{"product_id":"marc-ribot-plays-solo-guitar-works-of-frantz-casseus","title":"Marc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong before \u003cstrong\u003eMarc Ribot\u003c\/strong\u003e made a name for himself as a pioneering force in NYC's downtown music scene, and as guitarist for luminaries like \u003cstrong\u003eTom Waits\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eWilson Pickett\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eThe Lounge Lizards\u003c\/strong\u003e, he began his guitar studies as a teenager with close family friend, the Father of Haitian classical guitar, \u003cstrong\u003eFrantz Casséus\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis three recordings, \u003cem\u003eHaitian Folks Songs\u003c\/em\u003e (1953), \u003cem\u003eHaitian Dances\u003c\/em\u003e (1954) and \u003cem\u003eHaitiana\u003c\/em\u003e (1969) were released on Folkway Recordings (and since reissued by Smithsonian Folkways) and his compositions have been covered by artists worldwide including the song \"\u003cem\u003eMerci bon dieu\u003c\/em\u003e\" by \u003cstrong\u003eHarry Belafonte\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn effort to preserve Frantz's musical legacy, Marc edited a collection of Casséus' solo guitar compositions, and performed those same pieces on his 1993 album \u003cem\u003eMarc Ribot Plays Solo Guitar Works of Frantz Casseus\u003c\/em\u003e. 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","brand":"Knockwurst","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50416907223371,"sku":"1120481","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50416906797387,"sku":"1120480","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f6198f33-2803-4fb4-b6b3-1e6a58a76870_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726712219","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/marc-ribot-plays-solo-guitar-works-of-frantz-casseus","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}