Charlie Haden
Charles Edward "Charlie" Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, pianist Keith Jarrett, his Liberation Music Orchestra, with arrangements by pianist Carla Bley, and his band formed in the 1980s, Quartet West.
Biography
Early life
Haden was born in Shenandoah, Iowa. His family was exceptionally musical and performed on the radio as the Haden Family, playing country music and American folk songs. Haden made his professional debut as a singer on the Haden Family's radio show when he was just two years old. He continued singing with his family until he was 15 when he contracted a bulbar form of polio affecting his throat and facial muscles. At age 14, Haden had become interested in jazz after hearing Charlie Parker and Stan Kenton in concert. Once he recovered from his bout with polio, Haden began in earnest to concentrate on playing the bass. Haden's interest in the instrument was not sparked by jazz bass alone, but also by the harmonies and chords he heard in compositions by Bach. Haden soon set his sights on moving to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz musician, and to save money for the trip, took a job as house bassist for ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee in Springfield, Missouri.
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ALBUMS
- Hamburg ’72 released: 2014
- Last Dance released: 2014
- Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) released: 2014
- Live in Germany 2003 released: 2013
- Magico: Carta de Amor released: 2012
- Come Sunday released: 2012
- The Complete Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note released: 2011
- Live at Birdland released: 2011
- Jasmine released: 2010
- The Montreal Tapes released: 2009
- Family & Friends: Rambling Boy released: 2008
- The Private Collection released: 2007
- Heartplay released: 2006
- Not in Our Name released: 2005
- Nightfall released: 2004
- Land of the Sun released: 2004
- North Sea Jazz Festival 2002 released: 2002
- American Dreams released: 2002
- In Montreal released: 2001
- Nocturne released: 2001
- The Montreal Tapes released: 1998
- The Montréal Tapes released: 1998
- Night and the City released: 1998
- None but the Lonely Heart released: 1997
- Alone Together released: 1997
- Falling Off the Roof released: 1996
- Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs released: 1995
- Wanton Spirit released: 1994
- The Montreal Tapes released: 1994
- As Long as There's Music released: 1993
- Memoirs released: 1992
- Dialogues released: 1990
- First Song released: 1990
- In the Year of the Dragon released: 1989
- Silence released: 1989
- Segments released: 1989
- Etudes released: 1988
- Quartet West released: 1987
- Time Remembers One Time Once released: 1983
- The Ballad of the Fallen released: 1983
- Folk Songs released: 1981
- Magico released: 1979
- Closeness Duets released: 1976
- Liberation Music Orchestra released: 1970
- Always Say Goodbye released:
- The Golden Number released:
- Gitane released:
- Dream Keeper released:
Come Sunday
Released 2012- Take My Hand, Precious Lord
- God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
- Down by the Riverside
- Going Home
- Blessed Assurance
- It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
- Bringing in the Sheaves
- Deep River
- Give Me That Old Time Religion
- Sweet Hour of Prayer
- The Old Rugged Cross
- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
- Nearer My God to Thee
- Come Sunday
Family & Friends: Rambling Boy
Released 2008- Single Girl, Married Girl
- Rambling Boy
- 20/20 Vision
- Wildwood Flower
- Spiritual
- Oh Take Me Back
- You Win Again
- The Fields of Atherenry
- Ocean of Diamonds
- He's Gone Away
- A Voice From on High
- Down by the Salley Gardens
- Road of Broken Hearts
- Is This America?
- Tramp on the Street
- Old Joe Clark
- Seven Year Blues
- Old Haden Family Show
- Oh Shenandoah
Land of the Sun
Released 2004- Fuiste tú (It Was You)
- Sueño sólo con tu amor (I Only Dream of Your Love)
- Canción de Cuna a Patricia (Lullaby for Patricia)
- Solamente una vez (You Belong to My Heart)
- Nostalgia
- De siempre (Forever)
- Añoranza (Longing)
- Cuando te podré olvidar (When Will I Forget You)
- Esta tarde vi llover (Yesterday I Heard the Rain)
- Canción a Paola (Paola's Song)
Nocturne
Released 2001- En la orilla del mundo (At the Edge of the World)
- Noche de ronda (Night of Wandering)
- Nocturnal
- Moonlight (Claro de luna)
- Yo sin ti (Me Without You)
- No te empeñes mas (Don't Try Anymore)
- Transparence
- El ciego (The Blind)
- Nightfall
- Tres palabras (Three Words)
- Contigo en la distancia (With You in the Distance) / En nosotros (In Us)
Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs
Released 1995- It's Me, O Lord (Standin' in the Need of Prayer)
- Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
- Spiritual
- Wade in the Water
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
- L'Amour de Moy
- Danny Boy
- I've Got a Robe, You've Got a Robe (Goin' to Shout All Over God's Heav'n)
- Steal Away
- We Shall Overcome
- Go Down, Moses
- My Lord, What a Mornin'
- Hymn Medley: Abide With Me / Just as I Am Without One Plea / What a Friend We Have in Jesus / Amazing Grace
Liberation Music Orchestra
Released 1970- The Introduction
- Song of the United Front
- El Quinto Reqimiento (The Fifth Regiment) / Los Cuatro Generales (The Four Generals) / Viva La Quince Brigada (long live the Fifteenth Brigade)
- The Ending to the First Side
- Song for Ché
- War Orphans
- The Interlude (Drinking Music)
- Circus '68 '69
- We Shall Overcome
Born: 1937-08-06
Died: 2014-07-11
