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Charlie Haden

Born: August 6, 1937

“No other instrument in jazz is more essential than the bass, both backbone and heartbeat, and Haden is its master.” (Francis Davis /August, 2000 issue of The Atlantic Monthly)

Time Magazine has hailed jazz legend {{m: Charlie Haden = 7320}} as “one of the most restless, gifted, and intrepid players in all of jazz.” Haden's career which has spanned more than fifty years has encompassed such genres as free jazz, Portuguese fado and vintage country — the last of which is featured on his latest album, Rambling Boy — not to mention a consistently revolving roster of sidemen and bandleaders that reads like a list from some imaginary jazz hall of fame.

Charlie Haden: Anatomy of a Jazz Classic

by John Ephland
August 31, 2026

It was a phoner from the suburban Chicago offices of DownBeat to bassist Charlie Haden in L.A. Our talk, which was held on September 15, 1991, was periodically interrupted by his needing to say, “Hold on one second." The occasion? The 30th anniversary of the release of saxophonist Ornette Coleman's groundbreaking LP Free Jazz: A Collective ...

The Warm Glow of ECM Vinyl: Tomasz Stańko, Bill Connors, and Mick Goodrick

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 20, 2026

In an oft-quoted phrase from a 1971 magazine article, ECM founder and producer Manfred Eicher described the label's ethos as “the most beautiful sound next to silence." From the start, the label's eloquent sound--captured expertly by house engineers Martin Wieland and Jan Erik Kongshaug--transferred beautifully to vinyl, and original pressings remain highly prized among collectors. So ...

Mick Goodrick: In Pas(s)ing

by Frank Housh
July 9, 2026

In Pas(s)ing, originally released in 1979, was Mick Goodrick's first and last ECM Records recording as a leader. Indeed, aside from an appearance on Charlie Haden's recording of ECM's musical manifesto The Battle Of The Fallen (1983) by the Liberation Music Orchestra, Goodrick never again appeared on an ECM recording. In Pas(s)ing will be re-issued July 10, 2026 as part of ECM's ...

John Clayton: The Two-o Duo Project

by Pierre Giroux
July 7, 2026

The album the two-o duo project, a collaboration between bassist John Clayton, vocalist René Marie and pianist Gerald Clayton, quietly draws the listener into their world through intimacy, trust and a shared musical understanding. Rooted in the art of duo playing, the album expands naturally into trio performances, creating a gathering of old friends discovering music ...

Otherlands Trio at BOP STOP

by John Chacona
July 4, 2026

Otherlands Trio BOP STOP at the Music SettlementCleveland, OHJune 18, 2026 Cleveland's New Ghosts presenting organization was named in honor of Albert Ayler, perhaps the city's most notable jazz player. That said, any notion that the astonishing, two-hour concert by Otherlands Trio--bassist Stephan Crump, Darius Jones on alto saxophone, and drummer ...

Mick Goodrick & Fred Hersch: Feebles, Fables And Ferns

by Neil Duggan
June 5, 2026

Feebles, Fables and Ferns captures a rare duo session between guitarist Mick Goodrick and pianist Fred Hersch. Recorded in August 1988 at Hersch's studio in New York, the album provides an intimate display of the superbly matched improvisational skills of two musicians in full flight. During his career, Goodrick perfected the art of avoiding ...

Marilyn Crispell at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem

by Paul Reynolds
April 23, 2026

Marilyn Crispell The National Jazz Museum in Harlem New York, NY April 16, 2026 What a time this is for Marilyn Crispell. Now 79, the stalwart of avant-garde piano was honored as a 2025 National Endowment of Arts Jazz Master and received a Jazz Legacies Fellowship from the Jazz ...

Charlie Ballantine Establishes Himself on the East Coast

by Robert Middleton
April 18, 2026

Jazz guitarist Charlie Ballantine has been on the move for the past decade. In that time, he's released ten albums, with his first official live recording set to arrive later this month--and another new studio album already finished and waiting in the wings. Originally based in Indianapolis, Ballantine moved to Baltimore in 2022 to ...

Peter Ehwald, Stéphane Kerecki & Tribute to Bob Rogers

by Maurice Hogue
April 15, 2026

The 2026 German Jazz Prize nominees have been announced and by chance it happens one of the woodwind nominees is featured in this episode: saxophonist Peter Ehwald, whose music has been played many times on OMJ. In this show, he's featured leading his Tee Trio recorded live at Berlin's B-Flat Club and in duet performance with ...