Charlie Haden

[chrismmc]

I want to expand my growing Charlie Haden collection...what are some of your favorites? Any I should avoid?

[Matt Ides]

Montreal Tapes with Gonzalo Rubalcaba, I love this CD. I can listen to it over and over and hear something new everytime. The entire set is nice. I really enjoy Haden's playing on it. He has nice solos throught out. Plus, just a great trio.

Also, if you don't already. The stuff he did with Ornette.

[Chrix]

Any of his Quartet West stuff is great. I highly recommend Missouri Sky, which is his duo album with Pat Metheny. Absoultely brilliant.

[Ed Fuqua]

I don't think there's anything to avoid, Charlie is one of those bassists who sounds like himself in just about any situation, including Ricki Lee Jones.

There's a series of duo records he did on the label Horizon, one I know was called SOAPSUDS SOAPSUDS. The Old and New Dreams stuff is fun. Even more than the duo record, I would recommend REJOICING cause it's got Charlie and Billy Higgins playing on it. I personally dig STEAL AWAY with Hank Jones and WANTON SPIRIT with Kenny Barron and Roy Haynes, those get played a LOT.

[chrismmc]

I have many of the ones mentioned,except the ones ED mentioned,which I will seek out,but since it was mentioned...
I have (what I believe to be)most of "The Montreal Tapes".I have with Gonzalo Rublacaba,Liberation Music Orchestra,Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell,Paul Motain and Paul Bley,and Joe Henderson and Al Foster.I know of one other-Geri Allen and Paul Motain,but I was wondering if anybody knew of any others that have been released that I don't know about...
Thanks in advance!

[PhatBasstard]

Originally Posted by Chrix

I highly recommend Missouri Sky, which is his duo album with Pat Metheny. Absoultely brilliant.

"Rejoicing". A trio album (Pat Metheny, Haden, + drums). Excellent except for the "noise song" (Metheny always seems to do one of these every so often).