Nels Cline & Alex Cline Duo at Moss Theater

Nels Cline is known most recently as the guitarist in Wilco. He and his twin brother, Alex, took up their instruments in 1967. Fifty years later, after playing music in many co-led groups from their early years as aspiring rockers through their exploration of the creative frontiers of jazz and improvised music, the Cline brothers have become synonymous with adventurous, innovative, and genre-bending music. Having generated an impressive output of projects as composers, bandleaders, and improvisational collaborators, Nels and Alex Cline individually and collectively have played with an impressive array of important artists, including Charlie Haden, Charles Lloyd, Julius Hemphill...

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Nels Cline is known most recently as the guitarist in Wilco. He and his twin brother, Alex, took up their instruments in 1967. Fifty years later, after playing music in many co-led groups from their early years as aspiring rockers through their exploration of the creative frontiers of jazz and improvised music, the Cline brothers have become synonymous with adventurous, innovative, and genre-bending music. Having generated an impressive output of projects as composers, bandleaders, and improvisational collaborators, Nels and Alex Cline individually and collectively have played with an impressive array of important artists, including Charlie Haden, Charles Lloyd, Julius Hemphill. Tim Berne, and many others. This concert is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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