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mpvernon on 09/14/2009 at 10:48AM
Quiet Orchestra: Angelic Music from The City of Angels
Quiet Orchestra is a Los Angeles collective of local musicians. The twenty-plus musicians come from all genres of music including rock, jazz and world. The music tends to be improvisational yet strangely cerebral. While the ensemble has some very innovative artists in its ranks, its best known member is guitarist Nels Cline. There is an hour and a half of challenging and beautiful music on this self-titled on-line collection with three of the tracks being over twenty minutes. There are also brief solo excursions by several of the members including Nels Cline, keyboardist Aaron Arntz, bass player Gabe Noel, drummer Barbara Gruska, and tabla player Zach Harmon. Odd but angelic music from The City of Angels.
You can get the album in an album zip from the orchestra's web site or in separate tracks at WFMU's Free Music Archive. As a quick introduction, check out Nels Cline's solo track.
