Marc Ribot discography

This discography includes albums by guitarist Marc Ribot and significant recordings to which he has contributed. The year in brackets indicates the date of first release.

Albums

• Rootless Cosmopolitans (Island, 1990)
• Requiem for What's His Name (Les Disques du Crepuscule, 1992)
• Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus (Les Disques du Crepuscule, 1993)
• Shrek (Avant, 1994)
• Subsonic 1: Sounds of a Distant Episode with Shrek (Sub Rosa/Subsonic 1994)
• The Book of Heads (Tzadik, 1995) composed by John Zorn
• Don't Blame Me (DIW, 1995)
• Shoe String Symphonettes (Tzadik, 1997)
• The Prosthetic Cubans (Atlantic, 1998) with Los Cubanos Postizos
• Yo! I Killed Your God (Tzadik, 1999)
• Muy Divertido! (Atlantic, 2000) with Los Cubanos Postizos
• Saints (Atlantic, 2001)
• Inasmuch as Life is Borrowed (Ultima Vez, 2001) limited edition
• Scelsi Morning (Tzadik, 2003)
• Soundtracks Volume 2 (Tzadik, 2003)
• Spiritual Unity (Pi, 2005)
• Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7 (Tzadik, 2007) composed by John Zorn
• Exercises in Futility (Tzadik, 2008)
• Party Intellectuals (Pi, 2008) with Ceramic Dog
• Silent Movies (Pi, 2010)
• Your Turn (Northern Spy, 2013) with Ceramic Dog
• Live at the Village Vanguard (Pi Recordings, 2014) with Henry Grimes and Chad Taylor

As sideman

With Noël Akchoté

• Lust Corner (Winter & Winter, 1997)

With Ambitious Lovers

• Lust (Elektra, 1991)

With the Anarchist Republic of Bzzz

• Anarchist Republic of Bzzz (Sub Rosa, 2009)

With Trey Anastasio

• Surrender to the Air (Elektra, 1996)

With Laurie Anderson

• Bright Red (Warner Bros., 1994)

With Dick Annegarn

• Adieu Verdure (Tot Ou Tard/Warner Music, 1999)

With Aterciopelados

• Caribe Atómico (RCA International, 1998)

With Auktyon

• Girls Sing (2007)

With Susana Baca

• Eco De Sombras (Luaka Bop, 2000)
• Espíritu Vivo (Luaka Bop, 2002)
• Travesias (Luaka Bop, 2006)

With Eszter Balint

• Flicker (Scratchie/East West, 1999)

With Cyro Baptista

• Vira Loucos (Avant, 1997)
• Beat the Donkey (Tzadik, 2002)

With Barkmarket

• Easy Listening (Purge Sound League, 1989)
• Vegas Throat - (Def American, 1992)

With Alain Bashung

• Chatterton (Barclay, 1994)
• L'Imprudence (Barclay, 2002)
• Bleu pétrole (Barclay, 2008)

With Badawi

• Safe (Asphodel, 2006)

With The Black Keys

• Attack & Release (Nonesuch/V2, 2008)

With Claus Boesser-Ferrari

• How We Became Americans (Acoustic Music, 2009)

With Richard Buckner

• Devotion + Doubt (MCA, 1997)

With Solomon Burke

• Soul Alive (Rounder, 1987)

With Robert Burger

• City of Strangers (Tzadik, 2008)

With T Bone Burnett

• The Criminal Under My Own Hat (Columbia, 1992)
• The True False Identity (Columbia, 2006)
• Tooth of Crime (Nonesuch, 2008)

With Andrés Calamaro

• Alta Suciedad (Gasa/Warner Bros., 1997)
• Honestidad Brutal (WEA, 1999)

With Vinicius Cantuária

• Vinicius (Transparent Music, 2001)
• Cymbals (Naive, 2007)

With Vinicio Capossela

• Il Ballo di San Vito (CDG/East West, 1996)
• Canzoni a manovella (2000)
• Ovunque proteggi (2006)
• La nave sta arrivando (2011)
• Marinai, profeti e balene (2011)
• Rebetiko gymnastas (2012)

With Marco Cappelli

• IDR (Italian Doc Remix) (Itinera, 2008)

With Lori Carson

• Shelter (DGC, 1990)

With James Carter

• Layin' the Cut (Atlantic, 2000)

With Charming Hostess

• The Bowls Project (Tzadik, 2009)

With Chocolate Genius

• Black Music (V2, 1998)
• GodMusic (V2, 2001)
• Black Yankee Rock (Commotion, 2005)

With Shemekia Copeland

• Never Going Back (Telarc, 2008)

