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Larry Ochs, Nels Cline, Gerald Cleaver: What Is To Be Done

Read "What Is To Be Done" reviewed by Giuseppe Segala

by Giuseppe Segala
September 13, 2019

"Siamo arrivati. Abbiamo improvvisato. Siamo partiti. Ogni serata è piuttosto diversa." Così Nels Cline, parlando di questo trio. Due lunghi brani con prevalenza di episodi abrasivi, arroventati, della durata di più di venti minuti ciascuno, e un terzo più disteso, seppure ricco di tensioni interne, molto più breve, a fare da cuscinetto, da valvola di relax, con il titolo significativo di “A Pause, A Rose." Questa la struttura di What Is To Be Done. L'organico strumentale, con sax, chitarra elettrica ...

Album Review

Larry Ochs / Nels Cline / Gerald Cleaver: What Is To Be Done

Read "What Is To Be Done" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
May 15, 2019

Sandwiched between two epic novels of improvisation--each a track of over twenty minutes of sound--is the respite piece “A Pause, A Rose" by the trio of saxophonist Larry Ochs, guitarist Nels Cline and drummer Gerald Cleaver. Cline, who some may know from his work with the alternative rock band Wilco, opens with a few simple notes played over the splash of cymbals before pirouetting into some hallucinogenic guitar effects. The indolent pace suggests an uncertainty, but nothing could be further ...