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American guitarist and composer, born

Musical artist

Gyan Riley (born ) 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 and 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 /24 Lou Harrison House Composer in Residence in Joshua Tree, CA.

Discography

As leader

• Food for the Bearded (New Albion, )
• Melismantra (Self-released, )
• New York Sessions (Agyanamus Music, )
• Stream of Gratitude (Tzadik, )
• Terry Riley & Gyan Riley Live with Terry Riley (Sri Moonshine Music, )
• Sprig (National Sawdust Tracks, )
• Way Out Yonder (ORG Music, )
• Shelter in Space (Agyanamus Music, )
• Silver Lining (Tzadik, )

With John Zorn

• John Zorn’s Olympiad Volume 1: Dither Plays Zorn (Tzadik, ) with Dither
• Midsummer Moons (Tzadik, ) with Julian Lage
• The Book Beri'ah: Chesed (Tzadik, ) with Julian Lage
• Nove Cantici Per Francesco D'Assisi (Tzadik, ) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell
• Virtue (Tzadik, ) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell
• Teresa De Ávila (Tzadik, ) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell
• Parables (Tzadik, ) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell
• A Garden of Forking Paths (Tzadik, ) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell
• Bagatelles Vol. 10 (Tzadik, ) with Julian Lage

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