¡Muy Divertido!
¡Muy Divertido! (Very Entertaining!) is a studio album recorded in New York City by Marc Ribot with Los Cubanos Postizos.[1] It was released April 25, 2000 on Atlantic Records.
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| Released | April 25, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | 2000 | |||
| Studio | The Magic Shop, New York, NY | |||
| Genre | Latin jazz, jazz fusion, world fusion | |||
| Length | 43:00 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | JD Foster | |||
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Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dame un cachito pa' huele" | Arsenio Rodríguez | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Las lomas de New Jersey" | Marc Ribot | 4:37 |
| 3. | "El gaucho rojo" | Ribot | 5:55 |
| 4. | "Obsesión" | Pedro Flores | 4:20 |
| 5. | "El divorcio" | Rodriguez | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Se formó el bochinche" | Rodriguez | 4:30 |
| 7. | "Baile baile baile" | Ribot | 4:04 |
| 8. | "No puedo frenar" | Flores | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Jaguey" | Rodriguez | 4:33 |
| 10. | "Carmela dame la llave" | A.L. Torruellas | 3:14 |
Personnel
- 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
- Marc Ribot: Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos accessed December 9, 2019
- Huey, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 4, 2011.
- Huey, Steve. Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos: Muy Divertido! > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- Payne, D. All About Jazz Review accessed December 9, 2019