Press
"Jon Gibson is a fantastic performer on flute, clarinet and soprano saxophone as well as a very interesting composer."
Keith Potter, Classical Music Weekly.
"Jon Gibson's soprano sax solo was gorgeous."
Ira Kaplan, The Soho Weekly News.
"...Coltrane revived the straight soprano sax (whose only previous master in jazz had been Sidney Bechet), and in so doing led a generation of young musicians, from Wayne Shorter to Keith Jarrett to Jon Gibson, to explore the instrument."
Edward Strickland, Atlantic Monthly.
"Gibson played some of his own compositions that demonstrate his remarkable technical aplomb."
Daniel Webster, The Philadelphia Enquirer
"Jon Gibson performed an exquisite, stark sax solo, EXTENSIONS. More, I want more."
Merle Ginsberg, Alive Magazine.
"Gibson's interesting mix of calculation and improvisation produces music which is neither boring nor purely hypnotic."
Nicholas Kenyon, London Financial Times
"Mr. Gibson, who has been a member of The Philip Glass Ensemble since its beginnings, demonstrated again that his musical approach and sense of discipline are wholly his own."
Robert Palmer, The New York Times
"There was some exquisite phrasing and tonal shading from Jon Gibson...in FACADES, one of (Glass's) most enchanting pieces."
Tim Smith, News/Sun Sentinel.
"Gibson, the agile flutist/saxophonist of Glass's razor-sharp ensemble, is an imppressive composer in his own right, with an elegant melodic imagination"
Kyle Gann, Village Voice
