New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra makes use of folk forms, marches and anthems, but it’s all rearranged, put through a prism, warped a little, forced into broader meanings.
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
Charlie Haden's bass is a political instrument in all settings. His Midwestern, melancholic, ruminative playing has such a quiet purity of intent and feeling that it castigates the world for its shams just by existing. That's been true since he was inaugurating free jazz with Ornette Colem...
SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... (a then unknown artist who opened the first official concert, in 1969), the Sun Ra Arkestra, Charlie Haden, the Minutemen, John Hiatt, Bruce Springsteen, and Bill Monroe, have played its little back room." The blog also provides this clip of Elizabeth Cotten, the first musician to play McCabe’s thirty-nine years ago, performing her signature song, “Freight Train.”
Gossip Central (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
... Jack Black, who did make it into the film was also on hand for a brief tribute. He is married to Charlie Haden's daughter Tania and both perform on the jazzman's excellent new bluegrass CD. Black claimed to have had some trouble at Bergdorf Goodman's, finding his neck size for a tuxedo shirt. Yes, New York is challenging, but Tania says the kids who grow up in the city are savvy and...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... One Victory, Rundgren and the band – which included old Utopia buddy Kasim Sulton, jazz bassist Charlie Haden's daughter, Rachel, and rock drumming veteran Prairie Prince – pounded the crowd with almost two hours of intelligent, pile-driving, old-school rock. There was no room for flowery ballads, which suited this crowd just fine.
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... One Victory, Rundgren and the band – which included old Utopia buddy Kasim Sulton, jazz bassist Charlie Haden's daughter, Rachel, and rock drumming veteran Prairie Prince – pounded the crowd with almost two hours of intelligent, pile-driving, old-school rock. There was no room for flowery ballads, which suited this crowd just fine.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/11/2008
... of Music. His credits include performances and/or recordings with artists including David Sanchez, Charlie Haden, The Village Vanguard Orchestra, Bobby Hutcherson, Bob Moses, The Either Orchestra, Guillermo Klein, the Mingus Big Band, Jerry Gonzalez & The Fort Apache Band, Ray Barretto and Steve Coleman. St. Louis listeners also may remember Zenon from his appearance here in 2006...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
Recorded at Capitol Studios, these 'Los Angeles Sessions' with a band of Gonzalo Rubalcaba on piano, Charlie Haden on bass and Mino Cinelu on drums represents accordionist Galliano's unqualified acceptance as one of the major jazz talents of our age. In truth, it's been that way for quite a while now, and it may be that Galliano gives his team an easier ride than they deserve, modestly...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
A ubiquitous presence in New York's fertile jazz scene, saxophonist Tony Malaby has appeared on over fifty albums since Sabino (Arabesque, 2000), his debut as a leader. With unfaltering drive and boundless creativity, his impassioned playing has graced numerous Downtown collectives, with early stints spent in Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra and Paul Motian's Electric Be-Bop...
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
... sections ever assembled in the history of jazz recording -- George Segal on banjo, bass virtuoso Charlie Haden on banjo, Marcus Miller showing his versatility on banjo, and Diana Krall and Elvis Costello sharing drum duties -- shows why jazz is still a living art form appreciated by millions all over the world. Other guest appearances include Cuthbert Marsalis, the least known member...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
... sections ever assembled in the history of jazz recording -- George Segal on banjo, bass virtuoso Charlie Haden on banjo, Marcus Miller showing his versatility on banjo, and Diana Krall and Elvis Costello sharing drum duties -- shows why jazz is still a living art form appreciated by millions all over the world. Other guest appearances include Cuthbert Marsalis, the least known member...
Popdose (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
... de Esquina (1972) Buddy Guy - When My Left Eye Jumps from I Left My Blues in San Francisco (1967) Charlie Haden - Is This America (Katrina 2005) from Charlie Haden Family & Friends: Rambling Boy (2008) NRBQ - Just Ain’t Fair from At Yankee Stadium (1978) Chatham County Line - Whipping Boy from IV (2007)
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Born in Rome in 1949, Enrico Pieranunzi has long been one of the best-known and appreciated personalities on the European jazz scene. Pianist, composer and arranger, he has recorded more than 60 CDs as a leader in all formations: solo, duo, trio, quartet and quintet. He has performed in concert and/or recorded with Chet Baker; Lee Konitz; Paul Motian; and Charlie Haden among others. In...
