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  1. Charlie Haden. Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. Building on the work of predecessors such as Jimmy Blanton and Charles Mingus, Haden helped to revolutionize the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz ...

  2. Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis. Jazz legend Charlie Haden has died. Polio damaged Haden's voice when he was young, but as a bassist and composer, Haden helped shape the sound of jazz while still spanning ...

  3. Land of the Sun is an album by American jazz musician Charlie Haden with Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba.It presents orchestral Latin dance music from 1940s Mexico, mainly composed by José Sabre Marroquín, which Rubalcaba arranged for an ensemble of ten featuring among others Joe Lovano and Miguel Zenon on saxophone.

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  4. Jul 11, 2014 · The jazz great loved a gorgeous song. Charlie Haden, bass, performs at the BIM Huis on May 18, 1989 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. C harlie Haden, one of the greatest, most innovative bass players ...

  5. Aug 30, 2022 · Jazz Legend Charlie Haden. August 30, 20223:37 PM ET. Listen · 46:17. 46-Minute Listen. Playlist. Download. Embed. We're continuing our weeklong series of some of our favorite music interviews ...

  6. Charlie Haden has one of the most personal and recognizable bass sounds in jazz. His deep resonance and rich melodicism helped Ornette Coleman introduce free jazz in the '60s. Since then, he's become one of the most influential bassists and composers in jazz history. Before Haden took the jazz world by storm, he was known as "Little Cowboy ...

  7. Jul 11, 2014 · Jazz legend Charlie Haden has died. Polio damaged Haden’s voice when he was young, but as a bassist and composer, Haden helped shape the sound of jazz and still spanned country and gospel. For more on Haden’s life and music, you can hear Melissa Block speak with Slate columnist and jazz critic Fred Kaplan at the audio link on this page.