Born: August 6, 1937 Primary Instrument: Bass, acoustic
“No other instrument in jazz is more essential than the bass, both backbone and heartbeat, and Haden is its master.” (Francis Davis /August, 2000 issue of The Atlantic Monthly)
Time Magazine has hailed jazz legend Charlie Haden as “one of the most restless, gifted, and intrepid players in all of jazz.” Haden's career which has spanned more than fifty years has encompassed such genres as free jazz, Portuguese fado and vintage country — the last of which is featured on his latest album, Rambling Boy — not to mention a consistently revolving roster of sidemen and bandleaders that reads like a list from some imaginary jazz hall of fame.
Born in Shenandoah, Iowa, Charlie Haden began his life in music almost immediately, singing on his parents’ country & western radio show at the tender age of 22 months. He started playing bass in his early teens and in 1956 left America’s heartland for Los Angeles, where he met and played with such legends as Art Pepper, Hampton Hawes, Dexter Gordon and Paul Bley.
In 1957, Haden met Ornette Coleman to form the saxophonist’s pioneering quartet with trumpeter Don Cherry and drummer Billy Higgins. As an original member of this ground-breaking Ornette Coleman Quartet that turned the jazz world on its head , Haden...” revolutionized the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz. His ability to create serendipitous harmonies by improvising melodic responses to Coleman’s fee-form solos (rather than sticking to predetermined harmonies) was both radical and mesmerizing. His virtuosity lies…in an incredible ability to make the double bass ‘sound out’ and Haden cultivates the instrument’s gravity as no one else in jazz. He is a master of simplicity which is one of the most difficult things to achieve.” (Author Joachim Berendt in The Jazz Book)
Haden played a vital role in this revolutionary new approach, evolving a way of playing that sometimes complemented the soloist and sometimes moved independently. In this respect, as did bassists Jimmy Blanton and Charles Mingus, Haden helped liberate the bassist from a strictly accompanying role to becoming a more direct participant in group improvisation.
In addition to his hugely influential work with Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell and Dewey Redman, throughout the ‘60s, and 70’s, Haden subsequently collaborated with a number of adventurous jazz giants, including John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Chet Baker and Joe Henderson.
From 1967-1976, Haden became a member of Keith Jarrett’s stellar trio, quartet and quintet which included drummer Paul Motian, percussionist Guilherme Franco and tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman. In 1976, he formed the band Old and New Dreams with fellow Ornette Coleman alumni Don Cherry, Dewey Redman and Ed Blackwell to perpetuate Coleman’s music as well as their own with musicians who knew and could perform Coleman’s improvisational concept.
In 1969, under the banner of Liberation Music Orchestra (MCA/Impulse), Charlie commissioned Carla Bley to arrange for a large cast of illustrious improvisers including Don Cherry and Gato Barbieri and Roswell Rudd and made a record that has become a milestone in recorded jazz. In 1970, it won among many awards, France's Grand Prix Charles Cros as well as Japan’s Gold Disc Award from Swing Journal. The group’s self-titled debut is a true milestone of modern music, blending experimental big band jazz with the folk songs of the Spanish Civil War to create a powerfully original work of musical/political activism.
A few years later he met Pat Metheny who was to become a life-long friend and collaborator and played alongside Dewey Redman, Michael Brecker and Jack DeJohnette in Pat Metheny’s 80/81 band.
In 1982, Haden established the Jazz Studies Program at California Institute of the Arts The program he developed is unique in that it emphasizes smaller groups and the spiritual connection to the creative process and helps students discover their individual sound, melodies and harmonies. For his educational work he was recently honored by the Los Angeles Jazz Society as “Jazz Educator of the Year”.
In 1986 together with his wife and co-producer, Ruth Cameron, he formed his acclaimed straight ahead band Quartet West with saxophonist Ernie Watts, pianist Alan Broadbent and drummer Larance Marable who because of illness was replaced by Rodney Green. “Haden's vision for Quartet West recognizes the beginning of modernism in jazz. Along with lush forties pop ballads and lilting originals by Haden or Alan Broadbent, the group's pianist, the Quartet’s elegant “noir” infused bop- oriented style and stellar instrumentalists perfectly evoke a sense of place like no other band. Beautiful melodies are given lush, lyrical interpretations that captivate with their sublime beauty and passionate delivery.” (Frances Davis, Atlantic Monthly) The Quartet has celebrated over twenty years together and it is one of the rare groups in jazz that has continued to perform as an ensemble over a long stretch of time.
Through the ‘90s and early 2000’s to the present, Haden continued to explore diverse streams of American popular music with both his acclaimed Quartet West and the Liberation Music Orchestra as well as on his inventive alliance with Michael Brecker, “American Dreams.” He produced recordings and performed with Pat Metheny, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, John Scofield, Tom Harrell, Hank Jones, Kenny Barron, Shirley Horn, Ginger Baker, Bill Frisell, Jack DeJohnette, Joe Lovano, Abbey Lincoln, Stan Getz, Alice Coltrane and his former student Ravi Coltrane among many others.
