{"product_id":"marc-ribot-marc-ribot-plays-solo-guitar-works-of-frantz-casseus-cd","title":"Marc Ribot - Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails: \u003c\/strong\u003eLong before Marc Ribot made a name for himself as a pioneering force in NYC's downtown music scene, and as guitarist for luminaries like Tom Waits, Wilson Pickett and The Lounge Lizards, he began his guitar studies as a teenager with close family friend, the Father of Haitian classical guitar, Frantz Casséus. In 1946, Frantz came to NYC from his native Port-au-Prince, Haiti with the ambition to compose a distinctly Haitian classical guitar music, to fuse the European classical tradition with Haitian folk elements as Heitor Villa-Lobos had done with his native Brazil's and as Béla Bartók had done with Hungarian folk songs. His three recordings, Haitian Folks Songs (1953), Haitian Dances (1954) and Haitiana (1969) were released on Folkway Recordings (and since reissued by Smithsonian Folkways) and his compositions have been covered by artists worldwide including the song \"Merci bon dieu\" by Harry Belafonte.\r\n\r\nIn effort to preserve Frantz's musical legacy, Marc edited a collection of Casseus' solo guitar compositions, and performed those same pieces on his 1993 album \"Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus\". This remastered and expanded edition, with three additional bonus tracks recorded in 2020, marks the first time Marc's interpretations of this work is available on vinyl. Also available again on CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimbi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rara\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prelude #2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Haitian Suite: Petro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Haitian Suite: Yanvalloux\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Haitian Suite: Mascaron\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Haitian Suite: Coumbite (Merci Bon Dieu)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prelude #1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Merengue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Improvisation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chanson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Congo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dance (On Sunday)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Serenade Lointaine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Valse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Untitled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Romance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dance of the Hounsies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Romance 1978\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Meringue Frangeul [Bonus Track]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sobo [Bonus Track]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Nan Guinan [Bonus Track]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50400774521106,"sku":"881626573020","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/3954440-2690990.jpg?v=1729117310","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/marc-ribot-marc-ribot-plays-solo-guitar-works-of-frantz-casseus-cd","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}