Conversations with Charlie Haden

Charlie Haden (1937 2014) was the rare sort of musician who transcended easy categorization-other than to say that his uniquely elegant and eloquent bass playing, with its readily recognizable sound, defined a certain pinnacle of musical communication in beautiful, spontaneous, and intensely emotional ways. Throughout his career, he worked with and influenced many of the most interesting musicians of the second half of the twentieth century, including Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Paul Bley, Carla Bley, Keith Jarrett, Billy Higgins, Paul Motion, Dewey Redman, Pat Metheny, Egberto Gismonti, Gavin Bryars, Geri Allen, Brad Mehldau, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and literally hundreds of others. In Conversations, Haden discusses his life and politics and music and aesthetics in a series of candid interviews conducted over two decades. While parts of this collection have appeared in various periodicals, much of it is in print here for the first time.

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Conversations with Charlie Haden

Charlie Haden (1937 2014) was the rare sort of musician who transcended easy categorization-other than to say that his uniquely elegant and eloquent bass playing, with its readily recognizable sound, defined a certain pinnacle of musical communication in beautiful, spontaneous, and intensely emotional ways. Throughout his career, he worked with and influenced many of the most interesting musicians of the second half of the twentieth century, including Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Paul Bley, Carla Bley, Keith Jarrett, Billy Higgins, Paul Motion, Dewey Redman, Pat Metheny, Egberto Gismonti, Gavin Bryars, Geri Allen, Brad Mehldau, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and literally hundreds of others. In Conversations, Haden discusses his life and politics and music and aesthetics in a series of candid interviews conducted over two decades. While parts of this collection have appeared in various periodicals, much of it is in print here for the first time.

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Conversations with Charlie Haden

Conversations with Charlie Haden

Conversations with Charlie Haden

Conversations with Charlie Haden

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Charlie Haden (1937 2014) was the rare sort of musician who transcended easy categorization-other than to say that his uniquely elegant and eloquent bass playing, with its readily recognizable sound, defined a certain pinnacle of musical communication in beautiful, spontaneous, and intensely emotional ways. Throughout his career, he worked with and influenced many of the most interesting musicians of the second half of the twentieth century, including Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Paul Bley, Carla Bley, Keith Jarrett, Billy Higgins, Paul Motion, Dewey Redman, Pat Metheny, Egberto Gismonti, Gavin Bryars, Geri Allen, Brad Mehldau, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and literally hundreds of others. In Conversations, Haden discusses his life and politics and music and aesthetics in a series of candid interviews conducted over two decades. While parts of this collection have appeared in various periodicals, much of it is in print here for the first time.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781935247159
Publisher: Silman-James Press
Publication date: 01/28/2017
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Foreword Bill Frisell ix

Foreword Alan Broadbent xi

Rambling Boy, Restlessly Creative Man: An Introduction xiii

The Interviews

1 All Kinds of Music (1988) 1

2 From the Heartland to the Coasts (1988) 13

3 Tribute in Montreal (1989) 33

4 Liberation (1990) 49

5 Charlie on Miles (1991) 58

6 Haden and Metheny (1992) 66

7 A Burning Passion (1992) 96

8 Always Say Goodbye (1993) 109

9 Ginger (1994) 120

10 Before & After (1995) 122

11 To as Many People as Possible (1997) 135

12 It's About Beauty (1997) 142

13 Boleros (2001) 165

14 Like Skipping a Rock (2002) 184

15 Everything Makes Me Lucky (2003) 207

16 All the Same Hat (2006) 217

17 Stay Tuned (2008) 228

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