Gibson used various instruments from around the world in his performances of jazz and classical music. He was a founding member of the Philip Glass Ensemble,[3] and his mastery of circular breathing techniques made him crucial to the development of Glass' sound. Glass stated, "To put it bluntly, the music wouldn’t have happened without that.”[4] Gibson performed in the premieres of In C by Terry Riley and Drumming by Steve Reich, as well as Reich's 1967 composition Reed Phase, which Reich wrote especially for him.[2][3] For a time in the 1960s, alongside Philip Glass & Steve Reich, Gibson performed the music of Moondog during weekly sessions with the composer, recordings of which were made by Reich.[5] He was briefly a member of the Theatre of Eternal Music with La Monte Young, and in the 1970s Gibson studied with Pandit Pran Nath.[6]
In 1973, Gibson's debut solo recording Visitations was released on the Chatham Square label, run by Philip Glass.[7][8]Visitations is a departure from the structured repetitions of his minimalist contemporaries, instead using field recordings, ambient flutes, synthesizers and free-flowing percussive textures. In 1977, Two Solo Pieces was also released on the Chatham Square imprint, consisting of the droning organ composition Cycles and Untitled, a piece for solo alto flute.[8]
Gibson was also an accomplished visual artist.[9] Throughout his career, he created numerous graphic text based works laden with musical information.[10] He also created the cover artwork for albums such as Two Solo Pieces and Criss X Cross.[8][9] In 2017, Gibson performed at Moogfest.[11][12][13]
Gibson died on October 11, 2020, from complications of a brain tumor.[3][4][14]
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This article is about the minimalist musician For the Christian musician see Jon Gibson Christian musician Jon Gibson March 11 1940 October 11 2020 was an American flutist saxophonist composer and visual artist known as one of the founding members of the Philip Glass Ensemble He was a key player on several seminal minimalist music compositions He was born in Los Angeles to Charles and Muriel nee Taylor Gibson both educators and grew up in El Monte a suburb 1 Jon GibsonBorn 1940 03 11 March 11 1940Los Angeles California U S DiedOctober 11 2020 2020 10 11 aged 80 Springfield Massachusetts U S EducationSacramento State UniversitySan Francisco State UniversityOccupationsFlutistSaxophonistComposerVisual artistOrganizationsPhilip Glass Ensemble Contents 1 Education 2 Career 3 Discography 4 References 5 External linksEducation EditGibson studied at Sacramento State University and later at San Francisco State University with Henry Onderdonk and Wayne Peterson where he earned a BA in 1964 His earliest work as an improviser and composer also dates from around this time when he performed in the New Music Ensemble with composers Larry Austin Richard Swift and Stanley Lunetta 2 Career EditGibson used various instruments from around the world in his performances of jazz and classical music He was a founding member of the Philip Glass Ensemble 3 and his mastery of circular breathing techniques made him crucial to the development of Glass sound Glass stated To put it bluntly the music wouldn t have happened without that 4 Gibson performed in the premieres of In C by Terry Riley and Drumming by Steve Reich as well as Reich s 1967 composition Reed Phase which Reich wrote especially for him 2 3 For a time in the 1960s alongside Philip Glass amp Steve Reich Gibson performed the music of Moondog during weekly sessions with the composer recordings of which were made by Reich 5 He was briefly a member of the Theatre of Eternal Music with La Monte Young and in the 1970s Gibson studied with Pandit Pran Nath 6 He also performed and recorded with other composers some of them minimalists as well as composing for choreographers including Christian Wolff David Behrman Harold Budd Alvin Curran Arthur Russell Annea Lockwood Robert Ashley Lucinda Childs Robert Wilson and Frederic Rzewski 2 3 In 1973 Gibson s debut solo recording Visitations was released on the Chatham Square label run by Philip Glass 7 8 Visitations is a departure from the structured repetitions of his minimalist contemporaries instead using field recordings ambient flutes synthesizers and free flowing percussive textures In 1977 Two Solo Pieces was also released on the Chatham Square imprint consisting of the droning organ composition Cycles and Untitled a piece for solo alto flute 8 Gibson was also an accomplished visual artist 9 Throughout his career he created numerous graphic text based works laden with musical information 10 He also created the cover artwork for albums such as Two Solo Pieces and Criss X Cross 8 9 In 2017 Gibson performed at Moogfest 11 12 13 Gibson died on October 11 2020 from complications of a brain tumor 3 4 14 Discography EditVisitations 1973 Chatham Square 8 Two Solo Pieces 1977 Chatham Square 8 In Good Company 1992 Point Music 9 Criss X Cross 2006 Tzadik Records 8 The Dance 2013 Orange Mountain Music 8 Relative Calm 2016 New World Records 8 Violet Fire An Opera About Nikola Tesla 2019 Orange Mountain Music Songs amp Melodies 1973 1977 2020 Superior Viaduct References Edit Powell Britton July 20 2016 Jon Gibson BOMB Magazine Archived from the original on September 21 2018 Retrieved August 10 2018 a b c Strickland Edward January 20 2001 Sadie Stanley Tyrrell John eds The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians 2nd ed London Macmillan Publishers Gibson Jon Charles doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article 42724 ISBN 9780333608005 OCLC 222818097 a b c d Hussey Allison October 13 2020 Jon Gibson Minimalist Composer Dead at 80 Pitchfork Archived from the original on October 16 2020 Retrieved October 14 2020 a b Smith Steve October 19 2020 Jon Gibson Minimalist Saxophonist and Composer Dies at 80 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on October 19 2020 Retrieved August 21 2022 Scotto Robert M Moondog Reich Steve Glass Philip Gibson Jon 2007 Moondog the Viking of 6th Avenue The authorized biography Los Angeles Process Preface ISBN 978 0 9760822 8 6 OCLC 154705304 Young La Monte Zazeela Marian Choi Jung Hee Budhkar Naren 2017 The Just Alap Raga Ensemble Marian Zazeela 78th Birthday Tribute Celebration Mela Foundation New York City pp 12 15 Archived from the original on August 24 2021 Retrieved October 14 2020 Jon Gibson Discography Discogs Archived from the original on February 13 2016 Retrieved December 25 2016 a b c d e f g h Jon Gibson Albums and Discography AllMusic 2020 Archived from the original on October 16 2020 Retrieved October 14 2020 a b c Jon Gibson In Good Company Reviews Gramophone June 1993 Archived from the original on October 16 2020 Retrieved October 14 2020 Powell 2016 Moogfest expands 2017 lineup Flying Lotus Animal Collective Gotye more BrooklynVegan March 7 2017 Archived from the original on August 10 2020 Retrieved August 21 2022 May 18 2017 Moogfest 2017 at Durham North Carolina United States Concert Archives Archived from the original on March 9 2022 Retrieved August 21 2022 Lewin Elisabeth McLaury March 7 2017 Moogfest Unveils Performer Lineup Program Highlights Synthtopia Archived from the original on March 8 2017 Retrieved August 21 2022 Hughes Josiah October 13 2020 R I P Minimalist Composer Jon Gibson Exclaim Archived from the original on October 14 2020 Retrieved October 13 2020 External links EditJon Gibson at AllMusic Jon Gibson artwork superiorviaduct com Jon Gibson discography at Discogs Bill Pearis Jon Gibson Philip Glass Ensemble amp more RIP brooklynvegan com October 13 2020 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jon Gibson minimalist musician amp 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