Cline, Nels/ Lovers
Label: Blue Note

Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2016-08-08

Tom McCarter
Cline, Nels
Lovers
Genre: Jazz
Interesting 2-disc side project from this guitarist from Wilco. Cline is no stranger to jazz and improvisation, having recorded with several other musicians and his own projects.
Here he uses a small symphony to great effect, sliding and bending around the notes, what he calls “mood music”
If You Like: Bill Frisell, Kenny Burrell, Henry Mancini, Bob Brozman
Favorite Tracks: (Disc 1): Beautiful Love, Cry Want, I Have Dreamed
(Disc 2) Why Was I Born?, The Night Porter/Max, Mon Amour, The Search for the Cat
Track Review:
(Disc 1) 1/ soft & slow 2/ soft & slow 3/ soft & slow with Eastern European accordion> uptempo swing 4/ soft & slow 5/ soft & slow> interesting solo with horns 6/ soft & slow space jam
7/ soft & slow 8/ soft & slow space jam 9/ chunky cello start with soft & slow guitar> midtempo solo backed with orchestra 10/ soft & slow with space jam, nice lap steel
(Disc 2) 1/ soft & slow, lap steel, early jazz feel, muted trumpet 2/ soft & slow, lap steel> space jam 3/ slow & heavy start> space jam
4/ tropical guitar start> space jam 5/ soft & slow> space jam 6/ Heavy chording starts>slow & very soft space jam> heavy chording space jam 7/Heavy cello start> slow with guitar & violins 8/ solo guitar start> soft & slow space jam> midtempo then fade