Pi Recordings: Pi53 
http://www.pirecordings.com/album/pi53

* Henry Grimes: bass, violin
* Marc Ribot: guitar
* Chad Taylor: drums
 
http://www.henrygrimes.com/ 
http://www.marcribot.com/ 
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chad-taylor-mn0002551488

Recorded on June 30, 2012, at the Village Vanguard, New York, by Bill Mulvey. 
http://www.villagevanguard.com/


Reviews
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By Mark Deming 
http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-village-vanguard-mw0002641752

It might be more concise to list what musical genres Marc Ribot hasn't explored
than the ones he has, but his approach to the guitar has often reflected the
freedom, reinvention, and elastic boundaries of jazz, no matter what the
specific context. On this date, recorded in mid-2012 during a handful of shows
at one of New York's most iconic venues, Ribot gives himself the luxury of
stretching out with a pair of gifted accompanists, bassist Henry Grimes (who
worked with Albert Ayler, one of Ribot's key influences) and drummer Chad
Taylor (a veteran of the Chicago Underground Duo and Trio), and the result is
one of Ribot's most explicitly jazz-focused dates in some time. Live at the
Village Vanguard certainly embraces Ribot's particular tastes in jazz,
featuring two Ayler compositions ("The Wizard" and "Bells") as well as two
pieces recorded by John Coltrane ("Sun Ship" and "Dearly Beloved") and a pair
of old standards ("Old Man River" and "I'm Confessin' [That I Love You]"). In
the grand tradition of the genre, the key here is the interplay between the
musicians, not simply the bandleader, though the sharp report of Ribot's tone
and the volleys of notes he fires off during the more extreme passages will
sound more than familiar to anyone acquainted with his work. On the standards,
Ribot, Grimes, and Taylor may seem relaxed, but they dig deep into the melodies
and find rich, expressive treasure despite the deceptively accessible
surfaces. And as the trio explores the selections from Coltrane and Ayler's
songbooks, the communication between the players is total, with each in full
flight as individuals and as a group, honoring the masters and finding a voice
of their own at the same time. The great free jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock
once quipped that he didn't consider himself a guitarist, but a sax player with
a very messed-up horn; Live at the Village Vanguard suggests a bit of the same
thinking lurks inside Mark Ribot, but in spite of that, he and his axe seem to
be getting along just fine.

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By Paul Acquaro 
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2014/06/marc-ribot-live-at-village-vanguard-pi.html

By Mark Corroto 
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/live-at-the-village-vanguard-marc-ribot-pi-recordings-review-by-mark-corroto.php

By Dan Bilawsky 
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/marc-ribot-trio-live-at-the-village-vanguard-by-dan-bilawsky.php

By Troy Collins 
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/live-at-the-village-vanguard-marc-ribot-pi-recordings-review-by-troy-collins.php

By Tim Niland

Par Guillaume Bourgault-Côté (fr) 
http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/412605/live-at-the-village-vanguard-marc-ribot

Por Héctor Aravena A. (es) 
http://www.rockaxis.com/vanguardia/cdaxi/marc-ribot-trio--live-at-the-village-vanguard/