







Our pal-- currently gearing up for a 20th anniversary tour with newly minted civil rights heroes Wilco -- can now add the title of "movie producer" to his C/V. Cline, along with friend and fellow guitar shredder, is co-producing a new feature-length documentary called, whichaims to "tell the definitive history of the Free Jazz revolution." According to press materials, "reveals the little-known story behind the irrepressible, American-born art form that has inspired generations of fans the world over, and is experiencing a new renaissance today among music lovers." The film will feature interviews with 25 leading practitioners of Free Jazz, includingr,andThe website (where you can view a 4-minute excerpt featuring) and Kickstarter campaign go live next week. Here's a little preview:'s producing/directing team has a good pedigree for this subject. Writer/directora teenage protégé of Brian DePalma, has directed videos for Sonic Youth and Pavement and performs in the New York experimental duoand has curated new music series at's performance space The Stone. (He also claims one the world’s largest collections of Free Jazz recordings.)produced the out-music documentariesandand is also involved inan upcoming project fromdirectorGibney also co-directed a 1980 short documentary called, which profiled L.A. avant-jazz stalwartsand. The guy who did the sound recording for the film was a young kid named...Nels Cline!]So, the pedigree is there, folks. More to come!