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JON GIBSON - Songs & Melodies, 1973-1977 2LP

Superior Viaduct

JON GIBSON - Songs & Melodies, 1973-1977 2LP

$53.95
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 Glassā€™ Chatham Square imprint.

Songs & Melodies brings together recordings from 1973 to 1977 (mostly previously unreleased), featuring prominent figures in New Yorkā€™s scene including Arthur Russell, Barbara Benary and Julius Eastman. This double LP collection showcases the breadth of Gibsonā€™s expressive rangeā€”from introspective piano meditations to cerebral ensemble worksā€”and the subtlety of his radical compositional techniques.

The front cover artwork, a hand-drawn diagram by Gibson, originally appeared in the program for a March 1974 concert at Washington Square Church in Greenwich Village. While this concert was not the first to feature the composer exclusively, it would be a pivotal event in Gibsonā€™s early career as a composer.

Superior Viaduct is honored to present this long overdue archival release that not only documents Gibsonā€™s important work, but also a crucial period in NYC musical history.

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