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...this new collection of spirituals and hymns, jazz veterans Hank Jones and Charlie Haden raise a "joyful noise" that, says TIME's Jay Cocks, is "not only unique in the jazz canon -- it's also uniquely beautiful." The Verve Records release, "a kind of informal jazz eucharist," pairs "two instrumental Olympians playing with improvisational brio and numinous respect for sources and traditions." Pianist Jones and bassist Haden have drawn on some history and autobiography and a little private meditation, set them deep in the spirit, then drawn them out into a jazz pilgrimage through Black spirituals, white hymns and folk...
This is Coleman--perhaps the greatest plastic alto saxophonist of all times--at his anguished, melodic best. Most of the tracks on this set feature Don Cherry on pocket-trumpet, Charlie Haden on bass and Billy Higgins on drums--musicians who all were serious innovators in their own rights. It was this quartet that established what came to be known as free jazz, and it was these recordings that did the establishing...
...Haden, who still plays with Coleman occasionally, continues to have a wide compass for inspiration. His music, especially the Liberation Music Orchestra material, can turn toughly political; he was once arrested in Portugal for dedicating one of his songs to black liberation movements in Africa. He has founded a department of jazz studies at the California Institute of Arts in Los Angeles, where he lives with his second wife Ruth Cameron. He has four children; all are musicians who have in their father a man who has already left a profound mark on contemporary jazz...
With Charlie Haden, jazz is always contemporary -- relentlessly, implacably -- even when, as on Haunted Heart, he's taking a look back. "It's not about the past, because improvisation is really about being in the moment," he explains. "I'm talking about the past inspiring the present. That's what's so special about jazz. It teaches you to appreciate the moment you're in now." And with Haden's bass playing under it, every moment is a wonder...
MUSIC: The Magic of Charlie Haden...