''The Prosthetic Cubans'' is a studio album recorded in New York City by

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with Los Cubanos Postizos and features compositions by

Arsenio Rodríguez Arsenio Rodríguez (born Ignacio Arsenio Travieso Scull; 31 August 1911 – 30 December 1970)Giro, Radamés 2007. ''Diccionario enciclopédico de la música en Cuba''. La Habana, v. 4 p. 45 et seq. was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader ...

. It was the first album by The Prosthetic Cubans and was followed by '' ¡Muy Divertido!'' in 2000.

Reception

The

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review by Marc Gilman awarded the album 4 stars, stating, "The mastery and vision of the enduring Marc Ribot shine through on this release... it is an excellent album". The Miami New Times' Michael Roberts noted "''Postizos'' doesn't so much reproduce Rodriguez's music as it reimagines it from a decidedly avant-garde perspective". On

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Joshua Klein wrote "The record is about as authentic as any of Ribot's other stylistic excursions, but it's far more straight-faced and therefore decidedly respectable".

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's Phil Gallo said "Atlantic stands to do well with the disc as Cuban styles, particularly the son, are being embraced on these shores. “Cubanos Postizos,” which translates to "Prosthetic Cubans", is more homage than reproduction, embraceable for listeners regardless of which side of the Latin-American fence they're coming from. More so than his other albums, the disc is accessible from start to finish".Gallo, P
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June 23, 1998, accessed December 9, 2019

Track listing

# "Aurora en Pekín" ( Alfredo Boloña) – 5:31 # "Aquí Como Allá" (

) – 4:51 # "Como Se Goza en el Barrio" (Rodríguez) – 3:29 # "Postizo" (

) – 4:55 # "No Me Llores Más" ( Luis Martinez Griñán) – 5:39 # "Los Teenagers Bailan Changui" (Rodríguez) – 4:49 # "Fiesta en el Solar" (Rodríguez) – 5:05 # "La Vida Es un Sueño" (Rodríguez) – 3:30 # "Esclavo Tristé" (Rodríguez) – 6:06 # "Choserito Plena" ( Inacio Ríos) – 2:46

Personnel

– guitar, trumpet, vocals * Brad Jones (all but (10)) – bass *EJ Rodriguez – percussion, vocals *

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(all but (6)) – claves, drums, percussion, vocals *

John Medeski Anthony John Medeski (born June 28, 1965) is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York's 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood. He plays the acoustic piano ...

(2,4,5,8) – organ, Mellotron *

Anthony Coleman Anthony Coleman (born August 30, 1955) is an avant-garde jazz pianist. During the 1980s and 1990s he worked with John Zorn on '' Cobra'', ''Kristallnacht'', '' The Big Gundown'', '' Archery'', and '' Spillane'' and helped push modern Jewish music ...

(3,6) – organ *Madeline Hunt-Ehrlich (4) – vocals *Mattan Ingram (4) – vocals *Miles Ingram (4) – vocals *Gregory Ribot (10) – baritone saxophone *

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- producer

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prosthetic Cubans, The 1998 albums Marc Ribot albums Atlantic Records albums