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Article: The Jazz Session

David Torn: Back From Mercury

by Jason Crane
July 1, 2007

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews David Torn, a man of many talents. He's a film composer whose music you've heard in Friday Night Lights, Believe In Me, and The Order. He's also contributed tones and textures to films like this year's Best Picture winner, The Departed, and the 2000 hit ...

Article: Album Review

David Torn: Prezens

Read "Prezens" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 18, 2007

David Torn torna a casa base dopo vent’anni e non si lascia scappare l’occasione per posare una nuova pietra miliare per la musica creativa strutturata sulle macerie del jazz e del rock. L’eccellente Cloud About Mercury era uscito nel 1986 per l’ECM e aveva marcato con forza quegli anni piuttosto avari di soddisfazioni per la musica ...

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David Torn: Prezens

Read "Prezens" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
May 17, 2007

"Take a little trip, take a little trip. Take a little trip and see... --Excerpt from the 1970s popular hit, “Low Rider, by WAR from Why Can't We Be Friends (Rhino, 1975). The popular lyrics from the above song could describe guitarist David Torn's Prezens, his first band recording in twenty years for ...

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Article: The Jazz Session

David Torn, Experimental or Theoretical Guitarist?

by Chris Comer
April 30, 2007

Listen In April, 2007 David Torn released his first CD for ECM in twenty years, and talks about it on The Chris & Rob Show. Prezens features Torn on guitar, Craig Taborn on keyboards, Tim Berne on alto sax and Tom Rainey on drums, all notable jazz artists and already a working group of Berne's. Torn ...

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Article: Album Review

David Torn: Prezens

by John Kelman
April 10, 2007

David Torn has always been an unrepentant anti-guitarist. As early as his '80s work with Everyman Band and the Jan Garbarek Group he's been less about the expected guitar roles of melody, rhythm and muscular soloing and more about texture and revolutionary processing. In recent years he's brought his distinctive soundscaping concept to recordings by saxophonist ...

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