Shaking Ray Levi Society and Contemporary Performing Arts of Chattanooga are partnering to present Nels Cline, Larry Ochs and Gerald Cleaver in a night of improvisation, jazz and rock at Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave., on Monday night, April 15.
This trio was created by Detroit native and internationally acclaimed percussionist Gerald Cleaver, in collaboration with Larry Ochs, founder of Rova Saxophone Quartet. With the addition of experimental guitar icon Nels Cline in 2015, the trio’s lineup was complete.
If you go
› What: Nels Cline, Larry Ochs and Gerald Cleaver› Where: Barking Legs Theater, 1307 Dodds Ave.› When: 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 15› Admission: $20 in advance, $22 at the door› For more information: 423-910-9729
Their sound might best be described as free jazz, although in their own words they play “the outer limits of free jazz, structured improvisation and bicoastal noise punk.”
» Cline is best-known as lead guitarist in the band Wilco. His recording and performing career – spanning jazz, rock, punk and experimental – is well into its fourth decade, with more than 200 recordings, including at least 30 on which he is leader.