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Best Laid Plans (David Torn album)

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Released
  
1984

Length
  
41:17

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genre
  
Jazz

Recorded
  
July 1984

Release date
  
1984

Label
  
ECM Records

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Best Laid Plans (1984)
  
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Artists
  
David Torn, Geoffrey Gordon

Similar
  
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Best Laid Plans is the debut album by guitarist David Torn recorded in 1984 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Glenn Astarita awarded the album 4 stars stating "Torn possessed a sound and style on guitar that set him apart from many of his peers... Recommended".

Track listing

All compositions by David Torn except as indicated
  1. "Before the Bitter Wind" (David Torn, Geoffrey Gordon) - 7:20
  2. "Best Laid Plans" - 7:07
  3. "The Hum of Its Parts" - 3:40
  4. "Removable Tongue" - 1:53
  5. "In the Fifth Direction" - 6:20
  6. "Two-Face Flash" (Torn, Gordon) - 6:40
  7. "Angle of Incidents" - 8:40

Personnel

  • David Torn - guitar
  • Geoffrey Gordon - percussion

    • Songs

    1Before the Bitter Wind6:44
    2Best Laid Plans7:12
    3The Hum of Its Parts3:46

    References

    Best Laid Plans (David Torn album) Wikipedia
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