From: malcolm@wrs.com (Malcolm Humes)
Subject: David Torn DISCOGRAPHY 
Summary: Torn discography
Keywords: Torn
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 22:17:01 GMT


I worked this up a month or two ago and forgot to ever follow through on 
posting it. A lot of folks seem to have heard of David Torn through his
solo release "Cloud About Mercury", probably because of the appearance of
Bill Bruford and Tony Levin the the backing back on that lp. But it seems
like not many folks are familiar with his recordings before then. Woth the
help of a could of net-folks I created the following list of recordings 
with guitarist David Torn. As of a few months ago, there was news that 
David Torn was pretty seriously ill and recovering from an operation. I
haven't heard any more news since that was confirmed by Bill Bruford and 
seom other friends of his. 


 David Torn releases and guest appearances:
 
Independently released EPs/albums (All late 1970s, details unknown):
 The Zobo Funn Band
 Special Interest Group
 The Blankos

 Everyman Band - Everyman Band       
  1982  ECM  (LP only?)
  Torn, Marty Fogel, Michael Suchorsky, Bruce Yaw
 
 Mark Nauseef - Sura                  
  1983  CMP  (LP only)
  Torn, Mark Nauseef, Detlef Baler, Trilok Gurtu, Joachim Kuhn, Kamalesh
  Maitra, Laura Patchen, Marcus Stockhausen, Herbert Forsch

 Jan Garbarek - It's OK to listen to the gray voice   
  1983  ECM  
  Torn, Jan Garbarek, Eberhard Weber, Michael di Pasqua
  
 David Torn  -  Best Laid Plans         
  1985  ECM    
  Torn, Geoffrey Gordon
  
 David Borden  -  Anatidae     
  1985  Cuneiform      
  Torn, David Borden

 Everyman Band  -  Without Warning        
  1985  ECM  (LP only?)
  Torn, Marty Fogel, Michael Suchorsky, Bruce Yaw

 David Torn  -  Cloud About Mercury   
  1987  ECM      
  Torn, Bill Bruford, Tony Levin, Mark Isham
 
 David Sylvian  -  Secrets of the Beehive
  1987  Virgin
  Torn, David Sylvian, R. Sakamoto, D. Cummings, D. Thompson

 Dark  -  Tamna Voda      
  1988  CMP                
  Torn, Mark Nauseef, L. Shankar, Miroslav Tadic, Leonice Shinneman, 
  Mark London Sims
 
 Michael Shrieve & Steve Roach  -  The Leaving Time    
  1988  BMG/RCA   
  Torn, Michael Shrieve, Steve Roach, Jonas Hellborg

 Mark Isham  -  Castalia               
  1988  Virgin
  Torn, Mark Isham, Mick Karn, Kurt Wortman, Bill Douglass, Paul McCandless,
  Patrick O'Hearn, Pater Maunu, Mark Adler, Gayle Moran, John Isham  
  
 Mark Isham  -  soundtrack to The Beast        
  1988  A&M     
  Torn, Kurt Wortman, Tom McVeety, Shahla Sarsharlesinger, Mohamed Heydar

 Michael Shrieve  -  Stilleto     
  1989  BMG/Novus    
  Torn, Michael Shrieve, Andy Summers, Mark Isham, Terje Gewelt

 Marty Fogel  -  Many Bobbing Heads, At Last...   
  1989  CMP  
  Torn, Marty Fogel, Michael Shrieve, Dean Johnson

 Mark Isham  -  Tibet       
  1989  Windham Hill        
  Torn, Mark Isham, Bill Douglass, Ken Kugler, Doug Lunn, Peter Maunu, Jean
  Roth, Tom Sassa, Kim Schamberg, Kurt Wortman

 Lonely Universe  -  Lonely Universe     
  1990  CMP    
  Torn, Mick Karn, Michael White, Michel Lambert
 
 David Torn  -  Door X    
  1990  Windham Hill          
  Torn, Mick Karn, Doug Lunn, Chris Botti, Gary Burke, Geoffrey Gordon, 
  Vida Vierra, Kurt Wortman, Antony Widoff

 Mark Isham  -  Mark Isham         
  1990  Virgin       
  Torn, Mark Isham, Terry Bozzio, Doug Lunn, Ed Mann, John Novello, Tanita
  Tikaram, John Patitucci, Alex Acuna, Peter van Hooke, Chick Corea 

 Love At Large  -  Original Soundtrack by Mark Isham 
  1990  Virgin  
  Torn, Isham, Peter Maunu, Kurt Wortman, Dorothy Remsen, Nathalie Archangel,
  Warren Zevon

 Various Artists  -  Guitar Sampler Volume II
  1991  Windham Hill
  Torn, Michael Hedges, Alex de Grassi, Michael Manring, Tuck Andress
  Presumably includes track(s) from Door X. 

 Bill Bruford's Earthworks  -  All Heaven Broke Loose        
  1991  EG   
  co-produced by Torn and Bruford. With Torn, Bill Bruford, Django Bates, 
  Iain Ballamy, Tim Harries

There is a cassette-only release of Torn on guitar on Clear Productions,
a small place operating out of Ithaca, NY. 

Notes: 

Born in Amityville, New York in 1953

Studied with John Abercrombie and Pat Martino.

Torn with his band Everyman Band were Lou Reed's backing
band on the Coney Island Baby and Street Hassle tours. In
addition, Everyman Band backed Don Cherry on one tour.

Torn was in David Sylvian's touring band for the "In Praise of
Shamans" Tour
Steve Jansen-drums
Ian Maidman-bass
Mark Isham-trumpet keys
Robby Aceto-kybds, guitar,bvox
Richard Barbieri-keyboards
DS - vocals, guitar, keys

Mick Karn played bass on the 1988 Cloud About Mercury suppport tour. I've
read that Torn wanted Karn for the studio recording, but he had other 
commitments at that time and couldn't make it to the studio. So he played
on the live tour, giving a slightly different feel to the basswork by adding
that fretless sound he's known for. Mark Isham wasn't on the Cloud About
Mercury tour show I saw (but may have been with them for other gigs) but the 
following year Torn and Karn were in Isham's live band for the Castalia tour. 

Electronic Musician interviewed David Torn in the July 1987 issue.

Contact info:
 
David Torn
P.O. Box 465
Bearsville, NY
12409  USA

Many thanks to Anil Prasad, Larry Spence and Gregory Taylor for their help 
in compiling the above information. 
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