mikeweil Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Title says it all.........very sad, RIP That's a very special album .. will have to pull this out and spin it later today. Same goes for the other duets on Closeness. I think everybody here on the forum has some music with Charlie Haden playing in his collection that he really loves, and that is quite an achievement. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 I didn't know he was sick but it sounds like his suffering is over. The few times I saw him, he put on a great show. He's my mother's age... for some reason, I thought he was a lot younger than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 One of the best. RIP. Sam Rivers – Reunion: Live in New York - CD 1 (Pi Recordings) — With Dave Holland, Barry Altschul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Charlie Haden – First Song [BS Box] (Black Saint—CAM Jazz) — With Billy Higgins, Enrico Pieranunzi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Very sad to hear of Haden's passing! Great musician. I had the pleasure of having him at my place back in the early 70s after he saw the impressive film documentary 'Mourir a Madrid' which had some of the music that inspired him for his first Liberation Music album. Haden met the film director Frédéric Rossif while in Paris and wanted to have Rossif listen to the Impulse album which had recently been released. Haden was told I had the LP and had Rossif come to my aparment for a listening session. A very interesting afternoon. Haden was very nice and and very firm on his leftist convictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Very sad to hear of Haden's passing! Great musician. I had the pleasure of having him at my place back in the early 70s after he saw the impressive film documentary 'Mourir a Madrid' which had some of the music that inspired him for his first Liberation Music album. Haden met the film director Frédéric Rossif while in Paris and wanted to have Rossif listen to the Impulse album which had recently been released. Haden was told I had the LP and had Rossif come to my aparment for a listening session. A very interesting afternoon. Haden was very nice and and very firm on his leftist convictions. thnx for sharing...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Very sad to hear of Haden's passing! Great musician. I had the pleasure of having him at my place back in the early 70s after he saw the impressive film documentary 'Mourir a Madrid' which had some of the music that inspired him for his first Liberation Music album. Haden met the film director Frédéric Rossif while in Paris and wanted to have Rossif listen to the Impulse album which had recently been released. Haden was told I had the LP and had Rossif come to my aparment for a listening session. A very interesting afternoon.Haden was very nice and and very firm on his leftist convictions.It's good to hear these personal tributes, from those that met him, today. They reinforce what I'd hoped was the case from the distance of a fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 One of the best. RIP. Sam Rivers – Reunion: Live in New York - CD 1 (Pi Recordings) — With Dave Holland, Barry Altschul I miss Sam Rivers too. Charlie isn't on this album, but it's a great album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyhersom Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Charlie was very key in my initial appreciation of jazz, and Prayer from Keith Jarrett's Death and the Flower will always be the first thing I think of when I think of Charlie. Deep and soulful, and then the hint of Spanish guitar strumming here and there. Personally only Max Roach and Walt Dickerson have been losses I have felt as deeply as this one. JSngry has the right viewpoint here, celebration of a life well sung. Re Chuck's comments I wonder how much of the negativity he experienced personally was directly related to addiction. Other highlights for me are Paul Motian's Tribute, Law Years and much of the work of the Keith Jarrett American quartet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Like everyone else, I'm deeply saddened by the passing of Haden's passing. There's still the music, but it seems with each passing of a musician that I've followed over the years, it gets tougher to take and not easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 I first became aware of him when Robert Wyatt recorded a version of 'Song for Che'. Then his beautiful playing on parts of 'Escalator Over the Hill' followed by the Jarrett American band. It was Haden's presence that made me take the chance on 'The State of Jazz to Come' which I was a bit scared of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 I just realized that the last music I bought was the recently released Jarrett/Haden duo cd which I downloaded after reading this review:http://thebluemoment.com/2014/06/17/jarrett-haden-revisited/. Charlie Haden was probably the musician I've seen perform most often since living in California both with Quartet West and with The Liberation Jazz Orchestra. I think I took him for granted because I used to see him around town, sometimes at film studios where I guess he was working. I once ran into him with his son-in-law Jack Black at a Keith Jarrett solo concert at Disney Hall. Every so often he'd show up as guest dj on KCRW. And a month or so ago I saw his daughters perform at a Santa Barbara club.I know he'll be missed all around the world but here in Southern California he'll also be missed as a local hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Berger Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Charlie was very key in my initial appreciation of jazz, and Prayer from Keith Jarrett's Death and the Flower will always be the first thing I think of when I think of Charlie. Deep and soulful, and then the hint of Spanish guitar strumming here and there. Personally only Max Roach and Walt Dickerson have been losses I have felt