Nels Cline

Nels Cline is an American guitarist and composer, born on 4 January 1956 in Los Angeles. He came up in the 1980s Los Angeles jazz scene, often alongside his twin brother, percussionist Alex Cline, and has moved between free improvisation, jazz and rock ever since. He has been the guitarist of Wilco since 2004. Nels Cline leads the Nels Cline Trio, the Nels Cline Singers and the Nels Cline 4, with records on Cryptogramophone, Atavistic, Mack Avenue and Blue Note, including The Inkling (2000), New Monastery (2006), Coward (2009) and Lovers (2016).