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Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra: Not In Our Name
by John Kelman
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, ...
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra: Not in Our Name
by Jim Santella
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' ...
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra: Not In Our Name
by Mark Corroto
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 ...
Q&A with Charlie Haden
by AAJ Staff
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 ...
Charlie Haden: Land of the Sun
by Javier AQ Ortiz
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 ...
Charlie Haden & Quartet West at the Portland Jazz Festival
by Jason West
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 ...
Charlie Haden Quartet West at the 2005 Portland Jazz Festival
by Jason West
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 ...
Land of the Sun
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2004
Track listing: Fuiste Tu, Sueno Solo Con Tu Amor, Cancion De Cuna, Solomente Una Vez, Nostalgia, De Siepre, Anoranza, Cuando Te Podre Olvidar, Esta Tarde Vi Llover, Paolo's Song
Nightfall
Label: Naim Label
Released: 2004
Track listing: Chairman Mao; Nightfall; My Love and I; Au Contraire; Windfall; Touch Her Soft Lips; Song for the Whales; Bittersweet; Silence.
