The Nels Cline 4 - Currents, Constellations (2018)

The Nels Cline 4
Currents, Constellations
2018 - Blue Note Records: 00602567429104
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* Nels Cline : electric guitar, acoustic guitar
* Tom Rainey : drums
* Scott Colley : acoustic bass
* Julian Lage : electric guitar

https://www.nelscline.com/nc4/

http://www.nelscline.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Rainey
http://www.scottcolley.com/
http://www.julianlage.com/

Recorded by Ed McEntee at
· Strange Weather, Brooklyn, New York, USA, in May 2017 with assistant Garrett DeBlock and
· Studio G, Brooklyn, New York, USA, in October 2017 with assistant Mike Jinno.

Reviews

By Thom Jurek
https://www.allmusic.com/album/currents-constellations-mw0003154829

In the aftermath of 2014's highly regarded Room, the acoustic encounter between
guitarists Nels Cline and Julian Lage, both men speculated on what adding a
rhythm section might sound like. To that end, Cline asked bassist Scott Colley
and drummer Tom Rainey (who played hundreds of shows together as a running
rhythm section during the '90s) to accompany the guitarists at a residency at
John Zorn's The Stone in 2016. At the time, Colley and Lage were playing in
Gary Burton's group when Colley joined the guitarist's trio. Cline, ever the
wandering spirit, had previously played with everyone else. The residency went
well enough to dictate a proper album. Currents, Constellations is Cline's
second Blue Note album. He penned seven of the record's eight tunes; the lone
cover is Carla Bley's "Temporarily," a rarity closely associated with the Jimmy
Giuffre Three. According to Cline, the point of the group wasn't to feature
"sovereign" guitar solos but to facilitate an organic ensemble sound, whether
marked by heated collective improvisation or a more delicate and precise
approach on more contemplative pieces. The funky, Monk-tinged "Imperfect 10,"
was released as a preview single, along with a promotional "in-studio" video to
offer fans a live-in-studio feel. Hence the Nels Cline 4 moniker. [...]

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By Ryan Reed
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/wilcos-nels-cline-debuts-jazz-band-on-upcoming-record-w517560

By Chris Haines
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2018/08/nels-cline-4-currents-constellations.html

By Justin Cober-Lake
http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/173326972044/nels-cline-4-currents-constellations-blue

By Mike Jurkovic
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/currents-constellations-nels-cline-blue-note-records-review-by-mike-jurkovic.php

By Mark Sullivan
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/currents-constellations-nels-cline-blue-note-records-review-by-mark-sullivan.php

By Tim Niland
https://jazzandblues.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-nels-cline-4-currents.html

By Dave Cantor
http://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/currents-constellations

Kolta Péter (hu)
https://www.jazzma.hu/lemezpolc/kulfoldi-eloadok/the-nels-cline-4/currents-constellations/kritika/the-nels-cline-4-currents-constellations/

Polívka Tomáš S. (cz)
https://www.magazinuni.cz/hudba/nels-cline-4-currents-constellations/

Lutz Vössing (at)
https://skug.at/the-nels-cline-4-currents-constellations/

Von jazzecho (de)
http://www.jazzecho.de/aktuell/news/artikel/article:246824/the-nels-cline-4-currents-constellations

Da Maurizio Comandini (it)
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/currents-constellations-nels-cline-blue-note-records-review-by-maurizio-comandini.php

di Marco Biasio (it)
http://www.storiadellamusica.it/soul-jazz/jazz/the_nels_cline_4-currents_constellations(blue_note_records-2018).html

Par Jean-Pierre Goffin (fr)
http://www.jazzhalo.be/reviews/cdlp-reviews/n/nels-cline-4-currents-constellations/

Par latins-de-jazz (fr)
https://www.latins-de-jazz.com/currents-constellations-par-le-nels-cline-4/

Por offthehook (es)
https://www.offthehook.es/2018/05/the-nels-cline-4-currents.html

Por «el intruso» (es)
http://elintruso.com/2018/03/09/album-debut-de-the-nels-cline-4/