Musician Dictionary

Nels Cline

American guitarist and composer · US rock/jazz guitarist and composer

DescriptionAmerican guitarist and composer
Source: Wikidata
Born1956-01-04
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceLos Angeles Los Angeles
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaUnited States
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryUS
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipUnited States
Source: Wikidata
Occupationjazz musician jazz guitarist guitarist composer musician
Source: Wikidata
Instrumentsguitar
Source: Wikidata
Genresjazz indie rock
Source: Wikidata
Record labelsCryptogramophone Records
Source: Wikidata
Member ofWilco Scarnella Damsel The Nels Cline Singers The Geraldine Fibbers Banyan The Million Dollar Bashers Fig Big Walnuts Yonder The Nels Cline 4 Exoterm Alex Cline Ensemble Nels Cline Trio The Black Gang The Good Life CUP Stretch Woven Floored By Four West Coast Modern Day Punk Rock Orchestra Willing Victim The Vinny Golia Quintet Saccata Quartet Go: Organic Guitar Orchestra Rova Channeling Coltrane Trio of Bloom Medeski, Martin, Metzger & Cline Medeski, Cline, Moore & Skerik Hellride Way West The Plastic Ono Band Scott Amendola Band The Jeff Gauthier Goatette Scot Ray Quintet Rova::Orkestrova Fake Party! Gregg Bendian's Interzone Acoustic Guitar Trio Rhythm Plague Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York Go: Organic Orchestra Turkanas Wayne Peet Quartet Quartet Music The Anthony Shadduck Quartet Wadada Leo Smith's Organic G.E. Stinson String Ensemble A Thousand Other Names L. Stinkbug Wayne Peet Trio Solo Career The JAH Band Mike Watt And The Crew Of The Flying Saucer bb&c Phillip Greenlief And Covered Pages Bloc (4) Fig (2) Alex Cline's Flower Garland Orchestra Brother's Sister's Daughter Wayne Peet's Doppler Funk Crater (7) Michael Leonhart Orchestra Cup (3) Radical Empathy Trio The Good Life (2) The Real Oh My Los Angeles Ensemble San Francisco Bay Area Ensemble Jupiter 4 Orange Wave Electric Willing Victim (2) Exoterm Wilco
Source: Discogs, MusicBrainz, Wikidata

Also known as

Cline N N. Cline N.C. N.Cline NC Nel Cline Nels Nels Courtney Cline Nels Kline NelsCline Nils Cline n.c.

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Identifiers

mbid: afa7b889-c499-4194-9367-7b80c9f88325 · wikidata: Q617368 · isni: 0000000055178974 · ipi: 00334055392 · discogs: 247084 · spotify: 3s6o8vxtYJ1utkWl8EXxUp

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