C&L's Late Nite Music Club with Charlie Haden Quartet West plus strings
By John Amato Monday Jul 28, 2008 10:00pm
And now for something beautiful.
Charlie is a good friend and a true legend. Ernie Watts is simply magnificent.
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Truly beautiful!..Thanks
Outstanding !
I just pulled out my Quartet West records after hearing that Jo Stafford passed away. They did that great Haunted
Heart record using original tracks of Stafford, Billie Holiday,etc.
What a great artist we have in Charlie Haden, always willing to risk himself musically, and willing to go to prison in a foreign country for his political and ethical beliefs, and then turn around and play staggering nostalgic and beautiful music.
Thanks so much for putting this up.
That was beautiful....really....there is nothing better than really good jazz on a hot summer night....thank you.
I've heard a lot of tenor and strings combos that somehow didn't work. This one absolutely does. Haven't paid Charlie Haden much attention - he's terrific.
Stan Getz and John Coltrane with Oscar Peterson, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cob; Germany, 1960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCdeJwGs818
And Charlie Haden also has some pretty damned impressive offspring, too.
Lovely, thank you for posting it.
how about a new take on an old standard? kermit ruffins - st. james infirmary at skippy.
damn, i didn't know jo stafford died! aside from her wonderful jazz work, i luv her as darlene edwards. what a shame.
All right, I stayed up a little bit longer. Thank you, Annoyed Canuck, for that symbiotic extravaganza by the some of the best musical talents who ever jammed together.
Cannot forget skippy, either, for the presenting the brilliance of Kermit Ruffins.
OK, I really am leaving now. :-)
Just a reminder that back in 1972 Ernie Watts famously (or rather not so among the vast majority of the populace) played the fabled Mystery Horn (widely mistaken for a C Melody tenor sax) in Frank Zappa's "Grand Wazoo" (Nothing to see here but FZ's smiling visage, but it's the music that matters. Unfortunately, this clip fades out before getting to the rock 'em sock 'em finale, but it'll do in a pinch.)
Should you find this of passing musical interest (CAUTION, boys and girls: Not a "Baby", "Boogie!", "Booty" or "Get down" to be found), and you're not yet 'aware' of what you've been missing, be sure to delve into "Eat That Question" over on the right there.
And thanks for the Charlie Haden. A national treasure deserving of greater recognition.
Cheers,
A.
I always wanted to play with strings...
Ok off to work,
Here folks, something to start your day with.
Stevie Wonder. Higher Ground
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH3EaO5AMDU
i always found watts to be a bit annoying... his phrazing is too smooth-r and b´ish for my taste... haden on the other hand... great all the way around...
here is feet music from ornette... this is the shit...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O48AoZVcBs4
Thanks for that lovely tune. Charlie is an old friend, dating back to when my husband (Sardinian bass player/composer Marcello Melis) and I lived in NY in the '70s. I've always loved Charlie's music, and hadn't heard that track before.
My compliments site monitor - truly fucking magnificent!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks.
Excellent. I've seen Quartet West on a couple of occasions though never augmented by the string section.
I caught this fellow last evening at a really intimate 60 seat venue here in Seattle. Serious good. Trio with Eyvand Kang on viola & Steve Moore on keyboards & trombone. This was the opening piece:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Svzv-YkUzdk
Here are Charlie & Bill along with Ginger Baker:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QulP-tmf9_Y
Great group.
Day late, a dollar short, but that was wonderful. Thanks for the mind massage.
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