The "Music Always Gives Me A Lift" Blog (Free subscription) | 02/06/2010
... introspective, intimate material like the solo One Quiet Night or Beyond the Missouri Sky with Charlie Haden. But irrespective of who he plays with Metheny is ceaselessly inventive and virtuosic. The arrival of Orchestrion had me curious with Pat listed as playing every single instrument from guitars to percussion and marimba to guitarbots - courtesy of the Ochestrion It is pointless...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/05/2010
... notably 1991's out-of-left-field Another Hand (Elektra), which featured Sanborn in the company of Charlie Haden , Marc Ribot and Bill Frisell , among others...
Lerterland (Free subscription) | 02/02/2010
... , which involved a cast of some 10 players, The Traveller is straight quartet all the way. In the Charlie Haden-ish lope of “Crazy Stuff,” the bright swing of “Cabbonal” and the elongated melodic development of “The Line,” we hear the sound of an artist breaking through to the next level.
Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm (Free subscription) | 01/26/2010
SPAIN / I’m Still Free CD-EP / Diamond Soul Records / 2010 Featuring JOSH HADEN (son of CHARLIE HADEN and brother to PETRA HADEN), SPAIN has been around since 1993 serving up some tasty moody mellowness. Shades of slow-core, lounge and gospel color the basic pop of the two songs on this teaser released in advance [...]
Swisster (Free subscription) | 01/21/2010
For its 28th edition, one of the world’s best known small jazz festivals is presenting a programme high on cultural diversity and new talent. For nine days from April 9 to 17, the Cully Jazz Festival presents living legends Charlie Haden and Hank Jones alongside a new generation of surprisingly young jazz musicians from the far corners of the planet.
wordpress_typepad_com (Free subscription) | 01/18/2010
Tony Malaby’s Apparitions – Voladores (CF 165) Since arriving in NYC about 15 years ago,Tony Malaby, through a series of fortuitous (and well-chosen) associations (including Marty Ehrlich and Mario Pavone, among others) as well as spots in Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra and William Parker’s Little Huey Orchestra, has proven himself an adroit sideman,...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/16/2010
Charlie Haden / John Taylor Nightfall NAIM Audio 2009 Joelle Leandre / Quentin Sirjacq Out of Nowhere Actuelle 2009 David Haney / Jorge Hernaez Duo Noseso 2009 Connie Crothers / Michael Bisio Session at 475 Kent Mutable Music 2009 There has always been a bond between pianists and bass players. Perhaps it's the complementary way that strings are vibrated. These encounters thrive as forums...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/16/2010
Tony Malaby's Apparitions Voladores Clean Feed 2009 Stephane Kerecki Trio with Tony Malaby Houria Zig Zag Territoires 2009 Since arriving in NYC about 15 years ago, Tony Malaby , through a series of fortuitous (and well-chosen) associations (including Marty Ehrlich and Mario Pavone, among others) as well as spots in Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra and William Parker's Little...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 01/11/2010
... of a thing for us alive today to truly play with. Ornette was the only one. I doubt if [bandmates] Charlie Haden and Don Cherry knew what the fuck Coleman was talking about, and any college-educated musician who tells you they understand harmolodic theory needs an ass whoopin’, for real. Luckily for all of us, music is chance and chemistry. That is what that music represents...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 01/08/2010
First appearances and sounds can be deceiving. Linda Oh's petite stature defies the muscularity that her instrument emanates--a knotty booming bass that's at once authoritative and free flowing, delivered with momentum and zest. And like the well-noted arcos of Charles Mingus , Dave Holland and Charlie Haden , Oh already has the traits to become a noteworthy player and leader, as witnessed...
The KEXP Blog (Free subscription) | 01/06/2010
... of New York born (transplanted to LA at age 7) multi-instrumentalist (bass, guitar, pipes) Josh Haden. Born into a musically inclined family (his dad is legendary Jazz bassist Charlie Haden; his triplet sisters are Petra, Rachel and Tanya of That Dog, Foo Fighters, The Rentals & Silversun Pickups, etc.), Josh more or less had success written in the cards long before sucking...
CD Reviews by C60Crew (Free subscription) | 01/03/2010
... vibrancy and drive--always pushing the music ahead. I'm fondly reminded of a number of releases--Charlie Haden's Ballad of the Fallen , any number of Paul Motian's albums, Bill Frisell's Have A Little Faith come to mind off the top of my head. The other album is El Destructo Volume II: Moodswing Orchestra , an effort that features a wide range of vocalists/groups represented (Joan...
