Jazz Articles about Charlie Haden

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Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra: Not In Our Name

by John Kelman
August 29, 2005

Whether or not music can have a social and/or political conscience in and of itself is often debated, but that it can respond to such conditions is unquestionable. From Dave Douglas' Witness, which stemmed from concerns about unilateral political action, to Pat Metheny Group's The Way Up, a considered response to the “dumbing down of society, music may not be able to effect change, but it can certainly act as a rallying point, a considered expression of intentions that go ...

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Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra: Not in Our Name

by Jim Santella
August 28, 2005

You can feel protest in the alto saxophone wails that Miguel Zenon delivers on “This is Not America." You can feel unity in the traditional melody of “Amazing Grace," as Charlie Haden “spreads the word" as bass soloist with Carla Bley comping on piano. You can feel the anticipation rising as a solitary trumpeter interprets “Goin' Home" in the manner of a bugler comforting an extended family and guiding them through unanticipated funeral ceremonies.

You can feel the ...

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Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra: Not In Our Name

by Mark Corroto
August 23, 2005

They say resistance is futile. But for many Americans, it is also part of being a patriot. Have you noticed, for example, that nearly a year after the election, most people have yet to remove their John Kerry bumper stickers? This homegrown opposition should adopt the title of Charlie Haden's new Liberation Music Orchestra recording, Not In Our Name.

Haden, a consummate timekeeper, formed his LMO with Carla Bley in 1969 to record revolutionary songs from the Spanish ...

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Q&A with Charlie Haden

by AAJ Staff
June 8, 2005

All About Jazz: How did you come to play jazz? Charlie Haden: Well, I was involved with country-western music during the beginning of my life, from the time I was 2 until the time I was 16. My parents were on the Grand Ole Opry before I was born. AAJ: Why the bass? CH: My brother played bass on our radio show and I really loved the bass. I loved the sound ...

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Charlie Haden: Land of the Sun

by Javier AQ Ortiz
June 5, 2005

Land of the Sun could--perhaps even should--be retitled Bolero: Gonzalo Rubalcaba Presents the Music of José Sabre MarroquÃ-n with Charlie Haden. This recording is about prowess of interpretative melodic dynamics; harmonic, rhythmic, and tonal beauty; and rigorous poetic tenderness. Playing jazzed boleros at this level of musicianship isn't an easy matter nonetheless. One must have disciplined chops, intense sensibility, an openness to the compositions' emotive aim, an all-embracing musical lingo, and the intellectual fortitude to avoid the temptation ...

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Charlie Haden & Quartet West at the Portland Jazz Festival

by Jason West
April 15, 2005

Charlie Haden & Quartet West Portland Jazz Festival February 18, 2005

Last February, Wayne Shorter and his quartet played the Portland Marriott ballroom, christening the city's inaugural jazz festival with a performance that over the next 12 months remained a source of inspiration for musical circles on both sides of the Willamette River. This year it was Charlie Haden's turn to make waves.

The venerable Grammy-winning bassist led a parade of big-name jazz artists appearing at ...

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Charlie Haden Quartet West at the 2005 Portland Jazz Festival

by Jason West
February 27, 2005

Last February, Wayne Shorter and his quartet played the Portland Marriott ballroom, christening the city's inaugural jazz festival with a performance that over the next twelve months has remained a source of inspiration for musical circles on both sides of the Willamette River. This year it was Charlie Haden's turn to make waves.

The venerable Grammy-winning bassist led a parade of big-name jazz artists appearing at the 2nd Annual Portland Jazz Festival, a nine-day procession (February 11-20) that featured the ...