Guitarist-composer David Torn, a longstanding ECM artist, has enjoyed a particularly fruitful 21st-century with the label, releasing two albums under his own name the solo only sky and quartet disc

Sun Of Goldfinger
- The Torn/Berne/Smith trio, also dubbed Sun of Goldfinger, features alone on two of this album's three intense tracks whose vast sonic tapestries belie the fact that only a trio is weaving them, with live electronics by Torn and Smith expanding the aural envelope
Guitarist-composer David Torn, a longstanding ECM artist, has enjoyed a particularly fruitful 21st-century with the label, releasing two albums under his own name the solo only sky and quartet disc prezens in addition to producing widely lauded records by Tim Berne and Michael Formanek. With Sun of Goldfinger, Torn returns in a trio alongside the alto saxophonist Berne and percussionist Ches Smith (a member of Berne's Snakeoil band who made his ECM leader debut in 2016 with The Bell). The Torn/Berne/Smith trio, also dubbed Sun of Goldfinger, features alone on two of this album's three intense tracks of 20-plus minutes; the vast sonic tapestries of "Eye Meddle" and "Soften the Blow" each spontaneous group compositions belie the fact that only a trio is weaving them, with live electronics by Torn and Smith expanding the aural envelope. The third track, the Torn composition Spartan, "Before It Hit," showcases an extended ensemble with two extra guitars, keyboards and a string quartet; it s an otherworldly creation, ranging from hovering atmospherics to dark-hued lyricism to storming, sky-rending grandeur. The words of LondonJazz, reviewing Sun of Goldfinger live, also suit the band s debut on record: "This is dangerous music at times angry, at others blissed-out and illuminating with its thunderous rumblings... delivering not so much a wash of sound, more a tidal wave."
Country USA
Brand Verve
Manufacturer ECM
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 55072978
Color Multi-Color
ReleaseDate 2019-03-01
UnitCount 1
UPCs 602577319198
EANs 0602577319198

Country	USA
Brand	Verve
Manufacturer	ECM
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	55072978
Color	Multi-Color
ReleaseDate	2019-03-01
UnitCount	1
UPCs	602577319198
EANs	0602577319198

Sun Of Goldfinger

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