Cloud About Mercury David Torn

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  • Release Date: 05/08/2001
  • Original Release: 1987
  • Sales Rank: 51,832
  • Label: ECM RECORDS
  • UPC: 042283110823
 
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Cloud About Mercury

1LISTENSuyafhu Skin...., Snapping the Hollow Reed 8:21
2LISTENThe Mercury Grid 6:33
3LISTEN3 Minutes of Pure Entertainment 7:10
4LISTENPrevious Man 7:55
5LISTENNetworks of Sparks: A) Delicate Code 4:52
6LISTENNetworks of Sparks: B) Egg Learns to Walk 10:25

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This 1987 production signifies experimental guitarist David Torn's second and final effort for Germany-based ECM Records. Here, the artist exhibits a sound, style, and methodology that are clearly his own, amid superb support by Bill Bruford (drums), Tony Levin (Chapman Stick/bass), and Mark Isham (trumpets). Torn generates gobs of excitement via his cunningly articulated phraseology, while also incorporating North African and East Indian modal concepts into these power-packed performances, fabricated upon climactic opuses and steamy crescendos. The guitarist's rippling harmonics and off-kilter voicings make for an engaging listening experience, especially when he trades sprightly fours with Isham atop the often-circuitous rhythms. Simply put, Cloud About Mercury looms as one of the finest jazz fusion dates of the '80s, and should be deemed a mandatory purchase for aficionados of this genre. Glenn Astarita, All Music Guide

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