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Alex Cline/Kaoru/Miya Masaoka/G.E. Stinson: Cloud Plate
by John Kelman
Sometimes it's all about context. A week after his previous studio effort, The Constant Flame, was recorded, percussionist Alex Cline was reconvened with guitarist G.E. Stinson and vocalist Kaoru from that session, also adding koto player Miya Masaoka, for a day of purely unstructured improvisation. The resulting album, Cloud Plate, is, to a large extent, in ...
Alan Pasqua: My New Old Friend
by John Kelman
Pianist Alan Pasqua's My New Old Friend clearly refers to his bandmates: drummer Peter Erskine, with whom Pasqua has worked in a trio for the past few years, but whose association goes back much further; and bassist Darek Oles, who has begun playing with Pasqua more recently. But it's the liner notes from Pasqua that perhaps ...
Like A Dream
By Darek Oles
Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2004
Track listing: November; You Don't Know What Love Is; Like a Dream; Time Cafe; Blues for Eden; Precious Moments;
Before the Journey; Gift; That Night; Conclusion Part One; Conclusion Part Two; Conclusion Part Three.
The Giant Pin
By Nels Cline
Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Blues Too 2. Fly Fly 3. He Still Carries A Torch For Her 4. The Ballad of Devin Hoff 5. The Friar 6. Something About David H. 7. Bright Moon 8. A Boy Needs A Door 9. Square Kind 10. Spell 11. Watch Over Us
The Giant Pin
By Nels Cline
Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Blues, Too
2. Fly Fly
3. He Still Carries a Torch For Her
4. The Ballad of Devin Hoff
5. The Friar
6. Something About David H.
7. Bright Moon
8. A Boy Needs A Door
9. Square King
10. Spell
11. Watch Over Us
Like a Dream
Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2004
Track listing: November; You Don't Know What Love Is; Like a Dream; Time Cafe; Blues for Eden; Precious Moments; Before the Journey; Gift; That Night; Conclusion Part One; Conclusion Part Two; Conclusion Part Three
Darek Oles: Like A Dream
by Rex Butters
Well-traveled Los Angeles-based bassist Darek Oles leads three configurations through ear balm renditions of his richly melodic, appealing compositions. His Cryptogramophone debut resembles in format the label's Music of Eric Von Essen series, which explores that bassist's compositions with different ensembles. Here, he's caught in intimate conversation with old friend Brad Mehldau on five tracks, with ...
The Nels Cline Singers: The Giant Pin
by Alex K. Fong
Los Angeles guitarist Nels Cline surprised some of his longtime fans when he joined the rock band Wilco earlier this year. But he has always been involved with rock and roll in some form throughout his career. He's played with Mike Watt of the Minutemen and various members of Sonic Youth. His own solo career has ...
The Nels Cline Singers: The Giant Pin
by AAJ Staff
Whatever your opinion of guitarist Nels Cline, his pointedly iconoclastic style leaves little room for argument. That's especially true with the Nels Cline Singers, now on their second release after the appropriately-named and like-minded Instrumentals (Cryptogramophone, 2002). Clearly literate with the improvised music tradition, Cline demands more. Pay attention, listen closely, and learn: in the fractured ...
The Nels Cline Singers: The Giant Pin
by John Kelman
What is jazz? Improvisation is a big part of it, sure, but improvisation can be found in other genres. Is it an innate sense of swing? Maybe, but there are plenty of artists out there who are considered jazz artists and don't swing at all. Is it improvisation in a context where styles are cross-fused? Closer, ...
