Mark Isham, Vapor Drawings - 44m 11s

Tracks & Durations

1. Many Chinas	4:08
2. Sympathy and Acknowledgement	8:23
3. On the Threshold of Liberty	7:32
4. When Things Dream	2:48
5. Raffles in Rio	4:42
6. Something Nice for My Dog	2:52
7. Men Before the Mirror	6:12
8. Mr. Moto's Penguin (who'd be an Eskimo's wife?)	3:21
9. In the Blue Distance	4:06

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Review

Mark Isham's enduring 1983 solo debut captures his graduation from gifted trumpeter with groups like Rubisa Patrol, Group 87, and, most visibly, Van Morrison, to composer with a more versatile and ambitious body of work. On Vapor Drawings, Isham's trumpet and flugelhorn are augmented by synthesizers, piano, soprano sax, and electronic percussion in a series of layered, atmospheric tone poems that nod to Philip Glass and Steve Reich, as well as to European classicism and Eastern modalities. Deemed a new age record as much for its label home as for any intrinsic musical elements, this music is cinematic in scale and drama, especially on its best-known track, the majestic"On the Threshold of Liberty," which anticipated Isham's prolific output as a major film composer in the intervening years. --Sam Sutherland

Other Versions

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Vapor Drawings

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 44m 10s (-1m 59s)

Vapor Drawings

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 44m 14s (+0m 3s)

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