In 1997, the classical composer Gavyn Bryars wrote an extended adagio for Charlie Haden “By the Vaar” accompanied by strings, bass clarinet and percussion. Recorded with the English Chamber Orchestra on the album “Farewell to Philosophy” (Philips), the piece hauntingly echoes Haden's bass sound with its gut strings and resonant pizzicato notes in a wonderful synthethis of jazz and classical chamber music
Over the years Charlie Haden has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and several NEA grants for composition as well as three Grammy awards and more than fifteen Grammy nominations and countless international awards. In 1997 he was awarded a Grammy for his duet recording with Pat Metheny “Beyond the Missouri Sky” (Verve) which Haden dubbed “contemporary impressionistic Americana”. The chord voicings and harmonic sense the two musicians display is uncanny as they bend and flex the melody and solo lines to create expressive and contemplative musical statements.
in 2001 Haden received the Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz CD “Nocturne” (Verve) featuring luscious boleros from Cuba and Mexico. Following that triumph, he was again awarded a Latin Grammy for his follow- up cd “Land of the Sun” (Verve) which explores the compositions of the great Mexican composer Jose Sabre Marroquin “It’s an homage to Marroquin, to the beauty of Mexican music. It’s the ‘day’ to Nocturne’s ‘night’ ”, says Haden. With arrangements by Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Haden weaves a gorgeous tapestry of sound reflecting the beauty of Mexico.
His love of world music has seen him teaming with a variety of diverse international players for many years, including Brazilian guitarist Egberto Gismonti, Argentinean bandoneon master Dino Saluzzi and Portuguese guitarist Carlos Paredes and even players outside the jazz genre such as Rickie Lee Jones, Beck, the Minute Men, James Cotton and Ringo Starr.
Along with a few rare concert reunions with Ornette Coleman- most recently in the summer of 2009 during the Southbank Festival’s Meltdown in London - Haden has made a specialty of performing and producing intimate duet recordings with such jazz greats as Hank Jones as on his album “Steal Away” (Verve) and with Kenny Barron on “Night and the City” (Verve) which are a perfect showcases for Haden's rich elegant tone.
As he continues to perform with his piers such as Lee Konitz as well as younger musicians such as Brad Mehldau and Ethan Iverson, “There may be no greater ambassador for jazz these days than L.A.'s adopted son Charlie Haden.” Chris Barton AAJ, 2009
In 2008 Haden brought his personal history full circle to record “Rambling Boy” (Decca) connecting the bluegrass music from his earliest childhood beginning at the age of two as a member of the Haden Family, a legendary Midwest music institution in the 1930s and 1940s which toured and sang on the radio, to the new generation of the Haden Family now reborn in the 21st century. Rambling Boy includes songs made famous by the Stanley Brothers, the Carter Family, and Hank Williams alongside fabled traditional tunes and some striking original compositions. The performing cast includes Haden, his wife and co-producer Ruth Cameron, all four of his children (the triplets Petra, Rachel and Tanya Haden, their brother Josh Haden), and his son-in-law Jack Black— each of whom has his or her own career in music. In addition, “Rambling Boy” features guest appearances by some of the most illustrious names in contemporary Americana and popular music: Roseanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Vince Gill, Bruce Hornsby, Pat Metheny, Ricky Skaggs & the Whites, and Dan Tyminski and also includes such illustrious musicians as Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Bryan Sutton and more.
To complement this Grammy nominated recording, Swiss film director Reto Caduff released a documentary film in 2009 about the Haden’s life also named “Rambling Boy”. It’s making the film festival circuit both internationally and in the U.S. and Canada including the 2009 Telluride and Vancouver International Film Festivals.
In October 2009, Haden received Bass Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
In 2010 Charlie recorded several albums which have just been recently released in 2010 & 2011 and are all currently among the top one hundred bestsellers on the jazz chart:
“Jasmine” on ECM Records, a duet album with former long- time collaborator Keith Jarrett. This was the result of a reunion of the two musicians when Keith was interviewed for the Swiss documentary film about Charlie called “Charlie Haden Rambling Boy”.
“Sophisticated Ladies” on Emarcy/Decca Records with Quartet West and strings arranged by Alan Broadbent featuring the vocalists Cassandra Wilson, Diana Krall, Melody Gardot, Norah Jones, Renee Fleming, Ruth Cameron. As a follow-up to “Art of the Song” with Shirley Horne and Bill Henderson and Quartet West, Haden wanted to further explore little known gems of the American Songbook with Quartet West and contemporary vocalists.
