jazz tribute - charlie haden

Our jazz world has lost another great musician.  Charlie Haden, exquisite bass player, died Friday, July 11.  In his July 15th tribute in the Chicago Tribune, Howard Reich, writes of how Haden suffered as a child from bulbar polio, which afflicts the throat, and says, "In a way, the bass became a kind of substitute for his voice.  Perhaps that explains the ardently melodic quality of all of his playing, even in the most innovative, avant-garde settings."

If you like the following sample, I highly recommend you purchase the albums Steal Away with Hank Jones or Haunted Heart with Quartet West.  If you'd like to read more outstanding columns on jazz, see the link to Mr. Reich's name above.