Dec 10, 2020 1:55 PM
Nels Cline Double-Sizes The Singers
He’s perhaps best known as a member of the band Wilco. But those with a fuller picture of Nels Cline’s career know…
The Nels Cline Singers has occupied the space between free-jazz and indie rock since guitarist Nels Cline formed the group in 2001.
Dec 10, 2020 1:55 PM
He’s perhaps best known as a member of the band Wilco. But those with a fuller picture of Nels Cline’s career know…
Aruán Ortiz (left), Andrew Cyrille and Mauricio Herrera perform together on Inside Rhythmic Falls (Intakt).
May 8, 2020 9:06 AM
Pianist Aruán Ortiz recalls the cacophony of ritmas that pervaded his childhood in Santiago de Cuba on Inside Rhythmic…
Guitarist Nels Cline (left), composer/reedist Anthony Braxton, drummer Greg Saunier and multi-instrumentalist Taylor Ho Bynum recorded Quartet (New Haven) 2014 five years ago. The work only now is being released on Firehouse 12, an imprint based in New Haven, Connecticut.
Sep 30, 2019 2:58 PM
Speaking with Anthony Braxton is much like trying to improvise alongside the 74-year-old reedist: You need to stay on…
Chris Stamey has written new material in the style of the Great American Songbook.
Aug 20, 2019 9:15 AM
Aging rock musicians from Rod Stewart to Bob Dylan have turned to the Great American Songbook to revive their creative…
For almost a decade, violinist Jenny Scheinman (right) and drummer Allison Miller have worked together in the latter’s Boom Tic Boom ensemble. Their new collaborative group is Parlour Game.
Jun 28, 2019 11:27 AM
Jenny Scheinman admits she’s led a charmed life, as far as her music career goes. The violinist is unlike a number of…
The Nels Cline 4 has released a new Blue Note album titled Currents, Constellations. The band includes drummer Tom Rainey (left), guitarists Nels Cline and Julian Lage, and bassist Scott Colley.
Jun 4, 2018 2:44 PM
Thirty years ago, Nels Cline recorded his first album as a bandleader for the Enja label. Angelica featured an all-star…
Saxophonist Joe Lovano (left), bassist Drew Gress, guitarist John Scofield and drummer Adam Nussbaum pay tribute to John Abercrombie at a recent performance in Brooklyn at Roulette.
Apr 30, 2018 12:22 PM
The line at Roulette went out the door, wrapped around the corner of Third Avenue and ran down Atlantic Avenue in…
Improvising cellist Okkyung Lee is scheduled to play in a variety of different settings at the upcoming Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Mar 8, 2018 9:27 AM
The Big Ears festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, is set to return March 22-25 with performances by jazz luminaries like…
Rez Abbasi (left), Miles Okazaki and Nels Cline perform at the Greenwich House in New York City on June 30.
Jul 5, 2017 3:14 PM
Some of the most adventurous programming in New York during the span of a week in June took place at the Greenwich…
Casey Benjamin (left) and Robert Glasper of the Robert Glasper Experiment perform at the Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts, on June 24.
Jul 6, 2017 8:49 AM
In its fifth year, Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival proved to be a dense blend of eclectic music, spacious contemporary…
Tom Rainey (left), Scot Colley, Julian Lage and Nels Cline perform as the Nels Cline Four at the FIMAV Festival.
Jun 1, 2017 10:02 PM
Among other new developments at the unique cultural phenomenon that is FIMAV (Festival International Musique Actuelle…
Nels Cline (left) and Jeff Tweedy of Wilco perform at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on March 21.
Apr 11, 2017 3:45 PM
Wilco’s long-running brand of left-field Americana has endured for decades, giving the band legacy status and helping…
Pat Metheny was celebrated by likeminded guitarists at the Alternative Guitar Summit in New York City on March 10.
Mar 13, 2017 3:53 PM
Guitarist Joel Harrison hit on an inspired notion in 2011 when he decided to gather his favorite on-the-fringe and…
Nels Cline will perform songs from his new album, Lovers, at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 31.
Jul 1, 2016 2:56 PM
On August 5, Blue Note will release guitarist Nels Cline’s ambitious double album Lovers, which features a 23-piece…
