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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1953-05-26
americanavant-garde jazzcontemporary jazzjazzjazz and bluesjazz fusion
Discography
- Best Laid Plans1985
- Cloud About Mercury1987
- Door X1990
- Polytown1994
- Tripping Over God1995
- What Means Solid, Traveller?1996
- Forever Sharp and Vivid1998
- GTR OBLQ1998
- Prezens2007
- Levin Torn White2011
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experimentaljazzinstrumentalambientpost-rock
David Torn (born 1953 in Amityville, New York) is a guitarist and composer known for electronics and performance techniques that have a highly atmospheric or textural quality. He is particularly well known among guitarists for his use of looping effects. Torn rose to prominence as a member of Jan Garbarek's quartet in the mid-1980's. He has recorded six albums as a leader for the ECM, Windham Hill, CMP, and 75 Ark record labels. He has also recorded <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/David+Torn
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Amityville
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- ECM Records
- Official website
- davidtornmusic.com
- Image
- David Torn.jpg
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- David Torn
- date of birth
- 1953-05-26
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