“Live at Birdland” on ECM Records with Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau and Paul Motian which is a live recording from a date at Birdland in 2011 with four masters of improvisation.
Haden has been honored with the 2012 NEA JAZZ MASTER AWARD, the nation’s highest honor in jazz which will be given to him and four other honorees at a ceremony in Lincoln Center, NYC. Haden will also be honored in February, 2013 @ the 55th Grammy Awards, The Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Charlie Haden truly is beyond category!
Awards:
2013 55TH GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2012 NEA JAZZ MASTERS AWARD 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award Bassplayer magazine 2008 Grammy nominee “Rambling Boy” 2003 Grammy Winner Best Latin Jazz Performance “Land of the Sun” 2001 Best Local Jazz Artist/ New Times Los Angeles Music Awards 2001 Grammy Winner Best Latin Jazz Performance “Nocturne” 2000 Miles Davis Award Montreal Jazz Festival 1997 Grammy Winner Best Jazz Instrumental Performance “Beyond the Missouri Sky” Los Angeles Jazz Society as “Jazz Educator of the Year” 16 Grammy Nominations #1 Acoustic Jazz Group- DownBeat Readers Poll 1996 & 1997 Quartet West #1 Acoustic Jazz Group- Downbeat Critics Poll 1995 & 1996 Quartet West #1 Acoustic Jazz Group - JazzTimes Critics Poll 1995 Quartet West #1 Acoustic Bass - Down Beat Critics Poll 1987 - 1998 #1 Acoustic Bass - Down Beat Critics Poll 1982 - 1998 1982 Founder of Jazz Studies program, California Institute of the Arts, CA Swing Journal Gold, Silver, Bronze Awards, Japan 1969 & 1983 Grand Prix du Disc (Charles Cros) Award, France Schallplattenpreis, Germany 1970 Guggenheim Fellow multiple NEA grant recipient for (almost) complete discography go to http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~ichihasi/CH/CH_disco.htmCharlie Haden is “one of the most restless, gifted, and intrepid players in all of jazz.” (Jay Cocks, Time Magazine)
Haden...” revolutionized the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz. His ability to create serendipitous harmonies by improvising melodic responses to Coleman’s fee-form solos (rather than sticking to predetermined harmonies) was both radical and mesmerizing. His virtuosity lies…in an incredible ability to make the double bass ‘sound out’ and Haden cultivates the instrument’s gravity as no one else in jazz. He is a master of simplicity which is one of the most difficult things to achieve.” (Author Joachim Berendt in The Jazz Book)
Liberation Music Orchestra
Old And New Dreams
Quartet West
The Montréal Tapes
Duets
Trios
More Quartets
'Latin Group'
'Family and Friends'
As a Side Musician
Frequent Collaborators
Miscellaneous
As a Leader/Co-Leader
Liberation Music Orchestra
Large ensemble led by carla Bley & Charlie Haden, mostly recording anti-war and revolutionary songs (e.g. from the Spanish Civil War, Latin America and South Africa)Charlie Haden: Liberation Music Orchestra
Impulse!
1969
Tracks: The Introduction; Song of the United Front; El Quinto Regimiento / Los Cuatro Generales / Viva La Quince Brigada; The Ending to the First Side; Song for Ché; War Orphans; The Interlude (Drinking Music); Circus '68 '69; We Shall Overcome.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Carla Bley: piano, tambourine; Sam T. Brown: guitar, thumb piano; Gato Barbieri: clarinet, tenor sax; Don Cherry: flute, cornet; Andrew Cyrille: percussion, drums; Howard Johnson: tuba; Michael Mantler: trumpet; Paul Motian: percussion; Bob Northern: percussion, french horn; Dewey Redman: alto sax, tenor sax; Perry Robinson: clarinet; Roswell Rudd: trombone.
Charlie Haden: The Ballad Of The Fallen
ECM
1982
Tracks: Els Segadors (The Reapers); The Ballad of the Fallen; If You Want to Write Me (Si Me Quieres Escribir); Grandola Vila Morena; Introduction to People; The People United Will Never Be Defeated (El Pueble Unido Jamás Será ...); Silence; Too Late; La Pasionaria; La Santa Espina.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Carla Bley: piano, glockenspiel; Don Cherry: pocket trumpet; Sharon Freeman: french horn; Mick Goodrick: guitar; Jack Jeffers: tuba; Michael Mantler: trumpet; Paul Motian: percussion, drums; Jim Pepper: flute, soprano sax, tenor sax; Dewey Redman: tenor sax; Steve Slagle: clarinet, flute, alto sax, soprano sax; Gary Valente: trombone.
