#323 『Nels Cline / LOVERS』
Blue Note
NELS CLINE (electric & acoustic guitars, lap steel, effects)
DEVIN HOFF (contrabass, bass guitar)
ALEX CLINE (drums, percussion)
STEVEN BERNSTEIN (trumpet, slide trumpet, flugelhorn, alto horn)
TAYLOR HASKINS (trumpet, flugelhorn, valve trombone)
MICHAEL LEONHART (trumpet, flugelhorn, cymbalon, celeste)
ALAN FERBER (trombone, bass trombone)
CHARLES PILLOW (C, alto, & bass flutes, oboe, English horn, alto saxophone, Bb clarinet)
JD PARRAN (C, alto, & bass flutes, Bb clarinet, alto clarinet, baritone & bass saxophones)
BEN GOLDBERG (contra-alto clarinet, Bb clarinet)
DOUGLAS WIESELMAN (bass clarinet, Bb clarinet, tenor saxophone)
GAVIN TEMPLETON (Bb clarinet, alto saxophone)
SARA SCHOENBECK (bassoon)
JULIAN LAGE (acoustic & electric guitars)
KENNY WOLLESEN (vibraphone, marimba, percussion)
ZEENA PARKINS (harp)
YUKA C HONDA (celeste, Juno 60)
ANTOINE SILVERMAN (violin)
JEFF GAUTHIER (violin)
AMY KIMBALL (viola & violin)
STEPHANIE GRIFFIN (viola)
ERIK FRIEDLANDER (cello)
MAGGIE PARKINS (cello)
SIDE ONE
1. Introduction / Diaphanous 4:23
music by Nels Cline
2. Glad To Be Unhappy 4:07
music by Richard Rodgers / lyrics by Lorenz Hart
3. Beautiful Love 3:58
music by Wayne King, Victor Young & Egbert Van Alstyne / lyrics by Haven Gillespie
4. Hairpin & Hatbox 3:32
music by Nels Cline
5. Cry, Want 6:53
music by Jimmy Giuffre
SIDE TWO
1. Lady Gabor 8:26
music by Gabor Szabo
2. The Bed We Made 3:25
music by Nels Cline
3. You Noticed 4:01
music by Nels Cline
4. Secret Love 4:30
music by Sammy Fain / lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
5. I Have Dreamed 2:39
music by Richard Rodgers / lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
SIDE THREE
1. Why Was I Born? 5:04
music by Jerome Kern / lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
2. Invitation 2:26
music by Bronislaw Kaper / lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
3. It Only Has To Happen Once 5:45
music and lyrics by Arto Lindsay & Peter Scherer
4. The Night Porter / Max, Mon Amour 8:13
music by Daniele Paris (The Night Porter) / music by Michel Portal (Max, Mon Amour)
SIDE FOUR
1. Snare, Girl 6:35
music & lyrics by Sonic Youth
2. So Hard It Hurts / Touching 6:53
music by Annette Peacock
3. The Search For Cat 2:33
music by Henry Mancini
4. The Bond 5:48
music by Nels Cline
arranged and conducted by MICHAEL LEONHART
produced by DAVID BRESKIN
recorded and mixed by RON SAINT GERMAIN in November / Decmber of 2013 at Water Music Hoboken NJ & Sear Sound NYC
album artwork by ANGELA DeCRISTOFARO
エレキギターがリーダーだが、音源はオーケストラ構成。ベース・ドラムが基本。これに弦楽器、木管･金管群の大編成。
オーケストラをステージ感覚ではなく、スタジオ録音。
各楽器の明瞭な浮き上がりを丁寧に捉えた、心地良いサウンドが広がる。スタジオ録音にリバーブ処理を加えない、思い切ったサウンドは驚き。各楽器のサウンドに明確な音像の輪郭を浮かび上がらせ、コントラスト感覚が愉快。
