The Art Of The Song (CD)

With the exception of Charles Mingus, Charlie Haden is perhaps the most important post-bop jazz bassist. His work with Ornette Coleman's original groundbreaking quartet helped establish the blueprint for free jazz, a blueprint that Haden himself augmented with his own Liberation Music Orchestra. Haden is as well known for his collaborations and work as a sideman--with Hampton Hawes, Pat Metheny, and Michael Brecker, among others--as he is for his own projects, and has been an inspiration for a host of diverse bass players in various genres. He is also the father of Petra, Tanya, Rachel, and Josh Haden, four talented musicians in their own right.

• Category:  Music  »  Jazz  »  Bass
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• Release Date: July 27, 1999
• Label: Verve (USA)
• UPC: 731454740326
• WAPI (Tower ID): 105803883
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #65033 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #5414 in Jazz (See Top 100 Jazz Bestsellers)
• #111 in Bass (See Top 100 Bass Bestsellers)

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Charlie Haden Quartet West: Charlie Haden (vocals, bass); Alan Broadbent (conductor, piano); Ernie Watts (tenor saxophone); Lawrence Marable (drums).

Additional personnel includes: Shirley Horn, Bill Henderson (vocals); Murray Adler (violin); Carol Mukagawa (viola); Larry Corbett (cello); Adrian Rosen (bass).

Recorded at Capitol Studios A, Hollywood, California from February 19-22, 1999. Includes liner notes by Orrin Keepnews.

"Lonely Town" won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s).

The Charlie Haden Quartet West welcomes the vocal talents of Shirley Horn and Bill Henderson for THE ART OF THE SONG, an album that contains the kinds of soft ballads that recall the early days of jazz. A large string section conducted by the group's pianist Alan Broadbent, which gently frames the elegant proceedings, provides lush accompaniment. The results are a remarkable recording of the utmost beauty and artistic grace. Haden's melancholy bass tones are exquisite as he provides both the pulsing undercurrent and several choice solo spots over the caressing strings. Horn and Henderson are grand as usual, interpreting such melodies as "Lonely Town" (Horn) and "Ruth's Waltz" (Henderson) with refined style. Instrumental works like "Scenes From a Silver Screen," which features violinist Murray Adler, and the very soothing "Prelude en la Mineur" guarantee to seduce all who succumb to aural delights. Haden even takes a vocal turn at the moving "Wayfaring Stranger," which brings this stunning session to a fitting close.

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