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    Posted: May 25 2015 at 14:46
I don't think we have a thread yet.  Maybe I screwed up and didn't find it. 

David has put in many appearances as a guest artist.  My first encounter was A Cloud About Mercury.  He has just released a true solo album - Only Sky,  If you don't like ambient, this will not be one for you....
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Points: 1127 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2015 at 19:15
Don't know much about him.
But ,I did see him perform,when I saw Mark Isham in concert.
Nick Karn on bass.Terry Bozzio on drums and Torn on guitar.
Did buy a Torn album after,but didn't hang on to it.
Good guitar player though.
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Points: 470 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 25 2015 at 19:42
Originally posted by gr8dane gr8dane wrote:

Don't know much about him.
But ,I did see him perform,when I saw Mark Isham in concert.
Nick Karn on bass.Terry Bozzio on drums and Torn on guitar.
Did buy a Torn album after,but didn't hang on to it.
Good guitar player though.

I saw him on that same Isham tour in 1988 in Grand Rapids, MI.  They did a very limited number of dates on that tour before going overseas, so it was quite a lucky break.  The other band members were Kurt Wortman on percussion and David Goldblatt on keyboards.

 

Cloud About Mercury (with Isham, Levin and Bruford), Door X and Polytown (with Karn and Bozzio) are all terrific albums.
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Points: 7951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 26 2015 at 00:37
I bought a David Torn Album way back in the late 80s. He seemed a little more weighted toward Jazz than Rock. I was excited about it for quite awhile. I never followed up on any additional output, though.
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2015 at 15:34
Sounds like everyone encountered A Cloud About Mercury.
B.L.U.E. Nights, Bruford Levin Upper Extremities
David Bowie - Heathen

I'll drop in some others when they come to mind :)
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Points: 308 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 27 2015 at 16:04
I loved Cloud About Mercury - I think I picked up Polytown too. Very cool player - from the ambient to the aggressive. Saw him backing up David Sylvian in Tokyo in '87 or '88 - the Japan connection (Sylvian, Karn) is interesting. 

Cloud About Mercury is interesting - forgot that it's on the ECM label. Wikipedia lists the genre as "Jazz" but with Levin & Bruford on it, it seems much more like prog! Ying Yang
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