¡Muy Divertido!

Muy Divertido!
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 25, 2000
Recorded2000
StudioThe Magic Shop, New York, New York, U.S.
GenreLatin jazz, jazz fusion, world fusion
Length43:00
LabelAtlantic
ProducerJD Foster
Marc Ribot chronology
Yo! I Killed Your God
(1999)
Muy Divertido!
(2000)
Saints
(2001)

¡Muy Divertido! (Very Entertaining!) is a studio album recorded in New York City by American guitarist and composer Marc Ribot with Los Cubanos Postizos.[1] It was released on April 25, 2000 on Atlantic Records.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars and the review by Steve Huey states, "Regrouping his Latin backing band Los Cubanos Postizos, Marc Ribot offers a sequel to his 1998 Arsenio Rodríguez tribute The Prosthetic Cubans in Muy Divertido! ("very entertaining"). While there are once again a few songs penned by Rodríguez, there's also a greater variety of composers represented, including three Ribot originals... Overall, it's a worthy follow-up for anyone who enjoyed the first installment".[3]

On All About Jazz Douglas Payne wrote "eccentric downtown guitarist Marc Ribot has made a career out of being unpredictable - and never less than totally interesting ... Restless Ribot varies the menu with all sorts of spicy flavors on ¡Muy Divertido! (Very Entertaining!) , never settling in one place for longer than the fun will last. He crafts interesting uses of vocals and, most appealingly, organ to keep the whole party a little off kilter too. The first time it's a fiesta. But each time you come back - and this listener found it hard to resist - Ribot reveals some magical musical gifts here that go well beyond Cuban territories".[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dame un cachito pa' huele"Arsenio Rodríguez3:15
2."Las lomas de New Jersey"Marc Ribot4:37
3."El gaucho rojo"Ribot5:55
4."Obsesión"Pedro Flores4:20
5."El divorcio"Rodriguez3:44
6."Se formó el bochinche"Rodriguez4:30
7."Baile baile baile"Ribot4:04
8."No puedo frenar"Flores4:30
9."Jaguey"Rodriguez4:33
10."Carmela dame la llave"A.L. Torruellas3:14

Personnel

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  • Marc Ribot – guitars, vocals
  • Anthony Coleman – keyboards
  • Brad Jones – bass, twelve string guitar
  • E.J. Rodriguez – conga, percussion, vocals
  • Roberto Rodriguez – drums, timbales, timpani, percussion
  • Marcus Rojas − tuba (track 4)
  • Steve Nieve (track 1), Riley Osborne (tracks 8 & 10) − organ
  • JD Foster- bass (track 7), producer
  • Andy Taub − keyboards (track 4)
  • Frankie Vasquez - vocals, percussion, backing vocals (tracks 2, 6 & 10)
  • Eszter Balint − vocals, backing vocals (tracks 1, 6 & 7)

References

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  1. ^ Marc Ribot: Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos accessed December 9, 2019
  2. ^ Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 4, 2011.
  3. ^ Huey, Steve. Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos: Muy Divertido! > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  4. ^ Payne, D. All About Jazz Review accessed December 9, 2019