Gyan Riley Explained
| Gyan Riley |
| Occupation: | Musician, composer |
| Instrument: | Guitar |
| Label: | New Albion
Tzadik |
Gyan Riley (born 1977) is an American guitarist and composer. He is a son of minimalist composer Terry Riley.[1] [2] They frequently toured together as a duo between 2016 and 2020. Gyan Riley studied at San Francisco Conservatory of Music.[3] He has released two solo albums and several collaborative recordings on John Zorn's Tzadik Records.[4] He has also performed with Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Zakir Hussain, Dawn Upshaw, Nels Cline, Lee Ronaldo, Iva Bittová.,[5] and currently frequently tours with Grammy-winning vocalist Arooj Aftab. Recently he was featured as a performer and composer for two acclaimed PBS documentary series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick: Hemingway, and The U.S. and the Holocaust. Currently Gyan is engaged as the 2023/24 Lou Harrison House Composer in Residence in Joshua Tree, CA.
Discography
As leader
- Food for the Bearded (New Albion, 2002)
- Melismantra (Self-released, 2007)
- New York Sessions (Agyanamus Music, 2010)
- Stream of Gratitude (Tzadik, 2011)
- Terry Riley & Gyan Riley Live with Terry Riley (Sri Moonshine Music, 2011)
- Sprig (National Sawdust Tracks, 2018)
- Way Out Yonder (ORG Music, 2019)
- Shelter in Space (Agyanamus Music, 2020)
- Silver Lining (Tzadik, 2021)
As sideman
With John Zorn
- John Zorn’s Olympiad Volume 1: Dither Plays Zorn (Tzadik, 2015) with Dither
- Midsummer Moons (Tzadik, 2017) with Julian Lage
- The Book Beri'ah: Chesed (Tzadik, 2018) with Julian Lage
- Nove Cantici Per Francesco D'Assisi (Tzadik, 2019) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell
- Virtue (Tzadik, 2020) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell
- Teresa De Ávila (Tzadik, 2021) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell
- Parables (Tzadik, 2021) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell
- A Garden of Forking Paths (Tzadik, 2022) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell
- Bagatelles Vol. 10 (Tzadik, 2022) with Julian Lage
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Review: Gyan Riley Begins an Intimate Residency at the Stone . Schweitzer . Vivien . 8 July 2015 . . 30 August 2016.
- Web site: Terry And Gyan Riley: Together IN C . 12 May 2009 . . 30 August 2016.
- Web site: Gyan Riley . Other Minds . 30 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160914125836/http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Griley.shtml . 14 September 2016 . dead .
- Web site: Gyan Riley: Stream of Gratitude . 2011 . . 30 August 2016.
- Web site: RECENZE: Ivu Bittovou inspirovaly pohanské rituály. Zdařile . Bezr . Ondřej . 22 May 2015 . . 30 August 2016 . Czech.
