Best Laid Plans

by David Torn & Geoffrey Gordon

Best Laid Plans cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: ECM Records
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:55
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Guitarist David Torn utilizes extensive tape looping and delay effects to craft highly atmospheric, fluid soundscapes entirely untethered from traditional jazz structures. Supported by Gordon's sparse percussion, the record is a mesmerizing exploration of ambient fusion and improvisational textures.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, experimental, improvisation, instrumental, atmospheric, electronic

Tracklist

  1. Before The Bitter Wind (6:40)
  2. Best Laid Plans (7:11)
  3. The Hum Of Its Parts (3:45)
  4. Removable Tongue (1:58)
  5. In The Fifth Direction (6:21)
  6. Two-Face Flash (7:12)
  7. Angle Of Incidents (8:44)

Credits

  • David Torn - primary artist, composed by, guitar [guitars]
  • Geoffrey Gordon - primary artist, composed by, percussion

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