Charlie Haden

Born: Aug 6, 1937 in Shenandoah, IA
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Hard Bop, Free Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Standards, Modern Creative, Mainstream Jazz
Biography: As a member of saxophonist Ornette Coleman's early bands, bassist Charlie Haden became known as one of free jazz's founding fathers. Haden has never settled into any of jazz's many stylistic niches, however. Certainly he's played his share of dissonant music -- in the '60 and '70s, as a sideman with ...Read full biography
Quartet West
Released: 1986
Label: Verve Records
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Charlie Haden's Quartet West launched the ensemble that would become his most popular grouping throughout the '80s and '90s. Haden, who had made a name for himself as an avant-garde bassist in Ornette ...Read full review
Rejoicing
Released: 1983
Label: ECM
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Pat Metheny takes a vacation from his Group and performs advanced material with bassist Charlie Haden and drummer Billy Higgins. In addition to Horace Silver's "Lonely Woman," Haden's "Blues for Pat," ...Read full review
More Charlie Haden albums: Main Albums (40), Compilations (5), DVD/Video (1)
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