Gyan Riley (born 1977) is an American guitarist and composer. He is a son of minimalist composer

Terry Riley Terrence Mitchell Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist music, minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notab ...

. They frequently toured together as a duo between 2016 and 2020. Gyan Riley studied at

San Francisco Conservatory of Music The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) is a private music conservatory in San Francisco, California, United States. As of 2024, it had more than 440 students. History The San Francisco Conservatory of Music was founded in 1917 by Ada ...

. He has released two solo albums and several collaborative recordings on

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conducting, conductor, saxophonist, arrangement, arranger and record producer, producer who "deliberately resists category". His Avant-garde music, avant-garde and experimental music, ex ...

Tzadik Records Tzadik is a record label in New York City that specializes in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995. He is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases. Tzadik is a not-for-p ...

. He has also performed with

Bill Frisell William Richard Frisell (born March 18, 1951) is an American jazz guitarist. He first came to prominence at ECM Records in the 1980s, as both a session player and a leader. He went on to work in a variety of contexts, notably as a participant ...

, Julian Lage, Zakir Hussain,

Dawn Upshaw Dawn Upshaw (born July 17, 1960) is an American soprano. She is the recipient of several Grammy Awards and has released a number of Edison Award-winning discs; she performs both opera and art song, and her repertoire spans Baroque to contempo ...

, Nels Cline, Lee Ronaldo,

Iva Bittová Iva Bittová (born 22 July 1958) is a Czech avant-garde violinist, singer, and composer. She began her career as an actor in the mid-1970s, appearing in several Czech feature films, but switched to playing violin and singing in the early 1980s ...

., and currently frequently tours with Grammy-winning vocalist

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. 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

(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’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

* ''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

References

External links

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