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Exercises in Futility
Studio album by Marc Ribot
Released	February 25, 2008
Genre	Avant-garde jazz
Length	61:30
Label	Tzadik
Producer	Marc 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. It features compositions that Ribot wrote as "setups for improvising" that "teach guitarists how to play with and in spite of futility".

Track listing

All compositions are by Marc Ribot.

1. "Etude No. 1. Five Gestures" – 5:47
2. "Etude No. 2. Morton 1" – 4:59
3. "Etude No. 3. Elvis" – 4:04
4. "Etude No. 4. Bombasto" – 2:53
5. "Etude No. 5. Lame" – 3:47
6. "Etude No. 6. Cowboy" – 1:46
7. "Etude No. 7. Ballad" – 2:53
8. "Etude No. 8. Groove?" – 3:14
9. "Etude No. 9. Morton 2" – 3:20
10. "Etude No. 10. Min" – 1:23
11. "Etude No. 11. Ascending" – 2:03
12. "Etude No. 12. Mirror" – 4:21
13. "Etude No. 13. Wank" – 4:20
14. "Etude No. 14. Event on 10th Avenue" – 1:18
15. "The Joy of Repetition" – 9:49

Personnel

• Marc Ribot – guitars

References

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

External links

• Exercises in Futility at AllMusic

• 2008 albums
• Marc Ribot albums
• Tzadik Records albums