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Charlie Haden: Land of the Sun
by Joshua Weiner
Charlie Haden's latest release explores the ballads of Mexican popular songwriter Jose Sabre Marroquin, again pairing the bassist with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, his compatriot on 2001's Grammy-winning Nocturne. Smoothly flowing, wistful melodies predominate, caressed by gently inventive arrangements by the Cuban pianist that feature an excellent group of musicians highlighted by Michael Rodriguez on trumpet and the ...
Charlie Haden: Land of the Sun
by Dan McClenaghan
Most of the Latin jazz offerings out there seem to be focused on the sounds of Cuba and Brazil. Charlie Haden's Land of the Sun pulls us into a musical trip to Mexico with his takes on a set of eight songs from the pen of Mexican composer Jose Sabre Marroquin and one each from Augustine ...
Charlie Haden/John Taylor: Nightfall
by John Kelman
Bassist Charlie Haden is in the enviable position of being able to play with pretty much anyone he wants. From his own Quartet West to duet recordings with Kenny Barron, Egberto Gismonti, and Pat Metheny to collaborations with Paul Bley, Joe Henderson, and Paul Motian, his spare yet deeply emotional approach has also made him a ...
Charlie Haden: An Analog Guy in a Digital World
by Clifford Allen
Born August 6, 1937 in Shenandoah, Iowa, Charlie Haden came up in a musical family. After moving around the Midwest, he eventually settled in Los Angeles playing bass with Hampton Hawes, Elmo Hope, and Paul Bley. A fateful meeting in 1958 with Ornette Coleman netted Haden one of his most infamous gigs, which continued with brief ...
The Montreal Tapes (Tribute To Joe Henderson)
Label: Verve Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Round Midnight; All The Things You Are; In The Moment; Passport;
Charlie Haden Remembers Tomorrow
by Mike Brannon
"As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish." --Charlie Haden “The whole underlying theme for the new music...is to communicate honest, human values, and in doing that to try to improve the quality of life."--Charlie ...
American Dreams
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2002
Track listing: American Dreams, Travels, No Lonely Nights, It Might be You, Prism, American the Beautiful, Nightfall, Ron's Place, bittersweet, Young and Foolish, Bird Food, Sotto Voce, Love Like Ours
Charlie Haden with Michael Brecker: American Dreams
by Dan McClenaghan
American Dreams is an addition to Verve Records' collection of ..."with Strings" sessions pioneered by legedary producer Norman Granz. Charlie Parker, Ben Webster, Harry Carney and others gave this genre a shot for Verve. Something about the grit of the sax sound in front of the orchestral string washes that jazz fans seem to either love ...
Branford & Ellis Marsalis: The Dawn of Marsalis Music
by Mark Corroto
The first family of jazz, the Marsalis of New Orleans, have seemingly been in the eye of a musical hurricane for the past twenty years. With the news that Saxophonist Branford Marsalis and his father Ellis Marsalis had severed their ties with Sony music, comes the announcement that they have formed the independent label Marsalis Music. ...
Charlie Haden: Nocturne
by Jim Santella
What do you hear in darkness? The little things? Sounds that go unnoticed during the day. Crickets, creaking hinges, softly purring machinery, the hum of automobile traffic, and perhaps a distant television or radio. Night creatures are everywhere; but you don't see them. You hear the same things they hear, though; and it helps you to ...
