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Gyan Riley
Gyan Riley is an American guitarist and composer born in 1977 in the United
States. The son of minimalist composer Terry Riley, he studied at the San
Francisco Conservatory of Music and frequently toured as a duo alongside his
father between 2016 and 2020. His solo discography includes Food for the Bearded
(2002) and Melismantra (2007), alongside collaborative Tzadik Records releases
led by John Zorn such as The Book Beri'ah: Chesed (2018) and Virtue (2020).
Riley has performed with Bill Frisell, Julian Lage, Zakir Hussain, and vocalist
Arooj Aftab, contributing as a performer an...