With Cibo Matto

• Viva! La Woman (Warner Bros., 1996)
• Super Relax (Warner Bros., 1997)
• Stereo * Type A (Warner Bros., 1999)

With Club d'Elf

• Live at Tonic (Kufala, 2005)

With Anthony Coleman

• With Every Breath: The Music of Shabbat at BJ (Knitting Factory, 1999)

With Tom Cora

• Hallelujah, Anyway – Remembering Tom Cora (Tzadik, 1999)

With Gal Costa

• O Sorriso do Gato de Alice (BMG/RCA, 1993)

With Elvis Costello

• Spike (Warner Bros., 1989)
• Mighty Like a Rose (Warner Bros., 1991)
• Deadicated: A Tribute to the Grateful Dead (Arista, 1991) - 1 track
• Kojak Variety (Warner Bros., 1995)
• Cruel Smile (Island, 2002)

With Corin Curschellas

• Valdun Voices of Rumantsch (Migros Genossenschaftsbund, 1997)

With Dead Combo

• Lisboa Mulata (Dead & Company, 2011)

With Devine & Stratton

• Cardiffians (Les Disques du Crepuscule (Belgium), 1990)

With DJ Logic

• Project Logic (Ropeadope, 1999)

With Dave Douglas

• Freak In (Bluebird/RCA Victor, 2003)

With the Lucien Dubuis TrioUltime Cosmos(Enja, 2009) With Marty Ehrlich's Dark Woods Ensemble

• Sojourn (Tzadik, 1999)

With Elysian Fields

• Elysian Fields (Radioactive, 1996)

With Carol Emanuel

• Tops of Trees (Evva, 1995)

With Mikel Erentxun

• El Abrazo del Erizo (WEA Latina, 1996)

With Ellery Eskelin

• The Sun Died (Soul Note, 1995)
• Ten (Hat Hut, 2004)

With Evan and Jaron

• Evan and Jaron (Columbia, 2000)

With Marianne Faithfull

• Blazing Away (Island, 1990)
• Easy Come, Easy Go (Naive, 2008)

With The Flaming Hoops

• Flaming Hoops (Newsic (Japan), 1989)

With Foetus

• Gash (Sony/Columbia, 1995)
• Null/Void (Cleopatra, 1997)

With Gavin Friday & The Man Seezer

• Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves (Island, 1989)

With Sue Garner

• Shadyside (Thrill Jockey, 2002)

With Allen Ginsberg

• The Lion for Real (Great Jones, 1989)
• The Ballad of the Skeletons (Mercury, 1996)
• Wichita Vortex Sutra (Artemis, 2004)

With Ely Guerra

• Lotofire (Higher Octave, 2002)

With Joe Henry

• Scar (Mammoth, 2001)
• Blood from Stars (Anti, 2009)
• Reverie (Anti, 2011)

With Naif Herin

• Faites du bruit (2010)

With Yuka Honda

• Eucademix (Tzadik, 2004)

With The Jazz Passengers

• Broken Night, Red Light (Crepuscule, 1987)
• Deranged and Decomposed (Crepuscule, 1988)
• Live at the Knitting Factory Vol. 1 (A&M, 1989) - 2 tracks
• Implement Yourself (New World/CounterCurrents, 1990)
• In Love (High Street, 1994)
• Cross the Street (Les Disques du Crepuscule (Belgium), 1995)
• Individually Twisted (32 Records, 1996)

With Freedy Johnston

• This Perfect World (Elektra, 1994)

With Norah Jones

• The Fall (Blue Note, 2009)

With Hoppy Kamiyama

• King of Music (Toshiba-EMI (Japan), 1991)
• Welcome to Forbidden Paridise (Toshiba-EMI (Japan), 1992)
• Optical*8 (God Mountain (Japan), 1992)
• Groovallegience (Toshiba-EMI (Japan), 1996)

With Mory Kanté

• Nongo Village (Barclay (France), 1993)

With The Klezmatics

• Jews with Horns (Xenophile, 1995)

With Makigami Koichi

• Koroshi No Blues (Toshiba-EMI Japan, 1993)

With Mary La Rose

• The Blue Guitar (Little Music, 2006)

With The Latebirds

• Fortune Cookies (Grandpop, 2003)

With Gina Leishman

• Bed Time (GCQ, 2004)
• In My Skin (GCQ, 2007)

With Arto Lindsay

• O Corpo Sutil (The Subtle Body) (Rykodisc, 1996)
• Mundo Civilizado (Rykodisc, 1996)

With David Linx

• L'Instant D'Apres (Polygram International, 2001)

With Frank London

• The Shvitz (Knitting Factory Works, 1993)

