Between the late ’80s and the early ’90s, these avant-garde jazz guitarists hiked down some odd roads. While Newark, N.J.’s Marc Ribot all but invented “skronk” and famously played such for Tom Waits, John Zorn and a host of smooth femme chanteuses (Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux), Charlie Hunter and his seven-stringed instrument took funky wing … Continue reading Essential New Music: Marc Ribot’s The Young Philadelphians’ “Live In Tokyo” And Charlie Hunter’s “Everybody Has A Plan Until They Get Punched In The Mouth”