Guitarist Nels Cline (Wilco) will be presenting the music from his acclaimed new Blue Note album Lovers live this Spring with a pair of West coast performances in Los Angeles (Royce Hall, April 8) and San Francisco (SFJAZZ, April 9). Visit nelscline.com/shows for ticket information, and stay tuned for announcements about further 2017 performances of Lovers to follow.
“I feel so lucky to be able to come to my home state of California and play this music from Lovers with many of my most cherished West Coast comrades as well as with treasured East Coast representatives! And yes – art and beauty still matter. It is an honor to participate in endeavors such as this,” says Cline.
Check below watch the new visual companion to the song “Glad To Be Unhappy.” Lovers was released in August to rave reviews, and was named one of the Best Jazz Albums of 2016 by NPR Music, Boston Globe, and others.
The ensemble for the April performances of Lovers is as follows:
STEVEN BERNSTEIN – trumpet
NELS CLINE – electric guitar
ALEX CLINE – drums
DAN CLUCAS – trumpet
MICHAEL DESSEN – trombone
BRAD DUTZ – vibraphone, marimba, percussion
JEFF GAUTHIER – violin
BEN GOLDBERG – contra-alto clarinet, Bb clarinet
VINNY GOLIA – woodwinds
DEVIN HOFF – bass
YUKA C HONDA – celeste, synth
JULIAN LAGE – electric & acoustic guitar, Dobro
MICHAEL LEONHART – conductor, trumpet, flugelhorn
ZEENA PARKINS – harp
MAGGIE PARKINS – cello
SARA SCHOENBECK – bassoon
GAVIN TEMPLETON – Bb clarinet
