Something Else! Interview: Wilco guitarist Nels Cline on Scott Amendola’s Fade To Orange
Cline recently took a break from his North American tour with Julian Lage to chat.
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S. Victor Aaron’s Mid-Year Best of 2014 (Fusion Jazz): Nels Cline Singers, Medeski Martin & Wood, Jaco Pastorius
Everything from ambient post-rock to improvisational, to scattered rock-jazz.
Something Else! exclusive stream: Terje Lie, “You Know” from Bright Moments (2014)
Summer time is here and we could go for a sunny groove, right? Cue up the sounds of beach-lovin’, LA-based Norwegian saxophonist Terje Lie.
Gene Segal Quintet – Mental Images (2014)
It was a long stretch between Gene Segal’s first and second albums but ‘Mental Images’ assures that the intervening time was time was spent.
Scott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz – A View From Below (2014)
Scott Feiner successfully introduces the pandeiro into electric jazz fusion to produce a breezy concoction that goes down as easy as rum punch, and is just as intoxicating.
One Track Mind: Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood, “Sham Time” from Juice (2014)
You won’t be able to keep completely still while listening to this.
Mykeljon and Groovexpress – Ukrainian Doll (2014)
There’s almost nothing they can’t do, as this project so amply shows.
(Cross the) Heartland: Pat Metheny, “Offramp” (1981)
Some think Metheny is joking around, that he couldn’t possibly like “all of this noise.”
One Track Mind: Mats/Morgan, “Rubber Sky” (2014)
“Rubber Sky” is an example of this wonderful trait of Mats/Morgan, who merrily obliterate fences put up in music not just across genres, but across age groups as well.
Ken Husbands Trio – Keepin’ It Going (2014)
Covering a wide expanse of moods but maintaining the same airy feeling, Ken Husbands’ “Keepin’ It Going” is trio date that has a little something for most tastes of jazz wrapped into a tidy, funky little trio.
