Riley, Terry
A Rainbow In Curved Air
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

1970 US reissue on Brown Masterkworks label. NM- jacket. After Several Graph Compositions And Early Pattern Pieces With Jazz Ensembles In The Late '50s And Early '60s, Riley Invented A Whole New Music Which Has Since Gone Under Many Names (Minimal Music — A Category Often Applied To Sustained Pieces As Well — Pattern Music, Phase Music, Etc). "Rainbow In Curved Air" Demonstrates The Straightforward Pattern Technique But Also Has Riley Improvising With The Patterns, Making Gorgeous Timbre Changes On The Synthesizers And Organs, And Presenting Contrasting Sections That Have Become The Basic Structuring Of His Works ("Candenza On The Night Plain" And Other Pieces). Scored For Large Orchestra With Extra Percussion And Electronics. A Five Star Masterpiece.