Charlie Haden & Liberation Music Orchestra: The Montréal Tapes
Verve
1989
Tracks & Personnel see below
Charlie Haden: Dream Keeper
Blue Note
1990
Tracks: Dream Keeper (Suite); Rabo de Nube; Nkosi Sikelel'i Afrika; Sandino; Spiritual.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Carla Bley: conductor; Earl Gardner: trumpet; Tom Harrell: trumpet, flügelhorn; Ray Anderson:trombone; Joseph Daley: tuba; Sharon Freeman: french horn; Joe Lovano: flute, tenor sax; Dewey Redman: tenor sax; Branford Marsalis: tenor sax; Ken McIntyre: alto sax; Juan Lazaro Mendolas: wood flute, pan flute; Amina Claudine Myers: piano; Mick Goodrick: guitar; Paul Motian: drums; Don Alias: percussion; Oakland Youth Chorus Choir.
Charlie Haden: Not In Our Name
Verve
2005
Tracks: Not in Our Name; This Is Not America; Blue Anthem; America the Beautiful / Lift Every Voice And Sing / Skies Over America / America the Beautiful; Amazing Grace; Goin' Home (From the Largo of the New World Symphony); Throughout; Adagio (From Adagio for Strings)
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Carla Bley: piano, conductor; Seneca Black: trumpet; Michael Rodriguez: trumpet; Curtis Fowlkes: trombone; Joe Daley: tuba; Sharon Freeman: french horn; Miguel Zenón: alto sax; Chris Cheek: tenor sax; Tony Malaby: tenor sax; Steve Cardenas: guitar; Matt Wilson: drums.
Old And New Dreams
A re-gathering of one of Ornette Coleman's first ensembles mostly recording Ornette themesOld And New Dreams
Black Saint
1976
Tracks: Handwoven; Dewey's Tune; Chairman Mao; Next to the Quiet Stream; Augmented; Old and New Dreams.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Dewey Redman: tenor sax; Ed Blackwell: drums, percussion; Don Cherry: piano, trumpet, pocket trumpet.
Old And New Dreams
ECM
1979
Tracks: Lonely Woman; Togo; Guinea; Open or Close; Orbit of La-Ba; Song for the Whales.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Dewey Redman: tenor sax; Ed Blackwell: drums, percussion; Don Cherry: piano, trumpet, pocket trumpet.
Old And New Dreams: Playing
ECM
1980
Tracks: Happy House; Mopti; New Dream; Rushour; Broken Shadows; Playing.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Dewey Redman: tenor sax; Ed Blackwell: drums, percussion; Don Cherry: piano, trumpet, pocket trumpet.
Old And New Dreams: A Tribute To Blackwell
Black Saint
1987
Tracks: Happy House; Law Years; Togo; Dewey's Tune; Street Woman.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Dewey Redman: tenor sax; Ed Blackwell: drums, percussion; Don Cherry: piano, trumpet, pocket trumpet.
Quartet West
A bop-influenced group that often featured lush, romantic arrangements with strings and cineastic allusions to the Hollywood of yesteryearCharlie Haden: Quartet West
Verve
1986
Tracks: Hermitage; Body and Soul; The Good Life; In the Moment; Bay City; My Foolish Heart; Passport; Taney County; The Blessing; Passion Flower.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Ernie Watts: tenor sax; Alan Broadbent: piano; Billy Higgins: drums.
Charlie Haden Quartet West: In Angel City
Verve
1988
Tracks: Sunday At The Hillcrest; First Song (For Ruth;The Red Wind;Blue In Green; Alpha; Live Your Dreams; Child's Play; Fortune's Fame; Tarantella; Lonely Woman.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Ernie Watts: tenor sax; Alan Broadbent: piano; Lawrence Marable: drums; Alex Cline: drums, percussion.
Charlie Haden Quartet West: Haunted Heart
Verve Gitanes
1991
Tracks: Hello My Lovely; Haunted Heart; Dance Of The Infidels; The Long Goodbye; Moonlight Serenade; Lennie's Pennies; Every Time We Say Goodbye; Lady In The Lake; Segment; The Bad And The Beautiful; Deep Song.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Ernie Watts: tenor sax; Alan Broadbent: piano; Lawrence Marable: drums.
Charlie Haden Quartet West: Always Say Goodbye
Verve Gitanes
1993
Tracks: Always Say Goodbye; Nice Eyes; Relaxin' At Camarillo; Sunset Afternoon; My Love And I; Alone Together; Our Spanish Love Song; Background Music; Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour?; Avenue Of Stars; Low Key Lightly; Celia; Everything Happens To Me.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Ernie Watts: tenor sax; Alan Broadbent: piano; Lawrence Marable: drums; Stéphane Grappelli: violin.
Charlie Haden Quartet West: Now Is The Hour
Verve Gitanes
1995
Tracks: Here's Looking At You; The Left Hand Of God; Requiem; Back Home Blues; There In A Dream; All Through The Night; Detour Ahead; Blue Pearl; When Tomorrow Comes; Palo Alto; Marable's Parable; Now Is The Hour.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Ernie Watts: tenor sax; Alan Broadbent: piano; Lawrence Marable: drums.
