Jon Gibson · Songs & Melodies, 1973-1977

Label: Superior Viaduct / Genre: Ambient · Contemporain · Drone

TRACKS FOR TWO SOLO PIECES
1. Song I
2. Song II
3. Melody
4. Solo For Saxophone
5. Melody IV
6. Melody III
7. Equal Distribution

Since the mid-1960s, Jon Gibson has played a key role in the development of American avant-garde music. As a versatile reed player, he has performed with everyone from Steve Reich and Philip Glass to Terry Riley and La Monte Young. In the 1970s, Gibson would emerge as a minimalist composer in his own right and release two exceptional albums, Visitations and Two Solo Pieces, on Glass' Chatham Square imprint.
Songs & Melodies brings together recordings from 1973 to 1977 (mostly previously unreleased), featuring prominent figures in New York's scene including Arthur Russell, Barbara Benary and Julius Eastman. This double LP collection showcases the breadth of Gibson's expressive range – from introspective piano meditations to cerebral ensemble works – and the subtlety of his radical compositional techniques.

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