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Nels Cline / Larry Ochs / Gerald Cleaver Trio at Ardmore Music Hall

Courtesy of Mark Christman | Posted on September 6, 2017

Where

Ardmore Music Hall
23 Lancaster Avenue
Ardmore, PA
Map
(610) 649-8389

When

Sun, December 10, 2017
7:00 pm

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Musicians

Nels Cline
guitar, electric
Larry Ochs
saxophone

About

Ars Nova Workshop and Ardmore Music Hall are thrilled to present the return of the explosive trio of guitarist Nels Cline, drummer Gerald Cleaver, and saxophonist Larry Ochs. Three experimental icons, individually and collectively drawing upon the outer limits of Midwestern free jazz, Bay Area structured improvisation, and bicoastal noise punk, reconvene in Philadelphia for a rare meeting.

Jazzmaster assassin Nels Cline might be as close as the modern avant-garde gets to a household name. Before joining indie rock institution Wilco in 2004, Cline divided his energy between improvised contexts alongside Julius Hemphill, Vinny Golia, and brother Alex, and more song-oriented settings like Carla Bozulich’s alt-country outfit Geraldine Fibbers and Mike Watt’s Crew of the Flying Saucer. Cline continues to occupy the narrow space between pure sound and song, as exemplified by his longstanding Singers trio with drummer Scott Amendola and bassist Trevor Dunn, and his recent duo with guitar prodigy Julian Lage....

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