Mark Isham – Vapor Drawings

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.

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Enjoy!

Track list
1. Many Chinas 4:05
2. Sympathy and Acknowledgement 8:17
3. On the Threshold of Liberty 7:27
4. When Things Dream 2:43
5. Raffles in Rio 4:38
6. Something Nice for My Dog 2:49
7. Men Before the Mirror 6:07
8. Mr Moto’s Penguin (Who’d Be an Eskimo’s Wife?) 3:18
9. In the Blue Distance 4:06