Charlie Haden
Always one to defy conventions and expectations, bassist Charlie Haden attained his now legendary status through his ground-breaking work with the original Ornette Coleman Quartet in the late Fifties, recording some of the most seminal albums in the genre with artists like Keith Jarrett, and leading his own Liberation Music Orchestra. Charlie’s consistently broadminded approach to music has led him to record with everyone from John Coltrane to Ringo Starr to Herbie Hancock - as well as continue to record his own unique and timeless albums.
Throughout this three-time Grammy Award winner’s career, there is palpable evidence of his deep and abiding passion for American roots music. Haden’s duo recording with guitarist Pat Metheny, Beyond the Missouri Sky, created a set of unforgettable aural landscapes evocative of their shared Missouri roots. Haden also explored the American spiritual music tradition with the legendary Hank Jones on his classic album Steal Away.
But even those listeners familiar with the artist’s celebrated career may not know of Charlie Haden’s early years in country music performing with his family. Charlie Haden Family & Friends: Rambling Boy brings the artist’s personal history full circle and presents a new generation of the Haden Family – a legendary Midwest music institution in the 1930s and 1940s, now reborn in the 21st century. Due out in August 2008, this 19-track collection is the artist’s first release for the Decca/Universal label and a singular addition to his illustrious discography.
Rambling Boy includes songs made famous by the Stanley Brothers, the Carter Family, and Hank Williams alongside fabled traditional tunes and some striking original compositions. The performing cast includes Charlie Haden, his wife and co-producer Ruth Cameron, all four of his children (the triplets Petra, Rachel and Tanya Haden, their brother Josh Haden), and his son-in-law Jack Black— each of whom has his or her own career in music. In addition, Rambling Boy features guest appearances by some of the most illustrious names in contemporary Americana and popular music: Roseanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Vince Gill, Bruce Hornsby, Ricky Skaggs & the Whites, and Dan Tyminski and also includes such illustrious country & bluegrass musicians as Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, and Bryan Sutton, to name a few .
Yes, this is the same Charlie Haden who set the jazz world on fire with Ornette Coleman on Change of the Century and Free Jazz. Yes, this is the same musician who rekindled the mystery and passion of “noir jazz” with Quartet West on the albums Haunted Heart and Now Is the Hour.
Throughout this three-time Grammy Award winner’s career, there is palpable evidence of his deep and abiding passion for American roots music. Haden’s duo recording with guitarist Pat Metheny, Beyond the Missouri Sky, created a set of unforgettable aural landscapes evocative of their shared Missouri roots. Haden also explored the American spiritual music tradition with the legendary Hank Jones on his classic album Steal Away.
But even those listeners familiar with the artist’s celebrated career may not know of Charlie Haden’s early years in country music performing with his family. Charlie Haden Family & Friends: Rambling Boy brings the artist’s personal history full circle and presents a new generation of the Haden Family – a legendary Midwest music institution in the 1930s and 1940s, now reborn in the 21st century. Due out in August 2008, this 19-track collection is the artist’s first release for the Decca/Universal label and a singular addition to his illustrious discography.
Rambling Boy includes songs made famous by the Stanley Brothers, the Carter Family, and Hank Williams alongside fabled traditional tunes and some striking original compositions. The performing cast includes Charlie Haden, his wife and co-producer Ruth Cameron, all four of his children (the triplets Petra, Rachel and Tanya Haden, their brother Josh Haden), and his son-in-law Jack Black— each of whom has his or her own career in music. In addition, Rambling Boy features guest appearances by some of the most illustrious names in contemporary Americana and popular music: Roseanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Vince Gill, Bruce Hornsby, Ricky Skaggs & the Whites, and Dan Tyminski and also includes such illustrious country & bluegrass musicians as Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, and Bryan Sutton, to name a few .
Yes, this is the same Charlie Haden who set the jazz world on fire with Ornette Coleman on Change of the Century and Free Jazz. Yes, this is the same musician who rekindled the mystery and passion of “noir jazz” with Quartet West on the albums Haunted Heart and Now Is the Hour.