With the Lounge Lizards

• Big Heart: Live in Tokyo (Antilles, 1986)
• No Pain For Cakes (Antilles, 1987)
• Voice of Chunk (Lagarto Productions, 1989)

With Allen Lowe

• Jews in Hell (Spaceout, 2007)

With Evan Lurie

• Kizu (CBS/Sony, 1988) with Yoshitada Minami
• Pieces for Bandoneon (Les Disques du Crepuscule (Belgium), 1989)
• Selling Water by the Side of the River (Antilles, 1990)
• Il Piccolo Diavolo (Ciak (Italy), 1991)
• How I Spent My Vacation (Tzadik, 1998)

With John Lurie

• Down by Law Soundtrack (Crammed Discs, 1987)
• Mystery Train - (RCA/Victor, 1989)
• African Swim and Mannie & Lo (Strange & Beautiful Music, 1998)

With Giovanni Maier

• Giovanni Maier Technicolor/A Turtle Soup (Long Song, 2008)

With Maria McKee

• Maria McKee (Geffen Goldline, 1989)

With Kirsty McGee

• Those Old Demons (Hobopop, 2014)

With Medeski Martin & Wood

• It's a Jungle in Here (Gramavision, 1993)
• The Dropper (Blue Note, 2000)
• End of the World Party (Just in Case) (Blue Note, 2004)

With Jun Miyake

• Hoshi No Tama No O (Entropathy) (Sony (Japan), 1993)

With Marisa Monte

• Mais (World Pacific, 1991)
• Memórias, Crônicas, e Declaracões de Amor (EMI, 2000)

With Ikue Mori

• Painted Desert (Avant, 1995)

With Sarah Jane Morris

• Fallen Angel (Irma, 1998)
• August (Fallen Angel/Indigo, 2002)

With Jean-Louis Murat

• Mustango (Labels/Virgin, 1999)

With Roy Nathanson

• Lobster & Friend (Knitting Factory Works, 1993) with Anthony Coleman
• I Could've Been a Drum (Tzadik, 1997) with Anthony Coleman
• Fire at Keaton's Bar & Grill (Six Degrees, 2000)

With Steve Nieve

• Welcome to the Voice (Deutsche Grammophon, 2007)

With Sean Noonan Brewed by Noon

• Stoies to Tell (Songlines, 2007)
• Live from New York and Beyond... (Innova, 2008)
• Boxing Dreams (Songlines, 2008)

With Seigen Ono

• Comme Des Garcons, Vol. 2 (Venture/Virgin, 1989)
• Forty Days and Forty Nights (Kitty/Saidera, 1991)
• Maria & Maria (Saidera, 2001)

With Mike Patton

• Pranzo Oltranzista (Tzadik, 1997)

With Madeleine Peyroux

• Dreamland (Atlantic, 1996)

With Philadelphy's Paint

• Paint: Tap the Ethereal (Extraplatte, 2005)

With Sam Phillips

• Cruel Inventions (Virgin, 1991)
• Martinis and Bikinis (Virgin, 1994)
• Omnipop (It's Only a Flesh Wound Lambchop) (Virgin, 1996)
• Zero Zero Zero (Virgin, 1999)
• Fan Dance (Nonesuch, 2001)
• A Boot and a Shoe (Nonesuch, 2004)

With Pissuk Rachav

• Eretz Hakodesh (Tzadik, 2009)

With Robert Plant & Alison Krauss

• Raising Sand (Rounder, 2007)

With David Poe

• David Poe (ulfTone Music, 2001)

With Jim Pugliese

• Jim Pugliese's Save III: Live @ Issue Project Room NYC (Improvvisatore Involontario, 2008)

With Greg Ribot and The International Conspiracy

• Cumbia del Norte (Cathexis, 1999)

With Stan Ridgway

• Mosquitos (Geffen, 1989)

With Jon Rose

• Techno Mit Störungen (Plag Dich Nicht, 1998)

With Rough Assemblage

• Construction & Demolition (Avant (Japan), 1995)

With David Sanborn

• Another Hand (Elektra, 1991)

With Boris Savoldelli

• Insanology (BTF, 2008)

With 17 Hippies

• 17 Hippies Play Guitar (Hipster, 2006)

With David Shea

• Prisoner (Sub Rosa, 1994)
• Hsi-Yu Chi (Tzadik, 1995)

With Harry Shearer

• It Must Have Been Something I Said (Rhino, 1994)

With Sion

• Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter (1987)
• I Don't Like Myself (Baidis Records (Japan), 1993)

With Slut

• Slut (God Mountain (Japan), 1993)

