Charlie Haden Dead at 77

That has come as a total shock. Immense legacy and he will be sadly missed.

R.I.P.

You mean Charlie Haden. I recently bought his new release recorded with Keith Jarrett "Last Dance". A prophetic title in hindsight but I understand he had been ill for some period of time. One of the all time great bass players and band leaders. Another sad loss to the jazz community. RIP

Dave

Yes. Perhaps Richard can fix my typo. I also noticed that Variety now corrected their error. It now says Haden is dead at 76 not 77.

His Night and the City with Kenny Barron still remains as my all time favourite.

RIP and many thanks fIrving the tunes....

R.I.P. Charlie

"When the heart dances" with  Laurence Hodgood;

"Heartpaly" with Antonio Forcione;

Beyond Missouri sky" with Pat Metheny;

"The Private collection", just to name a few of my favorites.

I'm sure going to miss him.

Serge

Very sad news... I'll pull out my Naim Vinyl tonight and play some Charlie in his honor.  

Sad news indeed. I'll be playing this one later:

A true pioneer! RIP Charlie!

Good Bye and Rest in Piece Charlie

On top of making a few recordings for the Naim label Charlie Haden also used the the Naim 500 gear as his sound system.

Very sad news,  one of the greats.

Even more poignant as I played  "Beyond Missouri Sky" only late last night.

So sad to hear of the passing of Charlie Haden. I saw him in concert about 5 years ago in a lovely little downtown church with Miroslav Vitous and Charlie Watts. RIP CH

Charlie was one of the very best.  Fortunately, he leaves behind an enormous body of work, both as a leader and a sideman. Was listening to An Evening with Joe Henderson (Red, 1987) just last night -- great stuff. His early work with Ornette Coleman was groundbreaking.

Would be wonderful to see someone like Dave Holland organize a tribute show and album.

Hook

I had to re-read a Facebook post twice last night and then verifiy it online before I believed it. Sad news.

I'm listening to "Last Dance" right now and plan to listen to more Charlie Haden music today.

Arun

Very very sad.

Beyond Missouri Sky and Magico are my two of my favourites.

In addition to many of his brilliant titles listed above, two of my favorite recordings which nicely capture his lyrical and soulful playing are the duet album with Hank Jones they called Steal Away from the mid 90's and the larger ensemble that Charlie led for Nocturne from 2001 which included an all star band including Pat Metheny, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Joe Lovano and more.   He will be missed.

Play on maestro

"Beyond the Missouri Sky" is one of my all-time favourites. I'm not otherwise a huge Metheny fan. I guess Charlie makes the difference.

Don't forget "Jasmine" and "Last Dance", of course.

Charlie Haden is gone, a true giant of music and humanity. His legacy is the epitome of the old adage that there are only two kinds of music: good and bad ... he played the good kind. His life as a musician started at 22 months-old, singing country and bluegrass with the Haden Family Band.

He played and/or recorded with Ornette Coleman, Keith Jarrett, Pat Metheny, Rickie Lee Jones, John Scofield, John Coltrane, Carla Bley, Dizzy Gillespie, Yoko Ono, Hank Jones, Bill Frisell, Roseanne Cash, Beck, Jan Gabarek, Egberto Gismonti, Ginger Baker, Elvis Costello, Hank Jones, Paul Bley, Joe Henderson, Paul Motian, David Sanborn, and many others.

He co-led the Liberation Music Orchestra with Carla Bley, and took strong stands for political and social justice, and was even jailed and interrogated by the Portuguese secret police in 1971 for dedicating his Song For Che to the revolutionaries in Portugal's colonies.

Charlie Haden was someone who absolutely made the world a better place in so many ways, and to say he will be greatly missed even seems a vast understatement.

The Haden Family Band, 1939

Did you ever get to play with him, Fred?

One of my favourites too. A sad loss.

Twilight Song from Night and The City:

I listened to Late Junction last night and the presenter said that there is going to be an appreciation of Charlie Haden's music on Jez Nelson's Jazz on 3 programme on Mon 21st July, 11pm, R3.

Chris

Very sadly, no. However, I have spent decades playing and recording many times with Steve Rodby, who has deeply assimilated Charlie's way of playing the bass and done so with the highest possible artistry.

When are you back to the west coast? We're in Vancouver but would make the trip down south to catch a gig.

Thanks for asking, although there are no current plans. But like I always say, I'll go just about anywhere to play anytime they'll have me. I love Vancouver!