Lovers

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AlbumAug 05 / 201618 songs, 1h 29m 15s86%
Experimental Big Band Avant-Garde Jazz
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7.6 / 10

Romantic “mood music” isn’t what most listeners expect from Nels Cline, but on his Blue Note debut, the Wilco guitarist delivers a chamber-orchestra set that visits some American songbook standards.

Our take on Wilco guitarist Nels Cline's double-CD throwback.

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Whether playing with his own avant-jazz bands or Wilco, strangeness and invention are two of guitarist Nels Cline's defining characteristics.

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Journeyman virtuoso and Wilco guitarist Nels Cline shines on Lovers, a carefully orchestrated jazz opus 25 years in the making. Cline's new...

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