as deeply as this one. JSngry has the right viewpoint here, celebration of a life well sung. Re Chuck's comments I wonder how much of the negativity he experienced personally was directly related to addiction. Other highlights for me are Paul Motian's Tribute, Law Years and much of the work of the Keith Jarrett American quartet. My favorite work with him seems to be from around this period, late 60s through mid 70s. Columbia and ECM in particular did an exceptional job of recording him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 Re Chuck's comments I wonder how much of the negativity he experienced personally was directly related to addiction. That's what I was thinking, Charlie had drug problems when he was younger. I wonder if he was a bigger jerk than Ginger Baker or less of a bigger jerk than Ginger Baker? Doesn't matter, because I love the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted July 12, 2014 Report Share Posted July 12, 2014 a very important, if oblique, personal influence. In a very brief conversation, when I was about 15, Haden pretty much taught me how to improvise. Like a lot of musicians he was, apparently, of multiple personalities and moods. Fortunately I never got anywhere near enough to him to be effected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyril Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Charlie Haden was a great musical spirit. R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesoul Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/charlie-haden-memorial-broadcast-sunday-july-13th-2pm Join us at WKCR as we honor the life and career of legendary jazz bassist Charlie Haden, who passed away at the age of 76 years this Friday, July 11th. Tune in during tonight's Jazz Alternatives from 6-9pm for a special tribute to Haden. A more extensive, comprehensive memorial broadcast will run from 2pm on Sunday, July 13th through 9pm on Monday, July 14th, preempting all regular programming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/charlie-haden-memorial-broadcast-sunday-july-13th-2pm Join us at WKCR as we honor the life and career of legendary jazz bassist Charlie Haden, who passed away at the age of 76 years this Friday, July 11th. Tune in during tonight's Jazz Alternatives from 6-9pm for a special tribute to Haden. A more extensive, comprehensive memorial broadcast will run from 2pm on Sunday, July 13th through 9pm on Monday, July 14th, preempting all regular programming. playing vinyl...complete with the snaps and pops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Law Years. Oh my goodness. Something to be said for working out a part instead of just "improvising". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted July 13, 2014 Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Wow. This is unexpected. What a loss. Thanks for all the great music Charlie. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Not sure how I missed this, but I'm sorry to hear of it this morning. Almost all of my CDs are still in transit, but tonight I should be able to dig up something I ripped before the move -- maybe the Montreal Tapes. I've probably seen Haden a few times, though the only time I am certain of is when he brought the Liberation Orchestra to the Chicago Jazz Fest. This appears to have been in 2007. It was the closing set that evening, and I recall a couple of folks from the board snuck off to get to the aftershows early, but I stayed through the whole set. It was quite moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Ptah Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Charlie Haden's albums of duets on A&M/Horizon, "Closeness" and "The Golden Number", made a huge impact on me as I was getting into jazz, from rock. The first time I saw him live was in the first edition of Mingus Dynasty, at the 1979 Ann Arbor Jazz Festival. Sue Mingus gave a talk in the afternoon and said that Charles Mingus had always respected Haden's work, so Haden was her choice for the newly formed Mingus Dynasty band. He performed with John Handy, Jimmy Knepper, Randy Brecker, Joe Farrell, Don Pullen and Dannie Richmond. The group played Charles Mingus songs in arrangements faithful to the original recordings. Jazz repertoire bands were not widely known in 1979, so I wondered if all of the music was going to be a note by note recreation of the Charles Mingus sound, or what. I remember that when Charlie Haden took his first bass solo of the evening, I wondered if he would try to sound like Charles Mingus. He did not. It was purely a Charlie Haden bass solo. Then I thought, of course he would just play his own style. That is what jazz is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherbored Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Charlie Haden's albums of duets on A&M/Horizon, "Closeness" and "The Golden Number", made a huge impact on me as I was getting into jazz, from rock. hear, hear! those recordings are very important to me, too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Charlie Haden's albums of duets on A&M/Horizon, "Closeness" and "The Golden Number", made a huge impact on me as I was getting into jazz, from rock. hear, hear! those recordings are very important to me, too... Yes, 'Closeness' was an early purchase for me. Be nice to see 'The Golden Number' on CD/mp3 - I've never heard it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Д.Д. Posted July 14, 2014 Report Share Posted July 14, 2014 Charlie Haden's albums of duets on A&M/Horizon, "Closeness" and "The Golden Number", made a huge impact on me as I was getting into jazz, from rock. hear, hear! those recordings are very important to me, too... Yes, 'Closeness' was an early purchase for me. Be nice to see 'The Golden Number' on CD/mp3 - I've never heard it. It's on Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/5IXxc60gtLLSNY3OgpWLAj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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