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Charlie Haden: Song for Ché (Rating: 98/100) posted in Music May 21, 09

Charlie Haden’s distinction is his unmatched ability to use the precise intonation and note choice to wring human emo...

Charlie Haden: He's Gone Away (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 12, 08

Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny previously recorded this traditional Appalachian song on their 1997 duet CD Beyond the ...

Charlie Haden: American Dreams (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music May 20, 09

After the sturm und drang of 80 chaotic years of Depressions, demonstrations, recessions, riots, wars, and more, it i...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MUSICAL AMERICANA

         Jazz Americana, artwork by Suzanne Cerny Shortly ...

Charlie Haden: Too Late (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 06, 08

This 1983 release is the first reunion of the Liberation Music Orchestra, Haden's influential large ensemble that rel...

Charlie Haden: Ida Lupino (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 06, 08

The 1989 Montreal Jazz Festival honored the career of bassist Charlie Haden by inviting him to lead a different group...

Denny Zeitlin and Charlie Haden: Ellen David (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music June 14, 09

If Denny Zeitlin and Charlie Haden had played at Bradley’s, the well-remembered Greenwich Village haven for piano/bas...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: DENNY ZEITLIN

2009 has been a banner year for pianist-composer Denny Zeitlin (b. 1938). With the release by Mosaic Select ...

Charlie Haden & Paul Motian (featuring Geri Allen): Fiasco (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music August 09, 08

While this late '80s session lists Charlie Haden and Paul Motian as co-leaders, the essential characteristic of all o...

Charlie Haden: War Orphans (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music October 30, 08

In 1969, even though Charlie Haden & Co. were clearly staunch opponents of the Vietnam War, the Liberation Music Orch...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: MODERN BIG BANDS

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Charlie Haden & Hank Jones: Wade in the Water (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music July 30, 08

Hank Jones's father was a minister who was suspicious of jazz as the Devil's music. Clearly his sons Elvin, Thad and...

Charlie Haden: Sunday at the Hillcrest (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music April 22, 09

Haden has used the Quartet West as an outlet to express his fascination with the music, film, and atmosphere of promi...

Charlie Haden's Quartet West: The Long Goodbye (Rating: 97/100) posted in Music May 28, 08

Quartet West was one of the more interesting and significant groups of the '90s because of the material they chose to...

Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny: He's Gone Away (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music September 12, 08

Both Haden and Metheny have mixed it up with Ornette, but don't let that fool you. They both have a traditional side...

Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

This tasteful pairing should have been documented long before these 1996 sessions. Both players have staked out signi...

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones: Steal Away (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 25, 07

As a jazz performance, this cut will have its detractors. These two giants simply play this Negro spiritual straight ...

Hampton Hawes (with Charlie Haden): As Long As There’s Music (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music April 20, 09

This was Hampton Hawes’ last recording as a leader, and perhaps his most beautiful. The master take of the title tun...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: FRANK KIMBROUGH

Not many jazz musicians have had a stronger revitalizing and sustaining impact on the everyday NYC jazz scene over ...

Charlie Haden: Turnaround (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music July 02, 08

This recording was my first exposure to Hampton Hawes, who, in my opinion, was one of the most swinging pianists of a...

This track review is included in: DESERT ISLAND DOZENS: BEN ALLISON

Ben Allison, recently featured in an interview and concert review on jazz.com, now participates in our "Desert Islan...

John Coltrane & Don Cherry: The Blessing (Rating: 93/100) posted in Music November 14, 08

The Avant-Garde is John Coltrane's most literal encounter with the music of Ornette Coleman. It features several of O...

Geri Allen: Law Years (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music August 09, 08

Geri Allen has recorded with a wide array of impressive trios, some of which include Anthony Cox and Andrew Cyrille, ...

Jane Ira Bloom: I Got Rhythm But No Melody (Rating: 92/100) posted in Music May 06, 09

The talented and self-reliant Jane Ira Bloom emerged in the late '70s, producing and releasing albums on her own Ou...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SOPRANO SAX

           Soprano Sax and Piano      Fab...

Ornette Coleman: The Empty Foxhole (Rating: 80/100) posted in Music September 18, 08

If this music had been made by anyone other than Ornette Coleman, it would've been laughed at or dismissed out of han...

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