Charlie Haden {Free Improvisation, Avant-Garde Jazz}

Charlie Haden - "Closeness" Duets (1976 A&M) {1989 A&M}

Recording Date: Jan 26, 1976-Mar 21, 1976
Digitally mastered: by John Snyder and Rudy Van Gelder, Van Gelder Recording Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, April 1988
Label: 1989 A&M Records. Inc. Los Angeles, 397 000-2
Genre: Free Improvisation, Avant-Garde Jazz



Scott Yanow (AMG)

In 1976, bassist Charlie Haden recorded eight duets with musicians whom he admired; the results were originally released on two Horizon LPs as Closeness. In 1988, A&M reissued all of the music on a pair of CDs, titled Closeness" Duets. For this release, Haden is teamed with pianist Keith Jarrett, plays a memorable "O.C." with altoist Ornette Coleman, interprets a moody piece with harpist Alice Coltrane, and performs the highly political "For a Free Portugal" (which also utilizes excerpts from a record of Angolan music) with percussionist Paul Motian. Recommended, particularly due to the Ornette and Jarrett collaborations.

Tracks info:
1. ELLEN DAVID (Charlie Haden) - 9.10
Charlie Haden-Bass, Keith Jarretl- Piano
Recorded at Generation Sound, New York City, March 18, 1976.

2. O.C. (Charlie Haden) - 9.27
Charlie Haden - Bass, Ornette Coleman — Alto Saxophone
Recorded at Generalion Sound, New York City, March 21, 1976.

3. FOR TURIYA (Charlie Haden) - 12.24
Charlie Haden - Bass, Alice Coltrane - Harp
Recorded at Kcndun Recorders, Burbank, California, January 26, 1976.

4. FOR A FREE PORTUGAL (Charlie Haden) - 7.52
Charlie Haden - Basses, Paul Motian — Percussion
Recorded at Generation Sound, New York City. March 21,1976.
The excerpts of contemporary Angolan music heard on this track are taken from the album AFRICA IN REVOLUTIONARY MUSIC on LSM Records with the courtesy of the Liberation Support Movement.

Releases info:
Horizon SP 710
1976 A&M 0808
1993 CD Universal/Polygram
2005 CD Universal/A&M 9227
1992 CD A&M 5030