Cloud About Mercury | |
Type: | Album |
Artist: | David Torn |
Cover: | Cloud About Mercury.jpg |
Released: | 1987 |
Recorded: | March 1986 |
Studio: | Audio International, London |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 45:16 |
Label: | ECM |
Producer: | Manfred Eicher |
Chronology: | David Torn |
Prev Title: | Best Laid Plans |
Prev Year: | 1984 |
Next Title: | Door X |
Next Year: | 1990 |
Cloud About Mercury is the second album by guitarist David Torn, supported by trumpeter Mark Isham, bassist Tony Levin and drummer Bill Bruford. It was recorded in March 1986 and released on the ECM label in 1987.[1]
Levin and Bruford had recently played together in King Crimson.Fretless bassist Mick Karn (of Japan) replaced Levin for Torn’s subsequent tour dates.
The Allmusic review by Glenn Astarita awarded the album 5 stars stating "Simply put, Cloud About Mercury looms as one of the finest jazz fusion dates of the '80s, and should be deemed a mandatory purchase for aficionados of this genre".[2]
All compositions by David Torn except as indicated