With Wadada Leo Smith

• Lake Biwa (Tzadik, 2004)

With Tim Sparks

• At the Rebbe's Table (Tzadik, 2002)

With Shelby Starner

• From in the Shadows (Warner Bros., 1999)

With Syd Straw

• Surprise (Virgin, 1989)

With The Surfers

• Songs from the Pipe (Epic, 1998)

With David Sylvian

• Dead Bees on a Cake (Virgin, 1999)

With Third Person

• The Bends (Knitting Factory, 1991)

With Tanita Tikaram

• Ancient Heart (Warner Bros., 1988)

With Allen Toussaint

• The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch, 2009)

With Tricky

• Angels with Dirty Faces (Island, 1998)

With McCoy Tyner

• Guitars (McCoy Tyner/Half Note, 2008)

With Kazutoki Umezu

• Eclecticism (Knitting Factory, 1994)
• First Deserter (Knitting Factory, 1997)

With Silvain Vanot

• Sur des Arbres (Virgin (France), 1995)

With Caetano Veloso

• Estrangeiro (Elektra/Musician, 1989)

With Tom Waits

• Rain Dogs (Island, 1985)
• Franks Wild Years (Island, 1987)
• Big Time (Island, 1988)
• Stay Awake: Various Interpretations of Music from Vintage Disney Films (A&M, 1988) - 1 track
• Mule Variations (Anti/Epitath, 1999)
• Real Gone (Anti/Epitath, 2004)
• Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards (Anti, 2006)
• Bad as Me (Anti, 2011)

With Bill Ware

• This Is No Time (Eight Ball, 1997) with Groove Thing
• Sir Duke (Knitting Factory, 2001)

With Rob Wasserman

• Trios (MCA/GRP, 1994)

With Sanda Weigl

• Gypsy Killer (Knitting Factory, 2002)

With Cassandra Wilson

• Thunderbird (Blue Note, 2006)

With Norman Yamada

• Being and Time (Tzadik, 1998)

With Akiko Yano

• Akiko (Tabi, 2009)

With Zakarya

• 413 A (Tzadik, 2006)

With Hector Zazou

• Chansons des mers froides (Columbia, 1994)
• Made on Earth (Crammed Disc, 1997) with Barbara Gogan
• Las Vegas is Curved (First World, 2001) with Sandy Dillon

With Amir Ziv's Kotkot

• Alive at Tonic (Mai Nya Neem, 2008)

With John Zorn

• Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour (CBS/Sony (Japan), 1989)
• Kristallnacht (Eva, 1993)
• John Zorn's Cobra: Live at the Knitting Factory (Knitting Factory, 1995)
• Filmworks II: Music for an Untitled Film by Walter Hill (Toy's Factory, 1995)
• Filmworks III: 1990-1995 (Toy's Factory, 1996)
• Bar Kokhba (Tzadik, 1996)
• Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy (Tzadik, 1996)
• Filmworks VI: 1996 (Tzadik, 1996)
• Filmworks IV: S&M + More (Tzadik, 1997)
• Filmworks VIII: 1997 (Tzadik, 1998)
• The Circle Maker (Tzadik, 1997) with Bar Kokhba
• Music for Children (Tzadik, 1998)
• Taboo & Exile (Tzadik, 1999)
• The Big Gundown 15th Anniversary Edition (Tzadik, 2000)
• The Gift (Tzadik, 2000)
• Filmworks XII: Three Documentaries (Tzadik, 2002)
• Filmworks XIII: Invitation to a Suicide (Tzadik, 2002)
• Filmworks XIV: Hiding and Seeking (2003)
• Masada Guitars (Tzadik, 2003) solo performances by Marc Ribot, Tim Sparks and Bill Frisell
• 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 4 (Tzadik, 2004) with Electric Masada
• 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 (Tzadik, 2005) with Bar Kokhba Sextet
• Masada Rock (Tzadik, 2005) with Rashanim
• Electric Masada: At the Mountains of Madness (Tzadik, 2005) with Electric Masada
• Filmworks XVIII: The Treatment (Tzadik, 2006)
• The Dreamers (Tzadik, 2008) with The Dreamers
• The Crucible (Tzadik, 2008) with Moonchild
• O'o (Tzadik, 2009) with The Dreamers
• Ipos: Book of Angels Volume 14 (Tzadik, 2010) with The Dreamers
• Enigmata (2011) with Trevor Dunn
• A Dreamers Christmas (Tzadik, 2011) with The Dreamers
• Pellucidar: A Dreamers Fantabula (Tzadik, 2015) with The Dreamers

External links

• Marc Ribot official website
• The Discography of Marc Ribot by Patrice Roussel