Charlie Haden Quartet West: The Art Of The Song
Verve Gitanes
1999
Tracks: Why Did I Choose You?; Moment Musical Opus 16 No 3 In B Minor; In Love In Vain; Ruth's Waltz; Scenes From A Silver Screen; I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life; You My Love; Prélude En La Mineur; The Folks Who Live On The Hill; Easy On The Heart; Theme For Charlie; Wayfaring Stranger.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass, vocals; Ernie Watts: tenor sax; Alan Broadbent: piano; Lawrence Marable: drums; Shirley Horn: vocals; Henderson, Bill: vocals.
The Montréal Tapes
At the 1989 Montreal Jazz Festival eight concerts through the festival week honored the music of Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden/ Don Cherry / Ed Blackwell: The Montréal Tapes
Verve
1989
Tracks: The Sphinx; Art Deco; Happy House; Lonely Woman; Mopti; The Blessing; When Will The Blues Leave?; Law Years.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Don Cherry: trumpet; Ed Blackwell: drums.
Charlie Haden / Paul Bley / Paul Motian: The Montréal Tapes
Verve
1989
Tracks: When Will The Blues Leave?; New Beginning; Crossroads; So Far, So Good; Ida Lupino; Latin Genetics; Body Beautiful; Turnaround.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Paul Bley: piano; Paul Motian: drums.
Charlie Haden / Paul Motian / Gonzalo Rubalcaba: The Montréal Tapes
Verve
1989
Tracks: Vignette; Bay City; La Pasionaria; Silence; The Blessing; Solar.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Gonzalo Rubalcaba: piano; Paul Motian: drums.
Charlie Haden / Geri Allen /Paul Motian: The Montréal Tapes
Verve
1989
Tracks: Blues in Motian; Fiasco; First Song; Dolphy's Dance; For John Malachi; In the Year of the Dragon.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Geri Allen: piano; Paul Motian: drums.
Charlie Haden / Joe Henderson / Al Foster: The Montréal Tapes
Verve
1989
Tracks: 'Round Midnight; All The Things You Are; In The Moment; Passport.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Joe Henderson: tenor sax; Al Foster: drums.
Charlie Haden / Egberto Gismonti: In Montréal
ECM
1989
Tracks: Salvador; Maracatú; First Song; Palhaco; Silence; Em Família; Loro; Frevo; Don Quixote.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Egberto Gismonti: piano, guitar.
Charlie Haden & Liberation Music Orchestra: The Montréal Tapes
Verve
1989
Tracks: La Pasionara; Silence; Sandino; We Shall Overcome.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Tom Harrell: trumpet; Stanton Davis: trumpet; Ken McIntyre: alto sax; Ernie Watts: tenor sax; Joe Lovano: tenor sax; Ray Anderson: trombone; Sharon Freeman: french horn; Joe Daley: tuba; Mick Goodrick: guitar; Geri Allen: piano; Paul Motian: drums.
Duets
Charlie Haden / Hampton Hawes: As Long as There's Music
Verve
1976
Tracks: Irene; Rain Forest; Turnaround; As Long as There's Music; This Is Called Love; Hello, Goodbye.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Hampton Hawes: piano.
Charlie Haden: Closeness (Duets)
A&M
1976
Tracks: Ellen David; O.C.; For Turiya; For a Free Portugal.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Keith Jarrett: piano (Ellen David); Ornette Coleman: alto sax (O.C.); Alice Coltrane: harp (For Turiya); Paul Motian: drums (For A Free Portugal).
Charlie Haden: Golden Number (Duets)
A&M
1976
Tracks: Out of Focus; Shepp's Way; Turnaround; Golden Number
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Hampton Hawes: piano (Turnaround); Archie Shepp: tenor sax (Shepp's Way); Don Cherry: trumpet, flute (Out of Focus); Ornette Coleman: trumpet(Golden Number).
Ornette Coleman / Charlie Haden: Soapsuds, Soapsuds
Artists House / Verve
1977
Tracks: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; Human Being; Soap Suds; Sex Spy; Some Day.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Ornette Coleman: alto sax, tenor sax, trumpet.
Charlie Haden / Christian Escoude: Gitane
Verve
1978
Tracks: Django; Bolero; Manoir de Mes Rêves; Gitane; Nuages; Dinette; Improvisation.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Chritian Escoude: guitar.
Denny Zeitlin / Charlie Haden: Time Remembers One Time Once
ECM
1981
Tracks: Chairman Mao; Bird Food; As Long as There's Music; Time Remembers One Time Once; Love for Sale; Ellen David; Satellite/How High the Moon; The Dolphin.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Denny Zeilin: piano.
