Charlie Haden (Ornette Coleman, Liberation Music Orchestra) RIP

MellySingsDoom · 07.12.2014, 07:19 AM

More musical bad news incoming, I'm afraid - double bassist, composer and political activist Charlie Haden has passed away at the age of 76, following a long illness: http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...den-dies-at-76

Haden is perhaps best known for his work with Ornette Coleman, and performed as part of Coleman's quartet on those classic Atlantic albums (including, of course, "Free Jazz"). He also played with John Coltrane (on "The Avant Garde" album, which also featured Don Cherry), Alice Coltrane, Yoko Ono, Archie Shepp, amongst many other (as well as Beck and Ringo Starr (no, I'm not making this up)). His longest-running concern though was his Liberation Music Orchestra (who recorded an album for Impulse! in 1973 - currently still in print on CD), whose most famous composition is "Song For Che", which Haden performed in Portugal in the early 70's, enraging the fascist Salazar regime there (and getting him into bother with the FBI to boot).

For now, though, I leave with this number, the title tune from "Change Of the Century". RIP Charlie - http://youtu.be/fpva1_of3L0

A Thousand Threads · 07.12.2014, 07:31 AM

read this earlier today...

sad news.
Shape of Jazz to Come is one of the few jazz records i regularly come back to over the years.

A Thousand Threads · 07.12.2014, 07:32 AM

Gotta check out Liberation Music Orchestra, never heard of it.

Genteel Death · 07.12.2014, 07:34 AM

Indeed.

ilduclo · 07.12.2014, 08:04 AM

also, Jarrett's bassist in some of his more interesting combos

bass strummer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br-hL1wR0Ok

themawt71 · 07.12.2014, 08:13 AM

sad.

he also played with the minutemen.

Pookie · 07.12.2014, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by themawt71

he also played with the minutemen.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6iOmn7t...ature=youtu.be

MellySingsDoom · 07.13.2014, 05:24 AM

Here's Charlie Haden giving it some distorted wah-wah double bass business on a Keith Jarrett number, from Jarrett's 1971 album "Birth": http://youtu.be/xM4AJUW9nqU

Rob Instigator · 07.14.2014, 10:13 AM

Charlie Haden had it goin on

07.12.2014, 07:19 AM	#1
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	More musical bad news incoming, I'm afraid - double bassist, composer and political activist Charlie Haden has passed away at the age of 76, following a long illness: http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...den-dies-at-76 Haden is perhaps best known for his work with Ornette Coleman, and performed as part of Coleman's quartet on those classic Atlantic albums (including, of course, "Free Jazz"). He also played with John Coltrane (on "The Avant Garde" album, which also featured Don Cherry), Alice Coltrane, Yoko Ono, Archie Shepp, amongst many other (as well as Beck and Ringo Starr (no, I'm not making this up)). His longest-running concern though was his Liberation Music Orchestra (who recorded an album for Impulse! in 1973 - currently still in print on CD), whose most famous composition is "Song For Che", which Haden performed in Portugal in the early 70's, enraging the fascist Salazar regime there (and getting him into bother with the FBI to boot). For now, though, I leave with this number, the title tune from "Change Of the Century". RIP Charlie - http://youtu.be/fpva1_of3L0 __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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07.12.2014, 07:31 AM	#2
A Thousand Threads expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,000	read this earlier today... sad news. Shape of Jazz to Come is one of the few jazz records i regularly come back to over the years.
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07.12.2014, 07:32 AM	#3
A Thousand Threads expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,000	Gotta check out Liberation Music Orchestra, never heard of it.
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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	Indeed.
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ilduclo invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3,305	also, Jarrett's bassist in some of his more interesting combos bass strummer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br-hL1wR0Ok
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themawt71 the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: chicago Posts: 570	sad. he also played with the minutemen.
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07.13.2014, 05:24 AM	#8
MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Here's Charlie Haden giving it some distorted wah-wah double bass business on a Keith Jarrett number, from Jarrett's 1971 album "Birth": http://youtu.be/xM4AJUW9nqU __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	Charlie Haden had it goin on __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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