Cloud About Mercury

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:45:15
Personnel: David Torn (acoustic & electric guitars); Mark Isham (trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn, synthesizer); Tony Levin (Chapman stick, synthesizer bass); Bill Bruford (drums, percussion). Recorded at Audio International, London, England in March 1986. Personnel: David Torn (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Mark Isham (trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn); Tony Levin (bass synthesizer, Chapman stick); Bill Bruford (percussion). Recording information: Audio International, London (03/1986). This 1987 production signifies experimental guitarist David Torn's second 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