Charlie Haden / Carlos Paredes: Dialogues
Verve
1990
Tracks: Asas Sobre O Mundo / Nas Asas da Saudade; Dança Dos Camponeses; Canto de Trabalho; Marionetas; Song for Ché; Balada de Coimbra; Divertimento; Variações Sobre O Fado de Artur Paredes I de Conçalo Paredes; Verdes Anos.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Carlos Paredes: guitar.
Charlie Haden / Hank Jones: Steal Away
Verve
1994
Tracks: 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; Someimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; L' Amour de Moy; Danny Boy; I've Got a Robe, You 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.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Hank Jones: piano.
Charlie Haden / Kenny Barron: Night and The City
Verve
1996
Tracks: Twilight Song; For Heaven's Sake; Spring Is Here; Body and Soul; You Don't Know What Love Is; Waltz for Ruth; The Very Thought of You.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Kenny Barron: piano.
Charlie Haden / Pat Metheny: Beyond The Missouri Sky
Verve
1996
Tracks: Waltz for Ruth; Our Spanish Love Song; Message to a Friend; Two for the Road; First Song; The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress; The Precious Jewel; He's Gone Away; The Moon Song; Tears of Rain; Cinema Paradiso (Love Theme); Cinema Paradiso (Main Theme); Spiritual.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Pat Metheny: guitar.
Charlie Haden / Chris Anderson: None But The Lonely Heart
Naim
1997
Tracks: The Night We Called It a Day; I Hear a Rhapsody; Alone Together; Nobody's Heart; Body and Soul; The Things We Did Last Summer; It Never Entered My Mind; CC Blues; Good Morning Heartache.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Chris Anderson: piano.
Charlie Haden / John Taylor: Nightfall
Naim
2004
Tracks: Chairman Mao; Nightfall; My Love and I; Au Contraire; Windfall; Touch Her Soft Lips; Song for the Whales; Bittersweet; Silence.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; John Taylor: piano.
Charlie Haden / Antonio Forcione: If
Naim
2006
Tracks: Anna; If...; La Pasionaria; Snow; Silence; Child's Song; Nocturne; For Turiya.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Antonio Forcione: guitar.
Trios
Charlie Haden: Magico
ECM
1979
Tracks: Bailarina; Magico; Silence; Spor; Palhaco.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Jan Garbarek: tenor sax, soprano sax; Egberto Gismonti: guitar, piano.
Charlie Haden: Folk Songs
ECM
1979
Tracks: Folk Song; Dodas de Prata; Cego Aderaldo; Veien; Equilibrista; For Turiya.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Jan Garbarek: tenor sax, soprano sax; Egberto Gismonti: guitar, piano.
Charlie Haden: Etudes
Soul Note
1987
Tracks: Lonely Woman, Dolphy's Dance, Sandino, Fiasco, Etude II; Blues in Motian; Silence; Shuffle Montgomery; Etude I.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Geri Allen: piano; Paul Motian: drums.
Charlie Haden: First Song
Soul Note
1990
Tracks: First Song; Je Ne Sais Quoi; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Lennie's Pennies; News Break; All the Way; Si Si; For Turiya; In the Moment.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Enrico Pieranunzi: piano; Billy Higgins: drums.
More Quartets
Charlie Haden: Silence
Soul Note
1987
Tracks: Visa; Silence; Echi; My Funny Valentine; 'Round Midnight; Conception.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Chet Baker: Trumpet, Vocals; Enrico Pieranunzi: piano; Billy Higgins: drums.
Charlie Haden: American Dreams
Verve
2002
Tracks: American Dreams; Travels; No Lonely Nights; It Might Be You; Prism; America The Beautiful; Nightfall; Ron's Place; Bittersweet; Young And Foolish; Bird Food; Sotto Voce; Love Like Ours.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Michael Brecker: tenor sax; Brad Mehldau: piano; Brian Blade, drums.
'Latin Group'
Charlie Haden: Nocturne
Verve
2000
Tracks: En La Orilla Del Mundo; Noche De Ronda; Nocturnal; Moonlight; Yo Sin Ti; No Te Empeñes Mas; Transparence; El Ciego; Nightfall; Tres Palabras; Contigo En La Distancia; En Nosotros.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Gonzalo Rubalcaba: piano; Joe Lovano: tenor sax; Federico Britos Ruiz: violin; Igancio Berroa: drums, percussion; Pat Metheny guitar; David Sanchez, tenor sax.
Charlie Haden: Land Of The Sun
Verve
2003
Tracks: 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).
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass; Gonzalo Rubalcaba: piano; Joe Lovano: tenor sax; Igancio Berroa: drums, percussion; Miguel Zenon: alto sax; Michael Rodriguez: trumpet, flügelhorn; Oriente Lopez: flute; Larry Koonse guitar; Lionel Loueke: guitar; Juan De La Cruz: percussion.
