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Article: Album Review

The Nels Cline Singers: Initiate

Read "Initiate" reviewed by Troy Collins


Called “The World's Most Dangerous Guitarist" by Jazz Times and named one of twenty “Guitar Gods" by Rolling Stone, Nels Cline's profile has expanded considerably since his collaborations with underground personalities like Thurston Moore and Mike Watt and recruitment by Wilco in 2004. Cline's roots in the West Coast jazz scene pre-date his newfound mainstream recognition ...

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News: Interview

Clarinetist Ben Goldberg Interviewed at AAJ

Clarinetist Ben Goldberg Interviewed at AAJ

The diversity of clarinetist Ben Goldberg's musical interests may only be matched by the intensity of his study. He grew up on The Beatles and classic jazz, started playing Klezmer music at the University of California, Berkeley in the early '80s, and studied with renowned classical clarinet teacher Rossario Mazzeo. In 1984, he became the clarinetist ...

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Article: Interview

Ben Goldberg: Clarinet Communion

Read "Ben Goldberg: Clarinet Communion" reviewed by Warren Allen


The diversity of clarinetist Ben Goldberg's musical interests may only be matched by the intensity of his study. He grew up on The Beatles and classic jazz, started playing Klezmer music at the University of California, Berkeley in the early '80s, and studied with renowned classical clarinet teacher Rosario Mazzeo. In 1984, he became the clarinetist ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Larry Ochs: The Celestial Septet & We All Feel The Same Way

Read "Larry Ochs: The Celestial Septet & We All Feel The Same Way" reviewed by Marc Medwin


ROVA Sax Quartet/Nels Cline SingersThe Celestial SeptetNew World Records2010 Jones JonesWe All Feel The Same WaySoLyd2010 The synchronicity and boundless energy that separate great groupwork from everything else pervades these ...

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Article: Album Review

Nels Cline / G.E.Stinson: Elevating Device

Read "Elevating Device" reviewed by Ian Patterson


It is entirely appropriate that Sounds Are Active's fiftieth release since its inception in 1999 should be Elevating Device by Nels Cline and G.E. Stinson , two of the freer spirits of contemporary music. This recording, like much of the music from this label, provides challenging listening with music of a spirit unrestrained by convention and ...

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News: Recording

Nels Cline Singers Release 4th Album, a Double CD, "Initiate," (Studio CD + Live CD) on Cryptogramophone Records April 13th, 2010

Nels Cline Singers Release 4th Album, a Double CD, "Initiate," (Studio CD + Live CD) on Cryptogramophone Records April 13th, 2010

The Nels Cline Singers are Nels Cline, Scott Amendola & Devin Hoff Live Guests Include David Witham, Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto), Greg Saunier (Deerhoof), John Dieterich (Deerhoof) & Satomi Matsuzaki (Deerhoof) Artwork Features Photographs of The Large Hadron Collider at CERN (Switzerland), The Largest Machine in the World Album Produced by David Breskin (Ronald Shannon Jackson, ...

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Coward

Label: Cryptogramophone
Released: 2009
Track listing: Epiphyllum; Prayer Wheel; Thurston County; The Androgyne; Rod Poole's Gradual Ascent to Heaven; The Divine Homegirl; X Change(s); The Nomad's Home; ONAN Suite: I. Amniotica, II. Lord & Lady, III. Dreams in the Mirror; IV. Interruption (Onan's Psychedelic Breakdown), V. Seedcaster, VI. The Liberator; Cymbidium.

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Article: Album Review

Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord: Accomplish Jazz

Read "Accomplish Jazz" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


The lineage of guitarists with a lyrical bent is staggering. From Charlie Christian to Kurt Rosenwinkel, guitarists have often been praised not only for their technical skills, but also for their ability to sculpt finely woven lines of melody. Beauty, however, is a strange thing and there is also another school of guitarists to which belongs ...

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Article: Album Review

Seabrook Power Plant: Seabrook Power Plant

Read "Seabrook Power Plant" reviewed by Stuart Broomer


Seabrook Power Plant seems like a plausible name for a (sometime) power trio that features two brothers named Seabrook, guitarist-banjoist Brandon and drummer Jared (bassist Tom Blancarte is the third member), but one's sense of the band changes with the knowledge that there's a controversial nuclear power station in Seabrook, New Hampshire that bears the same ...

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Article: Live Review

ECM at 40: Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 3-6, October 22-25, 2009

Read "ECM at 40: Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 3-6, October 22-25, 2009" reviewed by John Kelman


Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12 ECM at 40. It's hard to believe that a record label responsible for stretching the boundaries of modern music has survived the various crises that have threatened and, in some cases, decimated so many others. With Enjoy Jazz's “The Blue Sound: 40 Years ...


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