Jon Gibson: In Good Company (Point Music)
Includes Waltz, Song 3, Extensions II.
Gibson performs on soprano saxophone. Also includes music by Philip Glass (Bed, Gradus - for Jon Gibson), Steve Reich(Reed Phase), Terry Riley (Tread on the Trail), Terry Jennings(Terry's G Dorian Blues)and John Adams (Pat's Aria).
Gibson performs on soprano saxophone. Also includes music by Philip Glass (Bed, Gradus - for Jon Gibson), Steve Reich(Reed Phase), Terry Riley (Tread on the Trail), Terry Jennings(Terry's G Dorian Blues)and John Adams (Pat's Aria).
(1992, Point Music, CD #6042)
About In Good Company
"Classical Album of the Month." Vox 5/93
"... can sound as exhilarating as your first earful of bebop." John Gill, Vox 5/93
"...Jon Gibson...knows the strengths and weaknesses of minimalism and uniformly plays to its strengths." Paul CookClassical Pulse 12/93
"In Good Company is an affectionate homage to minimalism's pioneers, performed by ace saxophonist and composer Jon Gibson, who was present at the creation. To works by Glass, Reich, Terry Riley, Terry Jennings and himself, Gibson brings his smooth reed tones and his innate understanding of the style....Listening to Gibson exhale the glorious Pat Nixon aria from John Adams' Nixon in China-tremulous, quivering and ecstatic- dispels any doubts that minimalism's best works are the equal of anything our revolutionary century has to offer." Michael Walsh, Time Magazine 4/19/93
