Jon Gibson -Songs & Melodies 1973-1977 -Superior Viaduct LP Grooves.land/Playthek

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1.1 Song I

1.2 Song II

1.3 Melody

1.4 Solo for Saxophone

1.5 Melody IV

1.6 Melody III

1.7 Equal Distribution

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.. 1973-1977

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Songs & Melodies 1973-1977 by Jon Gibson, released 28 February 2020, includes the following tracks: "Melody" and more. This version of Songs & Melodies 1973-1977 comes as a 2xLP. The vinyl is pressed as a opaque disc. Another vinyl is pressed as a opaque disc. - .. 1973-1977

Double vinyl LP pressing. 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. 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 Gibson's early career as a composer. Superior Viaduct is honored to present this long overdue archival release that not only documents Gibson's important work, but also a crucial period in NYC musical history.

Song I / Solo For Saxophone Washington Square Church, New York City, March 5th, 1974 Song II Basement Studios, New York City, March 14th, 1975 Melody American Theater Laboratory, New York City, June 10th, 1973 Melody IV Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, April 22nd, 1977 Melody III Basement Studios, New York City, July 7th, 1975 Equal Distribution The Kitchen, New York City, December 16th, 1977 © &? 1996 and 2020 Jon Gibson.

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SV173

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