NPR Music

Support Public RadioLoginLogout

All Tomorrow's Parties

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog In Concert: ATP Festival 2011

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog plays Paramount Theatre on Saturday afternoon.
Gisel Florez/NPR

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog plays Paramount Theatre on Saturday afternoon.

Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog In Concert: ATP Festival 2011

October 5, 2011 Ceramic Dog inspired some spontaneous and spastic gyration in the Paramount Theatre seats.

by Lars Gotrich

Marc Ribot gets around. The New York City-based jazz guitarist has moved in and out of free jazz with the likes of John Zorn and appeared on key records by Tom Waits and Elvis Costello. Ribot has also explored Cuban music, and his most recent trio, Ceramic Dog, could almost be a link to his days in the skronk-jazz side of '80s No Wave. But that would do a serious disservice to this band's jam-heavy, rock-driven electro-freak-funk, which features bassist Shahzad Ismaily and drummer Ches Smith, both of the avant-rock band Secret Chiefs 3. On Saturday's Portishead-curated bill at All Tomorrow's Parties, Ceramic Dog took the crowd through the weirdness and inspired some spontaneous and spastic gyration in the Paramount Theatre seats.

NPR thanks our sponsors

Become an NPR Sponsor

 

Comments

Please keep your community civil. All comments must follow the NPR.org Community rules and terms of use. See also the Community FAQ.

 

NPR reserves the right to read on the air and/or publish on its website or in any medium now known or unknown the e-mails and letters that we receive. We may edit them for clarity or brevity and identify authors by name and location. For additional information, please consult our Terms of Use.