{"product_id":"nocturne-audio-cd-haden-charlie-very-good","title":"Nocturne [Audio CD] HADEN,CHARLIE - Very Good","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sc-item-remarks\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVery Good - USED - Very Good: A well-maintained video game, CD, or DVD that has been played but remains in excellent condition. The disc is fully functional, plays without interruptions, and does not skip. The box or jewel case, along with the cover art, liner notes, and other inclusions, may show only minor signs of wear. Please note that any included digital codes (if applicable) are not guaranteed to work. USED BOOK: This book is in very good condition, showing only minimal signs of wear. The pages are clean with no markings, and the cover may have slight shelf wear. The spine remains uncreased, and the book appears well cared for. It is a solid copy that presents well and is enjoyable to read. Please note that any included access codes (if applicable) are not guaranteed to work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\nAmazon.ca\n\nIn Nocturne, the great bassist Charlie Haden focuses on the classic bolero in its Cuban and Mexican manifestations. He's joined by the Cuban team of pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba and percussionist Ignacio Berroa, the trio playing host to a series of starry guests. Haden first met Rubalcaba in 1986, at the Havana Jazz Plaza Festival, since when they've been frequent collaborators. The bassist must be congratulated on his luscious production job, crafting a succulent sound that exudes a gliding sophistication, always taken at a beautifully measured pace. Charlie coaxes out some wondrously low bass vibrations and Berroa supplies a whispered, military soft-shoe snare-shuffle to several numbers, adding soft bongo droplets around the edges. Rubalcaba's primary concern is to make his rationed notes float interminably, his pursuit of the melodic line always completely relaxed. Pat Metheny strums acoustic guitar on \"Night of Wandering\", employing angular strokes that call to mind Django Reinhardt just as much as any supposed Mexican stylings. Six numbers feature either Joe Lovano or David Sanchez, seductively buffing with their cottony tenor saxophones, while violinist Federico Britos Ruiz lends his emotive violin talents to three cuts. Haden also contributes a pair of originals, his \"Nightfall\" including a bass solo in which every note is savoured and swilled around the palate. This is a quite exceptional album, surely one of the most laid back sessions in existence, but far removed from any blandness. --Martin Longley\n\nProduct description\n\nCharles Edward Haden (August 6 1937 July 11 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer, and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years. In the late 1950s, Haden was an original member of the ground-breaking Ornette Coleman Quartet. Haden revolutionized the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz. German musicologist Joachim-Ernst Berendt wrote that Haden's \"ability to create serendipitous harmonies by improvising melodic responses to Coleman's free-form solos (rather than sticking to predetermined harmonies) was both radical and mesmerizing. His virtuosity lies…in an incredible ability to make the double bass 'sound out'. Haden cultivated the instrument's gravity as no one else in jazz. He is a master of simplicity which is one of the most difficult things to achieve.\" Haden played a vital role in this revolutionary new approach evolving a way of playing that sometimes complemented the soloist and sometimes moved independently. In this respect, as did his predecessor bassists Jimmy Blanton and Charles Mingus, Haden helped liberate the bassist from a strictly accompanying role to becoming a more direct participant in group improvisation. In 1969, he formed his first band, the Liberation Music Orchestra, featuring arrangements by pianist Carla Bley. In the late 1960s, he became a member of pianist Keith Jarrett's trio, quartet, and quintet. In the 1980s, he formed his band, Quartet West. 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