'Family & Friends'
Charlie Haden: Ramblin' Boy
Decca
2008
Tracks: Single Girl Married Girl; Ramblin' Boy; 20/20 Vision; Wildwood Flower; Spiritual; Oh, Take Me Back; You Win Again; Fields of Athenry; 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.
Personnel: Charlie Haden: bass, vocals; Bruce Hornsby: piano, vocals; Jerry Douglas: dobro; Sam Bush: mandolin; Dan Tyminski: mandolin, vocals; Ricky Skaggs: banjo, mandolin, vocals; Bela Fleck: banjo; Stuart Duncan: fiddle; Bryan Sutton, Russ Barenberg, John Leventhal, Pat Metheny, Bryan Stuart: guitar; Buddy Green: harmonica; Petra Haden, Rachel Haden, Tanya Haden, Vince Gill, Rosanne Cash, Josh Haden, Elvis Costello, Ruth Cameron, Jack Black: vocals.
As a Side Musician
Frequent Collaborators
Denny Zeitlin: Carnival;Columbia;1964
Denny Zeitlin: Live At The Trident;Columbia;1965
Denny Zeitlin: Zeitgeist;Columbia;1967
Denny Zeitlin: Tidal Wave;Quicksilver;1983
Ornette Coleman: The Art of the Improvisers;Atlantic;1959-61
Ornette Coleman: The Shape Of Jazz To Come;Atlantic;1959
Ornette Coleman: Change Of The Century;Atlantic;1959
Ornette Coleman: This Is Our Music;Atlantic;1960
Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz;Atlantic;1960
Ornette Coleman: The Empty Foxhole;Blue Note;1966
Ornette Coleman: Crisis;Impulse;1969
Ornette Coleman: Ornette At 12;Impulse;1969
Ornette Coleman: Broken Shadows;Columbia;1971
Ornette Coleman: Science Fiction;Columbia;1971
Ornette Coleman: To Whom Who Keeps A Record;Columbia;1975
Ornette Coleman: In All Languages;Polygram;1987
The Jazz Composers Orchestra: Communications;ECM;1968
Carla Bley: Escalator Over the Hill;ECM;1971
Carla Bley: Musique Mecanique;Watt;1978
Alice Coltrane: Journey In Satchidananda;Impulse;1970
Alice Coltrane: Eternity;Warner;1975
Alice Coltrane: Translinear Light;Impulse;2004
Keith Jarrett: Life Between The Exit Signs;Rhino;1967
Keith Jarrett: Somewhere Before;Atlantic;1968
Keith Jarrett: Birth;Atlantic;1971
Keith Jarrett: Mourning Of A Star;Atlantic;1971
Keith Jarrett: Expectations;Columbia;1972
Keith Jarrett: Fort Yawuh;Impulse;1973
Keith Jarrett: Backhand;Impulse;1974
Keith Jarrett: Death And The Flower;Impulse;1974
Keith Jarrett: Treasure Island;Impulse;1974
Keith Jarrett: Arbour Zena;ECM;1975
Keith Jarrett: Mysteries;Impulse;1975
Keith Jarrett: Shades;Impulse;1975
Keith Jarrett: Eyes Of The Heart;ECM;1976
Keith Jarrett: Survivor's Suite;ECM;1976
Keith Jarrett: Bob-Be;Impulse;1976
Keith Jarrett: Byablue;Impulse;1977
Art Pepper: Living Legend;OJC;1975
Art Pepper: So In Love;Artists House;1979
Art Pepper / Zoot Sims: Art 'N' Zoot;Pablo;1981
Joe Henderson: The Elements;Milestone;1973
Joe Henderson: An Evening with Joe Henderson;Red;1987
Joe Henderson: The Standard Joe;Red;1991
Pat Metheny: 80/81;ECM;1980
Pat Metheny: Rejoicing;ECM;1983
Pat Metheny: Song X;Geffen;1985
Pat Metheny: Secret Story;Geffen;1992
Geri Allen/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Etudes;Soul Note;1987
Geri Allen/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: In the Year of the Dragon;JMT;1989
Geri Allen/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Segments;DIW;1989
Geri Allen/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian: Live at the Village Vanguard;DIW;1990
Paul Motian: Conception Vessel;ECM;1972
Paul Motian: On Broadway, Vol. 1;JMT;1988
Paul Motian: On Broadway, Vol. 2;JMT;1989
Paul Motian: On Broadway, Vol. 3;JMT;1991
Michael Brecker: Michael Brecker;Impulse;1987
Michael Brecker: Don't Try This at Home;Impulse;1988
Michael Brecker: Nearness of You: The Ballad Book;Verve;2000
Abbey Lincoln: The World Is Falling Down;Verve;1990
Abbey Lincoln: You Gotta Pay the Band;Verve;1991
Abbey Lincoln: A Turtle's Dream;Verve;1994
