Our friend, Jon Gibson - 1940-2020
Jon Gibson was one of the people responsible for the new musical languages which came out of the 1960s and 70s. Jon brought the technique of circular-breathing to the music, and to the Philip Glass Ensemble. 1/3

To put it bluntly, the music wouldn’t have happened without that. His aesthetic and technical ability was essential for new music. That’s why everyone wanted to play with him. He brought the music to life. We loved him because he was Jon, a modest and quiet person,...2/3

that was part of his charm. But he was an essential part of the music itself. Jon had his own music. It was his own personal and emotional context. Only Jon Gibson sounded like that. Without players like Jon in the world of new music, how would we have done it? 3/3