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A virtuoso of contemporary bass, Charlie Haden starred with Ornette Coleman's classic quartet, played duos with Keith Jarrett and led his own Liberation Orchestra and Quartet West. Geoffrey Smith traces his many-sided career from its roots in country music.

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Sun 25 Sep 201600:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Billy Higgins, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden & Ornette Coleman

    Lonely Woman

    • The Shape of Jazz to Come.
    • Atlantic Master.
    • 1.

  • Ornette Coleman & The Ornette Coleman Quartet

    Ramblin'

    • Change of the Century.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • Charlie Haden & Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra

    Song For Che

    • Liberation Music Orchestra.
    • Impulse.
    • 1.

  • Keith Jarrett

    Cego Alderado

    • Keith Jarrett Selected Recordings.
    • ECM Rarum.
    • 6.

  • Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman & Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman

    Police People

    • Song X: 20th Anniversary.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.

  • Charlie Parker & Charlie Haden

    Passport

    • QUARTET WEST.
    • VERVE.
    • 7.

  • Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny

    First Song

    • Beyond the Missouri Sky.
    • Verve.
    • 5.

  • Charlie Haden

    Old Joe Clark

    • RAMBLING BOY.
    • DECCA LABEL GROUP.
    • 16.

  • Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden, Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden

    Goodbye

    • Jasmine.
    • ECM.
    • 7.

Performers:

Title: Lonely Woman
Performers: Ornette Coleman 
Composers: Ornette Coleman
Album Title: The Shape of Jazz to Come 
Label: Atlantic Master Catalogue No: Atlantic-1317 
Duration: 04’59 
Performers: Ornette Coleman, alto saxophone; Donald Cherry, cornet; Charlie Haden, bass; Billy Higgins, drums. 

Title: Ramblin'
Performers: Ornette Coleman 
Composers: Ornette Coleman
Album Title: Change of the Century 
Label: Atlantic Catalogue No: 7567--81341-2 
Duration: 06’35 
Performers: Ornette Coleman, alto saxophone; Donald Cherry, pocket trumpet; Charlie Haden, bass; Billy Higgins, drums. 

Title: Song for Che 00:03:40
Performers: Charlie Haden Liberation Music Orchestra 
Composers: Charlie Haden 
Album Title: Liberation Music Orchestra 
Label: Impulse Catalogue No: AS-9183 
Performers: 3’40
Performers: Perry Robinson, clarinet; Gato Barbieri, tenor saxophone and clarinet; Dewey Redman, alto and tenor saxophones; Don Cherry, cornet; Mike Mantler, trumpet; Roswell Rudd, trombone; Bob Northern, French horn; Howard Johnson, tuba; Paul Motian, Andrew Cyrille, percussion; Sam Brown, guitar; Carla Bley, piano; Charlie Haden, bass violin.

Title: Cego Alderado
Performers: Keith Jarrett
Composers: Egberto Gismonti 
Album Title: Keith Jarrett Selected Recordings 
Label: ECM Rarum Catalogue No: ECM Rarum-1 
Duration: 07’00 
Performers: Keith Jarrett, piano; Jan Garbarek, tenor saxophone; Egberto Gismonti, guitar; Charlie Haden, double bass. 

Title: Police People
Performers: Pat Metheny & Ornette Coleman 
Composers: Ornette Coleman
Album Title: Song X: 20th Anniversary 
Label: Nonesuch Catalogue No: 7559-79918-2 
Duration: 04’57 
Performers: Pat Metheny, guitar; Ornette Coleman, alto saxophone; Charlie Haden, bass; Jack DeJohnette, drums.

Title: Passport
Performers: Charlie Haden 
Composers: Charlie Parker 
Album Title: Quartet West 
Label: Verve Catalogue No:5130782 
Duration: 04’44
Performers: Ernie Watts, tenor saxophone; Alan Broadbent, piano; Charlie Haden, bass; Billy Higgins, drums

Title: First Song 
Performers: Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny 
Composers: Charlie Haden 
Album Title: Beyond the Missouri Sky 
Label: Verve Catalogue No: 537-1302 
Duration: 06’36 
Performers: Charlie Haden, bass; Pat Metheny, guitar.

Title: Old Joe Clark
Performers: Charlie Haden 
Composers: Traditional 
Album Title: Rambling Boy
Label: Decca Catalogue No: 0602517791657 
Duration: 04’02 
Performers: Stuart Duncan, fiddle; Jerry Douglas, dobro; Sam Bush, mandolin; Bryan Sutton, guitar; Bela Fleck, banjo; Buddy Greene, harmonica; Charlie Haden, bass.

Title: Goodbye 00:07:54
Performers: Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden 
Composers: Gordon Jenkins 
Album Title: Jasmine 
Label: ECM Catalogue No: 2165 
Duration: 07’54
Performers: Keith Jarret, piano; Charlie Haden, bass.

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  • Sun 25 Sep 201600:00
    BBC Radio 3

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