He’s known for playing on recordings for the likes of David Bowie, Madonna and Tori Amos, but guitarist and composer David Torn is an artist in his own right. After gaining prominence in the ’80s as a member of the jazz-fusion group the Everyman Band, Torn garnered a Grammy Award for his mixing and composing work and contributed to scores for films such as Friday Night Lights and The Big Lebowski. The six-string master shows his chops during an improvised performance using looping, technology and other offbeat methods to create what he calls a “real-time composition.”
