{{short description|American guitarist and composer, born 1977}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Gyan Riley | image = gyan-riley_DSC03282.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = Gyan Riley in Aarhus, Denmark 2017 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1977}} | occupation = Musician, composer | instrument = Guitar | label = New Albion, Tzadik, Org Music | website = {{URL|gyanriley.com}} }} '''Gyan Riley''' (born 1977) is an American guitarist and composer. He is a son of minimalist composer Terry Riley.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/09/arts/music/review-gyan-riley-begins-an-intimate-residency-at-the-stone.html |title=Review: Gyan Riley Begins an Intimate Residency at the Stone |last1=Schweitzer |first1=Vivien |date=8 July 2015 |website=The New York Times |access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2009/05/12/104061137/terry-and-gyan-riley-together-in-c |title=Terry And Gyan Riley: Together IN C |date=12 May 2009 |website=NPR |access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> They frequently toured together as a duo between 2016 and 2020. Gyan Riley studied at San Francisco Conservatory of Music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Griley.shtml |title=Gyan Riley |website=Other Minds |access-date=30 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914125836/http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Griley.shtml |archive-date=14 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has released two solo albums and several collaborative recordings on John Zorn's Tzadik Records.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=8078 |title=Gyan Riley: Stream of Gratitude |date=2011 |website=Tzadik Records |access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> He has also performed with Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Zakir Hussain, Dawn Upshaw, Nels Cline, Lee Ranaldo, Iva Bittová.,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kultura.zpravy.idnes.cz/ivu-bittovou-inspirovaly-pohanske-ritualy-feu-/hudba.aspx?c=A150522_162111_hudba_ob |title=RECENZE: Ivu Bittovou inspirovaly pohanské rituály. Zdařile |last1=Bezr |first1=Ondřej |date=22 May 2015 |website=iDNES.cz |access-date=30 August 2016 |language=Czech}}</ref> 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 2023/24 ''Lou Harrison House Composer in Residence'' in Joshua Tree, CA.
== Discography == === As leader === * ''Food for the Bearded'' (New Albion, 2002) * ''Melismantra'' (Self-released, 2007) * ''New York Sessions'' (Agyanamus Music, 2010) * ''Stream of Gratitude'' (Tzadik, 2011) * ''Terry Riley & Gyan Riley Live'' with Terry Riley (Sri Moonshine Music, 2011) *''Sprig'' (National Sawdust Tracks, 2018) *''Way Out Yonder'' with Terry Riley (Org Music, 2019) *''Shelter in Space'' (Agyanamus Music, 2020) *''Silver Lining'' (Tzadik, 2021)
=== As sideman === '''With John Zorn''' * ''John Zorn’s Olympiad Volume 1: Dither Plays Zorn'' (Tzadik, 2015) with Dither * ''Midsummer Moons'' (Tzadik, 2017) with Julian Lage * ''The Book Beri'ah: Chesed'' (Tzadik, 2018) with Julian Lage * ''Nove Cantici Per Francesco D'Assisi'' (Tzadik, 2019) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell * ''Virtue'' (Tzadik, 2020) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell * ''Teresa De Ávila'' (Tzadik, 2021) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell * ''Parables'' (Tzadik, 2021) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell * ''A Garden of Forking Paths'' (Tzadik, 2022) with Julian Lage and Bill Frisell * ''Bagatelles Vol. 10'' (Tzadik, 2022) with Julian Lage
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==External links== *{{Official website|gyanriley.com}} *[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/gyan-riley-mn0000249538/discography AllMusic] *[https://www.discogs.com/artist/518528-Gyan-Riley Discogs]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Riley, Gyan}} Category:American male guitarists Category:21st-century American composers Category:San Francisco Conservatory of Music alumni Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Guitarists from California Category:Tzadik Records artists Category:21st-century American guitarists Category:21st-century American male composers