Gavin Bryars

English composer and double bassist

Born: 16 January 1943
Goole
Country: United Kingdom
Record labels: ECM Records
Discography: 30 albums

Biography

Gavin Bryars is a jazz musician who plays double bass. Gavin Bryars was born on 16 January 1943 in Goole. The music is usually filed under opera. Record labels: ECM Records. The discography here lists 30 albums, from “The Sinking of the Titanic” (1975) to “A Native Hill” (2021).

Richard Gavin Bryars (; born 16 January 1943) is an English composer and double bassist. He has worked in jazz, free improvisation, minimalism, historicism, avant-garde, and experimental music.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

The Sinking of the Titanic 1975 · Obscure

Machine Music 1978

Hommages 1981 · Les Disques du Crépuscule Three Viennese Dancers 1986 · ECM New Series

The Sinking of the Titanic 1990 · Les Disques du Crépuscule

After the Requiem 1991 · ECM New Series Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet 1993 · Point Music Vita Nova 1994 · ECM Records The Last Days 1995 · Argo Farewell to Philosophy 1996 · Point Music A Man in a Room, Gambling 1997 · Point Music Cadman Requiem 1999 · Point Music Biped 2001 · GB Records I Have Heard It Said: Music of Gavin Bryars 2002 · CBC Records Three String Quartets 2002 · Black Box Lockerbie Memorial Concert 2003 · GB Records On Photography 2005 · GB Records A Listening Room (Chambre d'écoute) 2006 · GB Records

The Sinking of the Titanic 2007 · Live

Amjad 2008

Sentieri Selvaggi Plays Gavin Bryars & Philip Glass 2008 · Cantaloupe Music

Silva Caledonia 2008 · GB Records New York 2010 · Schott Music Ltd. Piano Concerto, "The Solway Canal" / After Handel's Vesper / Ramble on Cortona 2011 · Naxos Hövdingar hittast (Heroes meet) 2014 · GB Records

The Sinking of the Titanic 2014 · Live

Madrigals Volume 1: Al suon dell'acque scriva 2015 · GB Records The Fifth Century 2016 · ECM New Series

Crowhurst and Gavin Bryars Present Incoherent American Narrative 2020

A Native Hill 2021

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Frequently asked questions

What instrument does Gavin Bryars play?

Gavin Bryars is known for playing double bass.

When and where was Gavin Bryars born?

Gavin Bryars was born 16 January 1943 in Goole.

What are Gavin Bryars's best-known albums?

Albums in our database include Hommages (1981), Three Viennese Dancers (1986), After the Requiem (1991), Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1993) and Vita Nova (1994).

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