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| 1. | Attempted
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| 2. | Caved-In Heart Blues
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| 3. | Confection
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| 4. | An Evening At Pops'
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| 5. | The Angel of Angels
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| 6. | Recognize I
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| 7. | Mixed Message
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| 8. | Recognize II
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| 9. | Squirrel of God
with Glenn Kotche |
Jazz
The Nels Cline Singers
Scott Amendola - drums
Nels Cline - acoustic guitar
Devin Hoff - contrabass
Additional personnel:
Glenn Kotche - crotales
Freshly minted by Rolling Stone magazine as an official modern-day "Guitar God"--alongside the likes of John Frusciante and John Mayer--Nels Cline spent more time than usual in the early 2000s dabbling with more pop-friendly artists, even joining Wilco and collaborating with M. Ward on an EP. Despite the indie-rock notoriety, Cline is the quintessential guitar genius of the jazz underground, and on DRAW BREATH, he and his trio easily reclaim their avant-jazz mantle.
Recorded in three days by Rich Breen and Jeff Gauthier and featuring Singers stalwarts Devin Hoff on bass and Scott Amendola on electronics and percussion, DRAW BREATH is the third full-length by the ironically named trio--there are no vocalists, only instruments do the "singing." Cline and Co. keep their jazz explorations fresh by never kowtowing to accepted notions of the form. "Caved-In Heart Blues" mines a beautiful minor-key melody and a pulsing bass drum to create a haunting tribal blues. "Confection" attacks with a bracing Minutemen-style guitar riff before collapsing into an incredible double bass exhibition. But the highlight for the heads is "Mixed Message," a show-off epic with each instrument soloing fast and dexterously for 14-plus minutes. Wilco's drummer Glenn Kotche makes a special guest appearance on percussion.
Recently named a "Guitar God" by Rolling Stone Magazine, Nels Cline - lead guitarist of Wilco - has worked with everyone from Julius Hemphill and Charlie Haden, to Thurston Moore and Mike Watt. Nels follows his critically acclaimed CD New Monastery with Draw Breath, a new release by his long-standing trio The Nels Cline Singers. Glenn Kotche, drummer of Wilco is a special guest.
There's more to the critically respected band Wilco's affable alt-country than one might suspect. Under the surface lie the talents of musicians who stretch out adventurously with their own projects. Among them is L.A.-based guitarist Nels Cline.
Though the pop audience is only recently familiar with Cline because of his guitar work in Wilco since 2004, he's been busy for two decades building a massive resume, equally at home in the realms of jazz (Charlie Haden), avant-rock (Thurston Moore, Mike Watt) and roots (Carla Bozulich of Geraldine Fibbers). With percussionist Gregg Bendian, Cline reinterpreted John Coltrane's monumental "Interstellar Space."
Cline always helmed his own groups, such as the Nels Cline Trio, whose debut 7-inch "Lady Speed Stick" blew minds in 1991 with its melding of free jazz and Slint-era math-rock. That merging of fringe styles morphed into the Nels Cline Singers, his current trio featuring bassist Devin Hoff and Charlie Hunter's versatile drummer Scott Amendola.
Their third album, "Draw Breath," could be retitled "Show Breadth" for clearly indicating the wide range of influence and experience which Cline expertly mines. The poignant, dark dirge of "Caved-In Heart Blues" is followed by an intense free-improv workout on "Attempted." The Minutemen art-punk blasts of "Confection" lead into extended sections of crushing doom-metal heaviness and battering swirls of sculptural noise and twittering electronics on "An Evening at Pops' "(a reference to Amendola recently becoming a father).
He moves in mellow circles as well, eliciting strummy folk lushness on "The Angel of Angels" and a pair of lounge-jazz lick-a-thons both called "Recognize." Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche even joins the fray on the protean closer "Squirrel of God." With a track record spanning more than 100 albums, it seems there's no style, whether "in" or "out," that Cline can't master, which is probably why Rolling Stone dubbed him a "guitar god." Those who haven't discovered Cline's name yet should consider approaching the altar.
---Manny Theiner, Pittsburgh Post Gazette [5/31/07]
Outside of the West Coast's in-the-know jazz scene, Nels Cline is best recognized for commanding the lead guitar chair in Wilco. There he weaves and embellishes; here, he dreams, drones, relentlessly rocks and deliciously resonates with quiet lyricism. Of course, all this is achieved sans vocalists, with Cline's top-drawer trio featuring bassist Devin Hoff and drummer Scott Amendola giving voice to the leader's expressive tunes and excursions. The simpler fair is best, such as the opening beauty of "Caved-In Heart Blues," the 3/4/ time "The Angel of Angels" and the quiet acoustic twins "Recognize I" and "Recognize II." Brawny rockers also rule, including jagged "Attempted" and the play-it-loud "Confection." Less effective are the expansive avant improvs, which suffer from editing. Case in point: the propulsive "Mixed Messages," which detours from Cline's riveting guitar spectacle with a pocket of tiptoe playing, -DO
---Dan Ouelette, Billboard [June 30 2007]
Cline's playing channels the spirit of Coltrane with a rare intensity, which seems to spring from the same well Jimi Hendrix would have drawn from had he survived to realize his post-rock aspirations." S.F. Weekly
Nels Cline is one of the most versatile, imaginative and original guitarists active today. Combining breathtaking technique with an informed musical intelligence, Cline displays a mastery of guitar expression that encompasses delicate lyricism, sonic abstractions, and skull-crunching flights of fancy, inspiring Jazz Times to call him, "The World's Most Dangerous Guitarist." Born in Los Angeles in 1956, his earliest musical influences included Jim "Roger" McGuinn, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, John Fahey and Duane Allman. Later these giants as well of those of jazz, jazz/rock, punk and the improvising avant-garde twisted his head around. Cline claims his most valuable music training came from his work with bassist/multi-instrumentalist Eric von Essen, with whom he performed as a duo from 1977 until von Essen's untimely death in 1997. In the late 1970s, Cline played in the chamber-jazz group Quartet Music with his brother, percussionist Alex Cline, violinist Jeff Gauthier and bassist von Essen. Quartet Music recorded 4 albums and toured extensively, a 12 year run that was highlighted by two performances in 1989 with the Milwaukee Symphony for which Nels arranged several of his compositions. Clines' 1987 Enja release, Angelica, which added New York City altoist Tim Berne to a roster of longtime Cline collaborators Alex Cline, Stacy Rowles, Eric von Essen, is a fine example of his work from this period. In 1989, the guitarist formed the amped-up Nels Cline Trio, a worthy vehicle for Cline's guitar excursions, which range from probing, reflective balladry to bracing freeform assaults. The Nels Cline Trio recorded 4 CDs, Chest, Ground, Sad and Silencer. The success of the trio format served as a launching pad for Cline's current band, The Nels Cline Singers, which features drummer Scott Amendola and bassist Devin Hoff.
Some of the musicians that Nels has performed and/or recorded with include: Julius Hemphill, Charlie Haden, Mike Watt, Tim Berne, Mark Dresser, Bobby Bradford, Zeena Parkins, Elliott Sharp, Thurston Moore, Gregg Bendian, Mark Isham, The Geraldine Fibbers, Wadada Leo Smith, Henry Kaiser, Banyan, Bloc, fIREHOSE, Carla Bozulich and Scott Amendola.
Artists that Nels currently performs with include: Wilco, Scarnella, The Scott Amendola Band, the Jeff Gauthier Goatette, a duo with percussionist Glenn Kotche, a trio with Andrea Parkins and Tom Rainey, Banyan and The Nels Cline Singers. |
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