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Charles Edward "Charlie" Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator known for his deep, warm sound, and whose career spanned more than fifty years. In the late 1950s, Haden was an original member of the ground-breaking Ornette Coleman Quartet.
Haden revolutionized the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz. About him, German musicologist Joachim-Ernst Berendt commented, "His ability to create serendipitous harmonies by improvising melodic responses to Coleman's free-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'. Haden cultivated 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." ) 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 his predecessor 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 1969, he formed his first band, the Liberation Music Orchestra, featuring arrangements by pianist Carla Bley. In the late 1960s, he became a member of pianist Keith Jarrett's trio, quartet and quintet. In the 1980s, he formed his band, Quartet West. Haden also often recorded and performed in a duo setting, with musicians including guitarist Pat Metheny and pianist Hank Jones.
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Albums
Sophisticated Ladies
Popular Songs
- A Love Like This
- Goodbye
- Angel Face
- Theme From "Markham"
- My Old Flame
- Let's Call It a Day
- Wahoo
- Sophisticated Lady
- Ill Wind
- Today I Am a Man
- Theme for Charlie
- The Folks Who Live on the Hill
- I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life
- Scenes From a Silver Screen
- Easy on the Heart
- Prélude en la mineur
- You My Love
- Ruth's Waltz
- Why Did I Choose You
- In Love in Vain
- Moment Musical Opus 16 N°3 in B Minor
- Everything Happens to Me
- Low Key Lightly
- Avenue of Stars
- Celia
- Ending
- My Love and I
- Sunset Afternoon
- Nice Eyes
- Background Music