Prezens
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Prezens |
| type | Album |
| artist | David Torn |
| cover | Prezens.jpg |
| released | 2007 |
| recorded | March 2005 |
| studio | Clubhouse Studios |
| Rhinebeck, New York | |
| genre | Jazz, Experimental |
| length | 72:38 |
| label | ECM |
| ECM 1877 | |
| producer | David Torn |
| chronology | David Torn |
| prev_title | Pandora's Toolbox |
| prev_year | 2004 |
| next_title | Only Sky |
| next_year | 2014 |
| :: |
| name = Prezens | type = Album | artist = David Torn | cover = Prezens.jpg | alt = | released = 2007 | recorded = March 2005 | venue = | studio = Clubhouse Studios Rhinebeck, New York | genre = Jazz, Experimental | length = 72:38 | label = ECM ECM 1877 | producer = David Torn | chronology = David Torn | prev_title = Pandora's Toolbox | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Only Sky | next_year = 2014
Prezens is an album by guitarist David Torn recorded in March 2005 and released on ECM in 2007.
Reception
The AllMusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Prezens is one of those recordings where free improvisation and composition find an uneasy but cooperative working relationship making for one compelling listen after another." | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = }}
Track listing
:All compositions by David Torn except as indicated
- "AK" (Tim Berne, Tom Rainey, Craig Taborn, David Torn) – 9:19
- "Rest & Unrest" – 3:45
- "Structural Functions of Prezens" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 10:58
- "Bulbs" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 6:21
- "Them Buried Standing" – 2:43
- "Sink" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 7:16
- "Neck-Deep in the Harrow..." (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 12:33
- "Ever More Other" – 4:13
- "Ring for Endless Travel" – 2:24
- "Miss Place, The Mist..." (Matt Chamberlain, Torn) – 5:46
- "Transmit Regardless" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) – 7:20
Personnel
- David Torn – guitars, live-sampling and manipulation
- Tim Berne – alto saxophone
- Craig Taborn – Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, mellotron, bent circuits
- Matt Chamberlain (track 10), Tom Rainey (tracks 1–9 & 11) – drums
References
References
- [http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1800/1877.php ECM discography] accessed November 15, 2011
- Jurek, T. [https://www.allmusic.com/album/prezens-r1040922/review Allmusic Review] accessed September 26, 2011
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