Rolling Nels Cline Thread

awesome! i always wonder if people are REALLY getting turned onto nels and recognizing his talent if they're exposed to him via wilco, but i guess they are, at least sometimes.

I've been listening to Macroscope a lot on Deezer. It might be my aoty so far. It doesn't necessarily break new ground for Cline but everything comes together really well: beautiful solos, psychedelic noise, a noisy garage rock tribute even. I think he might be one of the best living electric players. These reviews seem to sum it up:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-nels-cline-singers-macroscope-by-matt-marshall.php#.VCtHyildWe0
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/04/the-nels-cline-singers-macroscope-review.html

It might be my aoty so far.

Not a judgment I usually make based on Deezer to be clear. Also, I'm listening to Tanya Tagaq's Animism for the first time now so this statement may def be subject to change.

I'm very fond of Macroscope.

The record he did with Medeski, Martin & Wood is even better than ´Macroscope' (which is good).

That's Woodstock Sessions?

This Bimhuis gig by the Singers from last month is leaving blisters on my eardrums, fucking great.
https://www.mixcloud.com/bimhuis/nels-cline-singers-15-03-2015/

60th birthday today. For some reason I thought he was a lot younger.

yeah he was already in his 40s when he joined the Fibbers!

i haven't heard much from him lately besides the White Out w/ Nels Cline album but that was good and noisy

Crüt tipped me off to that one the other day with his 2015 albums list -- really love it.

can't wait to check this one out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=penuNbYSK6E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDHVGzKSOSA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDHVGzKSOSA

I'm about 15 minutes in (it's on Spotify) and it's really beautiful. I listened to a bunch of Cline the other day and started listening to this, but wasn't in the mood for beautiful so set it aside for later.

that bilt looks beautiful

From the DowntownMusicGallery newsletter:

Over the past couple of decades, Nels has led a
variety of bands/projects for labels: Enja, Cryptogramophone and Mack
Avenue. His current band, the Nels Cline Singers, has evolved from record
to record and will be recording a John Zorn Masada Book Three session later
this year.

I think this has been announced for some time now, but I hope it will come out soon...

Wow, this sounds so gorgeous and lush, and I'm only listening on earbuds so looking forward to hearing it on something fuller.

I'm usually a bit disin-clined towards this 'un, but his latest 4-tet including Lage is rather good.

nels cline has really big hands

even great wealth can't buy you really big hands in the US, it seems.

some are born to big hands, others have big hands thrust upon them, but no-one achieves big hands

makes u think

This latest Cline 4-tet is decent but, for me the latest Dan Weiss project Starebaby is much more "out there".

Marquee Moon feel to this: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/04/the-nels-cline-4-full-session.html

We've talked about it a bit on the jazz thread. Predictably, I'm a fan.

I've seen and enjoyed Nels in a bunch of different settings, but one of my favorites was at this year's Big Ears with Jenny Scheinman's Mischief & Mayhem. It was the two of them plus Todd Sickafoose on bass and Scott Amendola on drums, and they were just rollicking. Four equals all having a good time impressing each other on stage. One reason I love Nels is that he so clearly loves playing, there's always this little-kid glee in what he does.

xp
You heard the latest Dan Weiss Sund4r? The band includes Craig Taborn + Matt Mitchell, and it's an excellent lp as well.

That's the one with Monder on guitar? It's definitely on my list.

yeah that's the one, Starebaby.

This is what I like, yeah.