Nels Cline at Barking Legs Theater

The addition of the exploratory guitar of Nels Cline was, for many, the kick in the ass that elevated Wilco to the ranks of the visionary. Now, the day following Jeff Tweedy’s sold-out show at the Walker, we present Nels Cline in a trio with a different vision, in a more intimate setting.

Within the greater universe of sound lies the interstellar sound-space called improvised music. And it is from within this specific interstellar sound-space that music lovers discover the interplanetary system wherein Nels Cline, Gerald Cleaver, and Larry Ochs mind-meld their sonic energies for each unique concert. Expect the music to be focused and energized. Know that these sound explorers — veterans of decades of improvised music — will be doing their utmost to raise the bandstand, and you with it....

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The addition of the exploratory guitar of Nels Cline was, for many, the kick in the ass that elevated Wilco to the ranks of the visionary. Now, the day following Jeff Tweedy’s sold-out show at the Walker, we present Nels Cline in a trio with a different vision, in a more intimate setting.

Within the greater universe of sound lies the interstellar sound-space called improvised music. And it is from within this specific interstellar sound-space that music lovers discover the interplanetary system wherein Nels Cline, Gerald Cleaver, and Larry Ochs mind-meld their sonic energies for each unique concert. Expect the music to be focused and energized. Know that these sound explorers — veterans of decades of improvised music — will be doing their utmost to raise the bandstand, and you with it.

Guitarist Nels Cline, drummer Gerald Cleaver, and saxophonist Larry Ochs are three experimental icons, individually and collectively drawing upon the outer limits of free jazz, structured improvisation and bicoastal noise punk.

Co-produced with the Shaking Ray Levi Society.

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