The Inkling

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = The Inkling | type = Studio | artist = Nels Cline | cover = The Inkling.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2000|05|30}} | recorded = May 25 & 26, 1999 | venue = | studio = | genre = Jazz | length = {{Duration|m=64|s=56}} | label = Cryptogramophone<br><small>CG105</small> | producer = Jeff Gauthier | prev_title = Sad | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = Destroy All Nels Cline | next_year = 2001 }} '''''The Inkling''''' is an album by American guitarist Nels Cline which was released in May 2000 on the Cryptogramophone label.<ref>[http://cryptogramophone.com/catalog/inkling Crypotogramophone album entry], accessed August 19, 2014</ref>

==Reception== {{Music ratings |rev1=Allmusic |rev1Score={{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-inkling-mw0000608015|title=The Inkling - Nels Cline|publisher=Allmusic.com|last=Anderson|first=Rick|accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> |rev2 = ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings'' |rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}} <ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=261}}</ref> }} The Allmusic review by Rick Anderson awarded the album 4 stars out of 5, stating "Melodically, Cline is clearly influenced by Derek Bailey, but his tone and execution are all his, and his compositions reward the effort it sometimes takes to follow them. Recommended".<ref name=Allmusic/> Writing for All About Jazz, Michael Parker stated "this is unique music that might very well slip through the cracks of the improv, jazz, and rock worlds, but such an oversight would be unfair indeed".<ref>Parker, M. A., [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/the-inkling-nels-cline-cryptogramophone-review-by-michael-a-parker.php All About Jazz Review], October 1, 2000</ref> JazzTimes' Bill Milkowski noted "Nels Cline is normally known for his distortion-laced banshee wail on electric guitar, but his ''Inkling'' quartet affords him the opportunity to communicate on a softer dynamic with Mark Dresser's contrabass, Billy Mintz's drumset and Zeena Parkins' harp. The result is at times gentler, though no less creative, than his more electrified endeavors".<ref>Milkowski, B., [http://jazztimes.com/articles/11904-the-inkling-nels-cline JazzTimes review], January/February 2001</ref>

==Track listing== ''All compositions by Nels Cline'' # "New Old Hat" - 7:04 # "Spider Wisdom" - 5:54 # "Circular" - 1:31 # "Sunken Song" - 6:46 # "Shale Bed" - 1:41 # "Alstromeria" - 15:10 # "Moth Song" - 4:49 # "Cork Farm" - 2:56 # "Queen of Angels" - 13:06 # "Lullaby for Ian" - 5:59

==Personnel== * Nels Cline – acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Mark Dresser - contrabass * Billy Mintz - drum set *Zeena Parkins - harp, electric harp (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6 & 8-10)

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