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Discovery - Live at Montreux;Blue Note;1990
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: The Blessing;Blue Note;1991
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Suite 4 Y 20;Blue Note;1992
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Imagine;Blue Note;1994
Miscellaneous
Paul Bley: Live At The Hillcrest Club;Inner City;1958
John Coltrane & Don Cherry: The Avant- Garde;Atlantic;1960
Joe Pass: 12-string Guitar Movie Themes;World Pacific;1964
John Coltrane: Infinity;Impulse;1966
Roswell Rudd: Everywhere;Impulse;1966
Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight;Impulse;1966
Alan Shorter: Orgasm;Verve;1968
Charles Brackeen: Rhythm X;Strata East;1968
Gato Barbieri: The Third World;Flying Dutchman;1969
Don Cherry: Brown Rice;A&M;1975
David Liebman: Sweet Hands;Horizon;1975
Wadada Leo Smith: Divine Love;ECM;1977
Dewey Redman: Soundsigns;Galaxy;1978
Masahiko Togashi: Session In Paris;Take One;1979
Mingus Dynasty: At the Bottom Line;Westwind;1979
Mingus Dynasty: Chair In The Sky;Elektra;1980
Jane Ira Bloom: Mighty Lights;Enja;1982
Chet Baker: But Not for Me - A Studio Discovery;Stash;1982
Nana Simopoulos: Pandora's Blues;Bananas;1983
Dusan Bogdanovich: Early To Rise;Palo Alto;1983
Indra Lesmana: For Earth and Heaven;Zebra;1984
Henry Butler: Fivin' Around;MCA/Impulse;1985
Various Artists: Lost in the Stars - The Music of Kurt Weill;A&M;1985
Track: Speak Low
Dino Saluzzi: Once upon a Time - Far Away in the South;ECM;1985
Fred Hersch: Sarabande;Sunnyside;1986
Nana Simopoulos: Wings & Air;Enja;1986
Adam Macowicz: Naughty Baby;Novus;1987
Eduardo Del Barrio: Free PLay;A&M;1987
Tom Harrell: Visions;Contemporary;1987-1990
Jerry Granelli: Koputai;ITM;1988
Jerry Granelli: One Day at a Time;Koch;1988
Randy Bernsen: Paradise Citizens;Zebra;1988
John Scofield: Time on My Hands;Blue Note;1989
Akiko Yano: Welcome Back Akiko Yano;Midi;1989
Dizzy Gillespie: Rhythmstick;CTI;1989
Tom Harrell: Form;Contemporary;1990
Paul Bley: Memoirs;Soul Note;1990
David Sanborn: Another Hand;Elektra;1991
John Scofield: Grace Under Pressure;Blue Note;1991
André Jaume: Peace/Pace/Paix;CELP;1991
Rickie Lee Jones: Pop Pop;Geffen;1991
Mark Isham: Songs My Children Taught Me;Windham Hill;1991
Robben Ford: Blues Connotation;ITM;1988-1992
Ray Anderson: Every One of Us;Gramavision/Rhino;1992
Joe Lovano: Universal Language;Blue Note;1992
Joshua Redman: Wish;Warner Brothers;1993
Various Artists: Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters - Verve at 50;Verve;1994
Toots Thielemans: East Coast West Coast;Private Music;1994
Ginger Baker: Going Back Home;Atlantic;1994
Mark Isham: Thumbelina Suite;Windham Hill;1994
Kenny Barron: Wanton Spirit;Verve;1994
Beck: Odelay;DGC;1995
Bheki Mseleku: Star Seeding;Polygram;1995
James Cotton: Deep in the Blues;Verve;1995
Gavin Bryars: Farewell to Philosophy;Point;1995
Ginger Baker: Falling off the Roof;Atlantic;1996
Halen Merrill: You and the Night and the Music;Verve;1996
Lee Konitz/Brad Mehldau/Charlie Haden: Alone Together;Blue Note;1996
Lee Konitz/Brad Mehldau/Charlie Haden: Another Shade of Blue;Blue Note;1997
Ruth Cameron: First Songs;Polygram;1997
Ruth Cameron: Road House;Verve;1999
Mike Melvoin: The Capitol Sessions;Naim;1999
Jim Hall & Basses;Telarc;2001
Enrico Pieranunzi: Fellini Jazz;CamJazz;2003
Robert Downey Jr.: The Futurist;Sony;2004
Harvey Mason: With All My Heart;RCA;2004
Enrico Pieranunzi: Special Encounter;CamJazz;2005
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Primary Instrument:
Bass, acoustic
Willing to teach:
Advanced students only.
Credentials/Background:
Founder Jazz Studies Dept @ California Institute of the Arts
www.calarts.edu
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