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Nels Cline was born in Los Angeles, California, United States on January 4, 1956. Nels Cline is listed as a composer, jazz musician and jazz guitarist. The age as of 2026 is 70. Education on record includes University High School.
My Take
Nels Cline is one of those guitarists I keep circling back to. He came up in the Los Angeles jazz scene of the 1980s, often alongside his twin brother, then refused to stay in any single lane, crossing into punk and alternative rock before joining Wilco in 2004. That fearless disregard for genre boundaries is what makes him so compelling to me. He can summon walls of noise or whisper the most delicate phrase, and his curiosity has never dimmed with age. I admire artists who treat a single instrument as an endless frontier, and Cline plays like there is always more terrain to explore.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nels Cline
- Name (Japanese)
- ネルス・クライン
- Reading
- ねるす・くらいん
- Born
- January 4, 1956 (age 70)
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Occupation
- composer / guitarist / jazz musician / jazz guitarist / musician
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Monkey
2. Background
- High school
- University High School
- University
- University High School
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.nelscline.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/nelscline/
- Xhttps://x.com/nelscline
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nels%20Cline
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q617368
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Nels Cline born?
Nels Cline was born on January 4, 1956 and is 70 years old.
Where is Nels Cline from?
Nels Cline is from Los Angeles, California, United States.
What does Nels Cline do?
Nels Cline works as composer, guitarist, jazz musician, jazz guitarist, musician.
Where did Nels Cline study?
Nels Cline attended University High School.
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