Bassist plays D.C. Oct 29, 2009
Illustrious jazz bass players Ron Carter, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Robert Hurst, Christian McBride, and John Patitucci judged him. GET UPDATED. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Sonic spotlight Sep 3, 2009
PERFORMED WITH: Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, James Newton, Charlie Haden, Art Lande, John Denver, Mitch Ryder, the Temptations, The Four Tops, Bob Hope, the Augusta Symphony and Ed Turner r 9. PRE-SHOW RITUAL: "Get centered, get focused and get prepared mentally, emotionally and physically.". (The Augusta Chronicle)
American rapper Lumidee makes video in Cuba as artists push cultural thaw Aug 4, 2009
Collaborations have included Ry Cooder in the Buena Vista Social Club recordings of the 1990s and jazz festival appearances by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Charlie Haden and Jack DeJohnette. Audioslave broke the decades-long barrier to U.S. rock concerts in Cuba with a thundering show on the Cuban capital's seaside Malecon in 2005. (FOX61, CT)
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 2-8 Jul 30, 2009
Aug. 6: Jazz bassist Charlie Haden is 72. Actor-director Peter Bonerz is 71. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
PICK OF THE WEEK: Regina Spektor's 'Laughing With' Jul 8, 2009
A hypnotic, almost supernatural, a cappella twist by the daughter of jazz bassist Charlie Haden. Man in the Mirror James Morrison. (USA Today -- Life)
Jazz Guitarist Clinco Creates a Multicolor Impression with Neon Apr 5, 2009
Darek "Oles" Oleszkiewicz, a Polish expat who studied under Charlie Haden, is on acoustic bass. His work with names like Mehldau, Metheny, Lovano and Abercrombie says it all. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Little Jimmy Dickens Back At Grand Ole Opry Feb 27, 2009
Actor Jack Black and his father-in-law, jazz bass player Charlie Haden, will also be there. "Opry Live" will air on GAC at 8 p.m. local time. (KWTX.com, TX)
This week: Arts and entertainment picks Feb 23, 2009
He's not only a busy educator, he's performed with hot shots like Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Haden and Kurt Elling, and he's done arrangements for local singer Faye Carol and Idris Ackamoor. On Tuesday, he straddles classical music and jazz in a recital called "Blastin' Barriers: From Beethoven Through Bebop and Beyond" that will draw from Liszt, Chopin and Monk, among others. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Festival an amalgamation of experimental sights and sounds Feb 19, 2009
"The best person I got to meet was Charlie Haden, who was bass player for Ornette Coleman, and I got to totally geek out on him. I got to tell him 'Liberation Music Orchestra' was my favorite record on Earth.". McIntosh, who graduated from the UGA music school, also is a cellist and has lent her talents to numerous bands around town over the years, while also heading up her own, The Instruments. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Some glam, some risks show up in Grammy fashion Feb 9, 2009
Comedian Black, with his Grammy-nominated father-in-law and bass player Charlie Haden, was one of the madhatters on the carpet, including will. i.am in a costume-y high hat and a baby-blue jacket over brown shirt with a gold necktie. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
