
Genre	Classical music, Haitian music
Length	47:30
Label	Les Disques du Crepuscule
Producer	Ilana Pelzig Cellum
Marc Ribot chronology
Requiem for What's His Name (1992) Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus (1993) Shrek (1994)

Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus is a 1993 album of solo guitar works by Frantz Casseus recorded by Marc Ribot and released on the Belgian label, Les Disques du Crepuscule. Ribot studied classical guitar under Casseus who fused the European classical tradition with his native Haitian folk elements.^[1] The album was recorded in New York City in 1989 and 1993.

Track listing

All compositions are by Frantz Casseus.

1. "Simbi" – 3:33
2. "Rara" – 1:45
3. "Prelude #2" – 1:08
4. "Haitian Suite: Petro" – 4:08
5. "Haitian Suite: Yanvalloux" – 3:05
6. "Haitian Suite: Mascaron" – 3:49
7. "Haitian Suite: Coumbite (Merci Bon Dieu)" – 3:18
8. "Prelude #1" – 1:04
9. "Merengue" – 1:32
10. "Improvisation" – 1:36
11. "Chanson" – 1:53
12. "Congo" – 3:15
13. "Dance (On Sunday)" – 3:17
14. "Serenade Lointaine" – 2:27
15. "Valse" – 4:13
16. "Untitled" – 1:40
17. "Romance" – 2:05
18. "Dance of the Hounsies" – 2:51
19. "Romance 1978" – 1:43

Personnel

• Marc Ribot – acoustic guitar

References

1. Ribot, M. Frantz Casseus by Marc Ribot, Bomb Magazine, Issue 82, Winter 2003.

External links

• Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus at AllMusic