Jazz Articles about Nels Cline

Nels Cline: Coward

by John Kelman
February 4, 2009

Watching guitarist Nels Cline attack his electric axe with an egg whisker at his 2005 International Festival Musique Actuelle Victoriaville performance helps explain the perennial question of how he does what he does, though no single performance sheds a strong enough spotlight on the chameleon-like guitarist's skill. Even when all the guitars and effects used on Coward--Cline's first solo guitar album in his 30-plus year career--are documented, there's still the nagging feeling that even that degree of detail doesn't tell ...

Nels Cline - Elliott Sharp: Duo Milano

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 28, 2008

I due chitarristi americani che firmano questo bel progetto, nato nel nostro paese, sono un po' le due facce della stessa medaglia che ben rappresenta lo stato di ottima salute della parte più creativa della moderna chitarra derivata dal jazz e ormai abituale frequentatrice del mondo delle avanguardie. L'album è diviso in due sezioni (acustic side ed electric side) che richiamano la scansione alla quale eravamo abituati in epoca vinile. Le registrazioni sono state effettuate nello studio New Art di ...

Nels Cline: Downpour, Draw Breath, Smoke Inside and Duo Milano

by Matthew Miller
August 4, 2007

Nels Cline/Andrea Parkins/Tom Rainey Downpour Victo 2007 Nels Cline Singers Draw Breath Cryptogramophone 2007 Daniele Cavallanti Electric Unit Smoke Inside Long Song 2007 Nels Cline/Elliott Sharp Duo Milano Long Song 2007

Jazz music has seen ...

The Nels Cline Singers: Draw Breath

by Troy Collins
July 12, 2007

Draw Breath, the third album from guitarist Nels Cline's ironically named instrumental trio, The Nels Cline Singers, offers another superlative collection of diverse electro-acoustic improvisation.

Cline has been the subject of an unprecedented amount of press for an avant-garde musician, courtesy of his recent stint as lead guitarist for Wilco and his designation as a “Guitar God" by Rolling Stone Magazine. Deserving of the hype, Cline is one of the most versatile and essential guitarists working today, irrespective ...

The Nels Cline Singers: Draw Breath

by John Kelman
July 3, 2007

2007 is shaping up to be the year for outstanding releases by guitarists in and around the jazz sphere. Steve Khan, John Abercrombie and David Torn have already released some of their best work in years. Add to that Nels Cline, whose New Monastery (Cryptogramophone, 2006) was on many critics' “best of" lists. Draw Breath pares down New Monastery's sextet to its core trio, The Nels Cline Singers, who've been a stable unit for over half a decade. Cline, bassist ...

The Nels Cline Singers: Draw Breath

by Mark Corroto
June 29, 2007

Maybe the one-off joke is that this band's name has worn thin since their 2002 release Instrumentals (Cryptogramophone), but the flavor continues.

Recently appointed guitar god Nels Cline has been garnering attention of late as the touring (now studio) guitarist for the pop band Wilco. But for jazz fans he has been the guitarist for much of the west coast scene since the 1980s.

Draw Breath is the The Nels Cline Singers' third release following Cline's very hip New Monastery ...

Nels Cline: New Monastery

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 19, 2006

Ascoltare questo album fa piacere, non solo per la l’eclettismo della proposta, ma anche perché in questo caso il pianista Andrew Hill è oggetto di un peculiare ma significativo riconoscimento, ricevendo il tributo di un intero disco da un musicista curioso come il chitarrista Nels Cline. Uno a cui la definizione di “jazzista” va decisamente stretta. Hill, che ha dimostrato anche con l’ultimo Time Lines la profondità della sua idea di jazz e, qualcuno direbbe, della sua “estetica”, è stato ...