David Torn · (Active: 1980's —2000's)

Genre:
World
Styles:
Experimental
Avant-Garde Jazz
Original Score
Avant-Garde
Fusion
Active:
1980's—2000's
Biography by James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide
New York-based composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer, writer, and self-described "texturalist/guitarist" David Torn lent his distinctive style to numerous films and documentaries and collaborations. He worked with composers Howard Shore, Carter Burwell, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, as well as appeared on recordings from k.d. lang, David Bowie, Jim Carroll, Laurie Anderson, and a host of others. His solo works include Best Laid Plans (1984), Cloud About Mercury (1986), Door X (1990), Tripping Over God (1995), What Means Solid, Traveller? (1996), Splattercell's Oah (2000), the soundtrack to the Heath Ledger thriller The Order (2003), and the ECM release Prezens (2007).
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www.GuitarBandDVD.org interviews world class guitarist David Torn at his home studio. Torn demonstrates some of his techniques and philosophy. This is a mere excerpt of the full interview which is free to view. Distributed by Tubemogul. Aut...
Two great players of wildly differing styles and approaches. Torn is one of my favorite players--very deep, very inspiring. Fripp is also cool, but much more rigid. I should point out that I know a fair bit more than many (having spent a lo...
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