Marc Ribot Hurry Red Telephone is getting a live showcase before its October 30 release on Pi Recordings. Roulette’s program lists an October 19 performance at 8 p.m. in Brooklyn, with Ribot on guitar, Chad Taylor on drums, Sebastian Steinberg on bass and Briggan Krauss on alto saxophone and guitar. This is a look at the announced program, not a review from inside the room.
The venue describes the album as Ribot’s first all-instrumental release since Live at the Village Vanguard in 2014. Its sessions use more than one lineup, so the quartet listed for the concert should not be mistaken for the complete recording personnel. The program names four Ribot compositions and two by Frantz Casséus, his guitar teacher. That is a useful outline, not an advance verdict on how the record sounds.
The event listing shows advance tickets sold out and describes a first-come standby process for any unclaimed seats. That is the venue’s listing at our check, not a promise of admission. Anyone considering attending should use the official page for the current situation rather than treating a news paragraph as a ticket with unusually poor typography.
Our take: this is a welcome entry in the older-listener music beat because it does not require pretending that all interesting music stopped when the record store changed ownership. A musician can retain a recognizable voice while changing the people and structures around it. An album-release performance is an opportunity to encounter that process, not merely stand near a familiar name.
The distinction between a program and a review matters here, too. Descriptions such as abrasive, lyrical or freewheeling can become promotional confetti if a writer simply adopts them as firsthand listening. We have not attended this concert or heard an advance copy for this article. The interest lies in the announced players, material and release, with the actual experience still belonging to the audience.
October 19 is the showcase date; October 30 is the album date. Keep both attached. A release celebration can precede the release without causing a tear in space-time, although the music industry has certainly tested that theory with enough deluxe editions. The official program below is the place for event details and the band’s own introduction to the project.
Sources and photograph
Roulette, official October 19 event program.
Archival photograph of Marc Ribot at INNtöne, July 21, 2024, with Jazz Bins. Not the 2026 Roulette quartet or album session. Photo: Schorle; CC BY-SA 4.0. Display copy resized. Where applicable, the resized photograph retains the stated ShareAlike license. Original photograph and rights record. Image-use terms.
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