Exercises in Futility (Marc Ribot album)

Exercises in Futility
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 25, 2008
GenreAvant-garde jazz
Length61:30
LabelTzadik
ProducerMarc Ribot
Marc Ribot chronology
Asmodeus: Book of Angels Volume 7
(2007)
Exercises in Futility
(2008)
Party Intellectuals
(2008)

Exercises in Futility is a 2008 album of solo guitar recorded by Marc Ribot and released on Tzadik Records' Composer Series.[1] It features compositions that Ribot wrote as "setups for improvising" that "teach guitarists how to play with and in spite of futility".[2]

  1. ^ Tzadik catalogue
  2. ^ Olsen, P. Marc Ribot: That's the Way I View it from New York AllAboutJazz.com March 27, 2006.