¡Muy Divertido! (Very Entertaining!) is a studio album recorded in New York City by American guitarist and composer Marc Ribot with Los Cubanos Postizos.Marc Ribot: Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos accessed December 9, 2019 It was released on April 25, 2000, on Atlantic Records.
Reception
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".
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".Payne, D. All About Jazz Review accessed December 9, 2019
Track listing
Personnel Marc Ribot – guitars, vocals Anthony Coleman – keyboards Brad Jones – bass, twelve string guitar E.J. Rodriguez – congas, 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)
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