Nels Cline

Nels Cline
Born: Jan 1, 1956
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Styles: Avant-Garde Jazz, Free Improvisation, Avant-Garde, Post-Bop, Modern Creative
Biography: Guitarist Nels Cline is best known for his work in the group Quartet Music (with brother Alex Cline, bassist Eric Von Essen, and violinist Jeff Gauthier) as well as other projects in the jazz, rock, and avant-garde idioms, and for his general involvement in the West Coast's improvisation community. Born ...Read full biography
New Monastery
Released: 2006
Label: Cryptogramophon
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If Otomo Yoshihide can interpret Eric Dolphy and Marc Ribot can do Albert Ayler, then why not Nels Cline doing Andrew Hill -- who is still alive and creating marvelously, with his recordings in the current ...Read full review
Coward
Released: 2009
Label: Cryptogramophon
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The title of this solo recording by Nels Cline deserves explanation, for it is not yellow, reticent, soulless, or timid music. Coward refers to the murder of Cline's friend and guitarist Rod Poole, who ...Read full review
More Nels Cline albums: Main Albums (22), Singles & EPs (1)
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