Don't Blame Me

Mark Ribot sleepwalks his way through standards, originals, and a couple of modern jazz classics. His sound is very interesting-- he uses a harsh, broke-down delta bluesy tone and seems to have deliberately detuned his guitar. This I like. The two noise pieces here are also worth listening to.But overall, this just doesn't work as an album. All of the pieces create the exact same deeply depressing mood, and the solo pieces expose Ribot as a second rate jazz guitarist (if not third rate). A few tracks might be good enough to put on a compilation, but skip the album.

入手するタイミングがズレてしまい、ようやくゲットしました。裾野が広い音楽観やセンスとテクに魅かれます。