Ever since he first appeared as a complete unknown on Tom Waits masterpiece Rain Dogs (1985) the guitarist Marc Ribot (1954) became a guideline for what is good in music – his inspiration contributed to the music ofJohn Lurie, Elvis Costello, John Zorn, Roy Nathanson, Diana Krall, Madeleine Peyroux, Laurie Anderson, Sam Phillips… In the meantime, he managed to build an impressive solo career, brilliantly mastering various challenges – from free jazz to surf music, to “fake” Cubans, to blues. He made an unforgettable appearance at the 2011 Belgrade Jazz Festival.

His new project, Marc Ribot & The Young Philadelphians + Strings pays tribute to twin legacies: the harmolodic punk-funk of Ornette Coleman’s first Prime Time band and the optimistic pulse of 1970s Philly Soul. This is why Ribot enlisted two former Prime Time members, bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and drummer G. Calvin Weston, both Philadelphia natives, along with guitarist Mary Halvorson (her substitute in Belgrade will be Al McDowel, piccolo bass) as well as the three-piece string section for that sweet, disco funk flavour.