Charlie Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) - Grândola Vila Morena. Charles Edward Charlie Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an extraordinary American jazz double bass player, known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, pianist Keith Jarrett, and his Liberation Music Orchestra, a group he co-led with pianist Carla Bley. The Ballad of the Fallen is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, recorded in 1982 and released in 1983. The album was voted Jazz album of the year in Down Beat magazines 1984 critics poll. Haden and Bley also placed first in that 1984 polls Acoustic Bass and Composer categories, respectively. The album is in fact the second by Hadens Liberation Music Orchestra, the follow-up to their 1969 Liberation Music Orchestra. Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman, and Haden himself reappeared in the LMOs new incarnation, together with six new members. Track listing LP side A 1. “Els Segadors” (“The Reapers”) (traditional) – 4:14 2. “The Ballad of the Fallen” (folk song from El Salvador) – 4:19 - “If You Want to Write Me” (Si Me Quieres Escribir) (traditional) – 3:55 - “Grandola Vila Morena” (José Afonso) – 2:11 - “Introduction to People” (Carla Bley) – 3:55 - “The People United Will Never Be Defeated” (“El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido!”) (Sergio Ortega) – 1:40 3. “Silence” (Charlie Haden) – 5:49 LP side B: 1. “Too Late” (Carla Bley) – 8:24 2. “La Pasionaria” (Charlie Haden) – 10:26 3. “La Santa Espina” (Àngel Guimerà/Enric Morera) – 6:58 (Arrangements by Carla Bley.) Personnel Carla Bley — piano, glockenspiel Don Cherry — pocket trumpet Sharon Freeman — French horn Mick Goodrick — guitar Charlie Haden — bass Jack Jeffers — tuba Michael Mantler — trumpet Paul Motian — percussion, drums Jim Pepper — flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone Dewey Redman — tenor saxophone Steve Slagle — clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone Gary Valente — trombone
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