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Charlie Haden

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Charles Edward Haden (born August 6, 1937) is an American jazz musician. He is a double bassist, probably best known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman. Haden is also known for his signature lyrical bass lines. Early life Haden was born in Shenandoah, Iowa, and raised in a musical family, which often performed together on the radio playing country music and American folk songs. Haden made his professional debut as a singer when he was two years old, and continued singing with his family until he contracted a mild form of polio when he was 15. The polio damaged his throat muscles and vocal cords, and as a result, Haden was unable to control his pitch while singing. A few years before contracting polio, Haden had become interested in jazz, and began playing his older brother's double bass. Eventually he set his sights on Los Angeles, and to save money for the trip took a job as house bassist for ABC-TV's Ozark Jubilee in Springfield, Missouri. Career Early...

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Discography

  • The Ballad of the Fallen, 1983
  • In Montreal, 2001
  • The Montreal Tapes, 1994
  • In the Year of the Dragon, 1989
  • As Long as There's Music, 1993
  • Time Remembers One Time Once
  • Night and the City, 1998
  • Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories), 1997
  • American Dreams, 2002
  • Liberation Music Orchestra, 1996
  • Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns and Folk Songs, 1995
  • Magico, 2000
  • Dream Keeper
  • Gitane
  • Always Say Goodbye
  • The Private Collection, 2007
  • Alone Together, 1997
  • The Golden Number
  • Not in Our Name, 2005
  • Silence, 1987
  • Jasmine, 2010
  • Segments, 1989
  • Dialogues, 1990
  • Quartet West
  • Heartplay, 2006
  • Closeness Duets, 1976
  • Folk Songs, 1981
  • Nocturne, 2001
  • Live at Birdland, 2011
  • First Song, 1990
  • Etudes, 1988
  • The MontrĂ©al Tapes, 1998
  • Nightfall, 2004
  • Land of the Sun, 2004

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