Room

Personnel: Julian Lage (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Nels Cline (acoustic guitar, electric guitar).Audio Mixer: Christopher Allen .Recording information: Sear Sound, NYC (12/01/2013-12/03/2013).Photographers: Justin Camerer; Sean Lennon.Arrangers: Julian Lage; Nels Cline.As tempting as it may be to imagine two stellar guitarists meeting for the first time in a recording studio and just going for it, that isn't quite what happens here -- even though the sense of spontaneity and energy at work on Room would suggest just that. Nels Cline and Julian Lage, guitarists from two very different backgrounds (and generations) had played together live before this date. The former has been making music since the 1970s in settings ranging from fiery vanguard jazz to punk to roots rock and more. Lage is a prodigy coming into his own. He has worked in jazz and classical music and has been celebrated largely as a traditionalist. On Room, each player brought only an acoustic and electric guitar; t