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Jeff Gauthier G.E. Stinson Born From Moisture by Alex Cline

Alex Cline

Biografie van de kunstenaar Alex Cline

Alex Cline Born January 4 1956 In Los Angeles California Is An American Jazz Drummer. Cline Began Playing Drums With His Twin Brother Guitarist Nels Cline At Age 11. Their First Band Was Called Homogenized Goo And Included David Hirschman On Guitar. He Began A Musical Association With Woodwind Artist Jamil Shabaka In 1976 As "Duo Infinity". In 1977 Alex Cline Became A Member Of Vinny Golia's Group As Well As The Julius Hemphill Trio Along With Baikida Carroll Formed The Electric Improvisational Trio Spiral With Brother Nels And Synthesizer Player And Multi-Instrumentalist Brian Horner And Began Performing Solo Percussion Concerts. In 1979 Alex And Nels Cline Along With Bassist Eric Von Essen And Violinist Jeff Gauthier Formed "Quartet Music" A Group That Enjoyed Continued Success In Its Performances And Four Recordings Over An Eleven-Year Period And Was Awarded Grants From The National Endowment For The Arts And The California Arts Council. In 1982 Alex Cline Made His Solo Debut With Not Alone Nine Winds A Double LP Of Percussion Music. In 1987 He Recorded The Lamp And The Star ECM His First Album As A Bandleader-Composer. As The Leader Of His Own Group The Alex Cline Ensemble He Can Be Heard On Sparks Fly Upward And The Constant Flame Two Releases On Cryptogramophone Records An LA-Based Independent Creative-Jazz Label. Cline’s Other Improvisational Collaborations Include Right Of Violet And The Other Shore Both With Jeff Gauthier And Ex-Shadowfax Guitarist G.E. Stinson And Cloud Plate Cryptogramophone With Stinson Vocalist Kaoru And Koto Player Miya Masaoka. Other Groups Cline Has Led Are Alex Cline’s Band Of The Moment And The Rain Trio With Eric Barber And Scott Walton . He Has Also Been Involved In Duo Percussion Collaborations With Ron George Peter Erskine Christopher Garcia Andrea Centazzo Gregg Bendian And Dan Morris As Well As Involved In Performing The Works Of Composers Such As Robert Eriksson Harold Budd And David Means. Cline Has Served As Composer And/or Performer For Numerous Modern Dancers And Dance Companies In Los Angeles Including Margaret Schuette Linda Fowler The Momentum Company’s "Soundspace" Concerts Dance/LA The UCLA Dance Company And Has Enjoyed A Longstanding Involvement With Will Salmon’s Open Gate Theatre Company. He Has Participated In Performance Collaborations With Visual Artists Yoshio Ikezaki Norton Wisdom Kio Griffith And 2-Tu. He Has Worked On Feature And Cable Television Film Soundtracks Done Numerous Sound Workshops And Percussion Clinics Plus Lecture-Demonstrations On Asian Metal Percussion Instruments. Cline Has Also Been The Curator Of The Open Gate Theatre’s Sunday Evening Concerts Series A New Music/creative Jazz Showcase Held Monthly In Eagle Rock California Since 1997 . He Also Works As An Interviewer/interview Series Developer-Coordinator At The UCLA Library Center For Oral History Research. Cline Has Played On Over Eighty Recordings And Has Worked With Gregg Bendian Tim Berne Arthur Blythe Bobby Bradford John Carter Buddy Collette Mark Dresser Marty Ehrlich Vinny Golia Henry Grimes Charlie Haden Joseph Jarman Henry Kaiser Yusef Lateef Charles Lloyd Myra Melford Frank Morgan Don Preston Elliott Sharp Wadada Leo Smith Philip Gelb Richard Grossman And Others.