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Gyan Riley: Mobettabutta Part 3

Read "Gyan Riley: Mobettabutta Part 3" reviewed by Mike Jacobs


It might be a tad predictable that the guitar-playing scion of celebrated minimalist composer Terry Riley might be hard to pigeon-hole stylistically but this only adds to the mystique and adventure of Gyan Riley's music. A conservatory-trained classical guitarist, he nonetheless exhibits eclectic (and electric) tendencies that do well to encompass jazz, classical. avant-garde and fusion traditions, but mainly by transcending them. From Riley's second album, Melismantra (Self Produced, 2007) ...

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Johnny Gandelsman: Hemingway

Read "Hemingway" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian


Documentarian Ken Burns is an accomplished storyteller and on Hemingway he tackles the life of another masterful author, Ernest Hemingway. For the soundtrack of this intriguing, three-part film a group of genre-bending modern virtuosos perform nine mesmerizing originals. Released on award winning violinist Johnny Gandelsman's In A Circle label the album features, in addition to Gandeslman, several notable artists. The Latin flavored “Un Gitanito En La Habana,” composed by Venezeulan keyboardist Gonzalo Grau, mixes Afro-Cuban motifs with hints ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Hemingway

In A Circle Records
2021

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Melismantra

Not On Label
2007

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