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Charlie Haden Quartet West
Biography
Charlie Haden Quartet West
Born
August 6, 1937 in Shenandoah, IA

Years Active:
50s | 60s | 70s | 80s | 90s | Current

 
As a member of saxophonist Ornette Coleman's early bands, bassist Charlie Haden became known as one of free jazz's founding fathers. Haden has never settled into any of jazz's many stylistic niches, however. Certainly he's played his share of dissonant music -- in the '60 and '70s, as a sideman with Coleman and Keith Jarrett, and as a leader of the Liberation Music Orchestra, for instance -- but for the most part, he seems drawn to consonance. ...
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Paul Bley

Performed Songs By
George Gershwin Hampton Hawes Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays Charlie Parker Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie Django Reinhardt Geri Allen Motian/Frisell/Lovano Roy Acuff Ron Carter Ornette Coleman Herb Ellis Henry Mancini Ennio Morricone Cole Porter Charlie Haden & Kenny Barron Charlie Haden Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny Charlie Haden & Michael Brecker Armando Manzanero Gonzalo Rubalcaba Jimmy Webb Alan Broadbent Carla Bley Lee Konitz/Charlie Haden/Brad Mehldau Bud Powell

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