David Torn
David Torn (* 25. May 1953 in Amityville , Long Iceland , New York ) is an American jazz - guitarist and composer .
Live and act
Torn received his musical training from Leonard Bernstein ( Music for young people ) as well as John Abercrombie , Pat Martino , Paul Weiss and Arthur Basile . He began his professional career in the 1970s with the Zobo Fun Band and became known as a member of the Everyman Band and Jan Garbarek's Quartet in the 1980s .
Torn has released several albums as a band leader, as well as a number of CD-ROMs containing musical material for use by other musicians. In addition, he worked a. a. with David Bowie , kd lang , John Legend , Tori Amos , Tony Levin , Mick Karn , David Sylvian , Chocolate Genius , Michael Shrieve , Steve Roach , Patrick O'Hearn , Andy Rinehart , Matt Chamberlain , Me'shell Ndegeocello , Karl Berger and Don Cherry .
Some of his solo records have actually been recorded almost entirely single-handedly. Torn works with drum and guitar loops as well as reverb effects, alienates the sound of his guitars and thus creates his own musical world between hypnotic mountains of sound and crooked grooves. On the CD What Means Solid, Traveler? he specifically points out that there were no synthesizers during the recordings, and if one cannot assign a sound, one should assume that it is a guitar.
Torn was also known as a film musician. He worked here mainly with Carter Burwell and George S. Clinton , as well as Howard Shore and Ryuichi Sakamoto and worked as a guitarist on the soundtracks of films such as Kalifornia (1993), Three Kings (1999), Traffic (2000) and A Knight's Tale (2001) with. Since 2000 he has also composed the soundtracks for several films. For Believe in Me he received The Cowboy Award of Best Core at the 2006 Jackson Hole Film Festival .
Torn operates its own recording studio, Cell Labs, and is also known under the name SPLaTTeRCeLL . His son Elijah B Torn is also known as a musician.
Discography
- Best Laid Plans with Geoffrey Gordon , 1984
- Cloud About Mercury with Bill Bruford , Mark Isham , Tony Levin, 1986
- Door X with Chris Botti , Bill Bruford, Gary Burke , Geoffrey Gordon , Mick Karn, Douglas Lunn , Vida Vierra , Antony Widoff , Kurt Wortman , 1990
- Storyville [Original Soundtrack] with Carter Burwell and Geoffrey Gordon, 1992
- Polytown with Mick Karn and Terry Bozzio , 1994
- Tripping Over God , 1995
- What Means Solid, Traveler? with Cannonball Adderley , Will Calhoun , Fima Ephron , Mitch Mitchell , Gota Yashiki , 1996
- GTR OBLQ with Vernon Reid , Elliott Sharp , 1998
- Prezens with Tim Berne , Matt Chamberlain, Tom Rainey , Craig Taborn , 2007
- Only Sky solo, 2015
- David Torn / Tim Berne / Ches Smith : Sun of Goldfinger (ECM, 2019)
Filmography (selection)
- 2010: Everything Must Go (Everything Must Go)
- 2014: forever single? (That Awkward Moment)
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Web links
- David Torn's homepage
- david torn solid states
- David Torn in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- David Torn at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Torn, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Splattercell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz guitarist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amityville , New York |