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Prezens

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Released
  
2007

Length
  
72:38

Artist
  
David Torn

Producer
  
Manfred Eicher

Genres
  
Jazz, Experimental music

Recorded
  
March 2005

Prezens (2005)
  
Only Sky (2014)

Release date
  
2007

Label
  
ECM Records

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Similar
  
David Torn albums, Jazz albums

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Prezens is an album by guitarist David Torn recorded in 2005 and released on the ECM label.

Contents

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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".

Track listing

All compositions by David Torn except as indicated
  1. "AK" (Tim Berne, Tom Rainey, Craig Taborn, David Torn) - 9:19
  2. "Rest & Unrest" - 3:45
  3. "Structural Functions of Prezens" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) - 10:58
  4. "Bulbs" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) - 6:21
  5. "Them Buried Standing" - 2:43
  6. "Sink" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) - 7:16
  7. "Neck-Deep in the Harrow..." (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) - 12:33
  8. "Ever More Other" - 4:13
  9. "Ring for Endless Travel" - 2:24
  10. "Miss Place, The Mist..." (Matt Chamberlain, Torn) - 5:46
  11. "Transmit Regardless" (Berne, Rainey, Taborn, Torn) - 7:20
Recorded at Clubhouse Studios in Rhinebeck, New York in March 2005

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

    • Songs

    1AK9:20
    2Rest & Unrest3:44
    3Structural Functions of Prezens10:57

    References

    Prezens Wikipedia
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