Release Date: 18 January 2019
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602567528135
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 18 January 2019
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602567528135
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
"Everything is in a state of transition," David Torn explained. "Mercury is an element that captures the essence of change." The changing soundscape of improvisation in the mid-1980s informs the textures and colours of Cloud About Mercury, whose sonorities are closely related to progressive rock (the rhythm section is half of one incarnation of King Crimson) and to the experimental end of ambient music.
Drummer Bill Bruford's affection for this album is undying: "To this day, Torn's guitar on 'Three Minutes of Pure Entertainment' from Cloud About Mercury makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck." Recorded 1986.
Tracklisting
Wolfgang Muthspiel; Scott Colley; Brian Blade
Maxim Rysanov; Dasol Kim; Roman Mints; Kristina Blaumane; BBC Concert Orchestra; Dobrinka Tabakova
John Taylor; Marc Johnson; Joey Baron
Vox Clamantis; Ene Salumae; Jaan-Eik Tulve
Rolf Lislevand
Keith Jarrett; Gary Peacock; Paul Motian
Signum Quartett
Mette Henriette
David Torn, Tim Berne & Ches Smith
David Torn