Silencer (Nels Cline Trio album) explained

Silencer
Type:	studio
Artist:	Nels Cline
Cover:	Silencer (Nels Cline Trio album).jpg
Released:	1992
Recorded:	December 20–21, 1990
Studio:	Sage & Sound, Hollywood, California
Genre:	Free jazz, jazz-rock
Length:	68:43
Label:	Enja
Producer:	Alex Cline, Jeff Gauthier
Prev Title:	Lady Speed Stick
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	Beardism/WDTCHC
Next Year:	1992

Silencer is an album by the American jazz group the Nels Cline Trio, released in 1992.^{[1] [2]}

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote that the "electric forays don't add up to another grab bag of tired fusion formulas... The pieces on the release stress shifting moods and textures more than virtuoso licks."^[3] The Omaha World-Herald concluded that the musicians "often gets into sound for sound's sake as the trio shifts from jazz to fusion to free interplay... The excesses nearly outweigh the good stuff."^[4]

Track listing

1. "Las Vegas Tango" (Gil Evans) 7:25
2. "Mags" 7:34
3. "Rampling by the Sea" 4:57
4. "Sacred Love" 4:64
5. "Lucile's Trip" 6:34
6. "Broasted" 5:03
7. "Angels of the Harbour" 7:52
8. "Silencer" 3:31
9. "Lapsing" 14:24
   • "Part 1"
   • "Part 2"
10. "Exiled" 6:02

All compositions by Nels Cline except as indicated.

Personnel

• Nels Cline – guitar
• Mark London Sims – bass guitar
• Michael Preussner – drums

Notes and References

1. Silencer by Nels Cline Trio . Billboard . Jun 27, 1992 . 104 . 26 . 46.
2. Silencer by the Nels Cline Trio . Guitar Player . Sep 1992 . 26 . 9 . 126.
3. News: Snowden . Don . Nels Cline: Fusing Ravel, Strayhorn-and Grunge . Los Angeles Times . 1 Nov 1992 . Calendar . 54.
4. News: Smith . Will . Three outings by guitarists are among recent releases . Omaha World-Herald . July 5, 1992 . Entertainment . 7.