Charles Edward Haden Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Charles Edward "Charlie" Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, known for his long association with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, pianist Keith Jarrett, and his Liberation Music Orchestra, a group he co-led with pianist Carla Bley.
Performed from childhood, making daily radio broadcasts on local country music radio. After completing formal studies, moved to Los Angeles. Played bass with Hampton Hawes, Art Pepper, Red Norvo and Paul Bley. Regular bassist with Ornette Coleman in New York from 1959 to 1960. Out of circulation with drug problems in the early 60's. Set up the Liberation Music Orchestra with Carla Bley in 1969. Much of his music in the 70's and 80's was politically motivated "Song for Che", the Vietnam War, anti-fascism etc). Led the more mainstream, bop oriented Quartet West from 1987.
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Contracted polio at the age of fifteen.
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He sang with his parents and older siblings in a country ensemble which was heard on national radio.
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A bout with polio at 15 damaged his vocal cords and ended his singing career. He continued to play the bass. He got into jazz after hearing Charlie Parker on the radio.
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He was a member of saxophonist Ornette Coleman's groundbreaking free jazz quartet in the late 1950s. He was a key member of another famous ensemble, pianist Keith Jarrett's group in the mid-1970s.
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