Gyan Riley Trio - The New York Sessions
The trio's first release! Right on the heels of a 10-show tour of Ireland, the band was freshly pumped full of Guinness and in fine form (except for Timb's 103 degree fever).
"Yes, Gyan Riley's compositions tip their cap to Jazz, direct a friendly nod toward Flamenco by way of Africa and extend a hearty handshake to the Indian traditions, but rather than being a superficial search for novelty, they bear witness to a restless imagination and dedication to an art inherited not just from his composer father, Terry, but from those folk traditions nurtured by a longstanding heritage of sincerity, spirit and devotion.
It is of course a reflection of the continuing mockery music makes of the limits of language that we grasp like drowning men to driftwood for the nearest simile or tortured metaphor on which to hang the music that pours from these musicians. It is with this in mind that we scribes should lay down our pens and declare 'enough'. Enough talk, enough words, let these wonderful musicians take you where these impoverished words cannot tread."
- Rob Casey (The Journal of Music, Ireland)
Lineup: Gyan Riley, guitar Timb Harris, violin/viola Ches Smith, percussion Tracklisting: 1. Yubalation 2. Lüb du Náched 3. Eyes of Orion 4. Invocation 5. Progression of the Ancestors 6. Smooger Beer 7. Majestical 8. Le Sifflet Recorded March 5-6, 2009 in Brooklyn, NY. Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Stephen Griesgraber. All compositions by Gyan Riley (Agyanamus Music, BMI), except Le Sifflet (gypsy traditional).Price:
$10.00
