Quartet West

Charlie Haden's Quartet West Turns 25

Source: Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
April 28, 2011

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Charlie Haden's band Quartet West. What started out as a simple gig in Santa Monica has developed into one of the greatest jazz groups in the past quarter century. In marking this milestone, the band has just released their seventh recording Sophisticated Ladies which includes half instrumentals from the quartet and half vocal pieces featuring some of the greatest female singers of today including Diana Krall, Cassandra Wilson and Norah Jones. But before ...
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Charlie Haden Quartet West August 15-20 The BLUE NOTE--20th Anniversary

Source: All About Jazz
August 14, 2006

BLUE NOTE

World's Finest Jazz Club & Restaurant, 131 West 3rd Street, NYC 10012 www.bluenotejazz.com ~ (212) 475-8592

Jonathan Kantor (212) 475-0049 [email protected]

BLUE NOTE PRESENTS

CHARLIE HADEN QUARTET WEST 20th ANNIVERSARY

featuring

Charlie Haden (bass), Alan Broadbent (piano), Ernie Watts (tenor saxophone), Rodney Green (drums)

August 15-20 ~ 8:00pm & 10:30pm

NEW YORK, NY, August 12- Charlie Haden returns to the Blue Note to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Quartet West at the Blue Note Jazz Club, 131 West ...
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