Room (Nels Cline and Julian Lage album)

2014 studio album by Nels Cline and Julian Lage

Room

Studio album by

Nels Cline and Julian Lage

Released| November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25)
Recorded| December 1–3, 2013
Genre| Rock, jazz
Length| 56:46
Label| Mack Avenue
MAC1091
Producer| Nels Cline & Julian Lage
Nels Cline chronology
| Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2
(2014)  | Room
(2014)  | Macroscope
(2015)

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Julian Lage chronology
| Avalon
(2014)  | Room
(2014)  | World's Fair
(2015)

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Room is an album by guitarists Nels Cline and Julian Lage which was released in November 2014 on the Mack Avenue label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Irish Times| [3]
All About Jazz| [4]
Exclaim!| 3/10[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars out of 5, with reviewer Thom Jurek stating "For all its starkness, on Room these players not only support one another, they create space for reconsideration and expansion. Cline takes Lage further out onto the improvisational ledge than he's ever been before, while Lage draws Cline toward a sense of lyricism and restraint he hasn't employed in many years. Room betrays no hesitation, displays no false moves, offers no space for safety. And that's just how this duo likes it. It is abundant in its offer of pleasure for fans of guitar jazz and it may even hold wider appeal for those who are drawn to in-the-moment musical creation".[2] The Irish Times' Cormac Larkin rated the album 4 stars out of 5, saying, "Room is as fresh and creative a meeting of two musicians as you’ll find".[3] JazzTimes' Mike Shanley said:, "Room is the sound of two clean, crisp guitars (each player alternates electric archtops and flat-top acoustics), one in each channel, and the discovery of a vast tract of common ground".[6] Writing for All About Jazz, Matt Marshall stated "the musicianship of the two guitarists allows them to take every tune to a number of unexpected and exciting places... Each track has its own character, but the entire album is permeated by the two guitarists' inventiveness and sensitive accompanying ability".[4] Exclaim!'s Nilan Perera was less enthusiastic noting the album "ultimately sacrifices fire and emotion to an exchange of notes".[5]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Nels Cline except where noted.

1. "Abstract 12" (Julian Lage) - 1:47
2. "Racy" - 3:42
3. "The Scent of Light" - 9:29
4. "Whispers from Eve" - 7:24
5. "Blues, Too" - 7:02
6. "Odd End" - 2:52
7. "Amenette" - 3:24
8. "Freesia/The Bond" - 10:30
9. "Waxman" (Cline, Lage) - 5:59
10. "Calder" (Lage) - 4:37

## Personnel

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* Nels Cline, Julian Lage – electric and acoustic guitars

## References

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1. ^ Mack Avenue album entry, accessed August 20, 2016
2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "Room \- Nels Cline / Julian Lage". Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
3. ^ a b Larkin, Cormac (November 7, 2014). "Nels Cline & Julian Lage: Room". tirishtimes.com. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
4. ^ a b Naser, Paul (November 30, 2014). "Nels Cline And Julian Lage: Room". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
5. ^ a b Perara, Nilan (July 1, 2014). "Nels Cline and Julian Lage: Room". exclaim.ca. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
6. ^ Shanley, M. JazzTimes Review, December 28, 2014

* v
* t
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Nels Cline

Studio albums|

* Angelica (1988)
* The Inkling (2000)
* Destroy All Nels Cline (2001)
* New Monastery (2006)
* Coward (2009)
* Dirty Baby (2010)
* Lovers (2016)
* Currents, Constellations (2018)
* Consentrik Quartet (2025)

Collaboration albums|

* The Gowanus Session [with William Parker & Thollem McDonas] (2012)
* Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 [with Medeski, Martin & Wood] (2014)
* Room [with Julian Lage] (2014)
* Accidental Sky [with White Out] (2015)

Live albums|

* The Veil (2011)

Nels Cline Trio|

* Silencer (1992)
* Ground (1995)
* Chest (1996)
* Sad (1998)
* Hold It Under a Faucet 7″ (2002)

The Nels Cline Singers|

* Instrumentals (2002)
* The Giant Pin (2004)
* Draw Breath (2007)
* The Celestial Septet (2008) [with Rova Saxophone Quartet]
* Initiate (2010)
* Macroscope (2014)

Floored by Four|

* Floored by Four (2010)

Big Walnuts Yonder|

* Big Walnuts Yonder (2017)

Related articles|

* Discography
* Scott Amendola
* Alex Cline
* Trevor Dunn
* Devra Hoff
* Mike Watt
* Wilco

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* t
* e

Julian Lage

Studio albums|

* Sounding Point (2009)
* Gladwell (2011)
* Avalon (2014)
* Room (2014)
* World's Fair (2015)
* Arclight (2016)
* Mount Royal (2017)
* Modern Lore (2018)
* Love Hurts (2019)
* Squint (2021)
* View with a Room (2022)
* Speak to Me (2024)

Live albums|

* Free Flying (2013)

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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