Charlie Haden & Hank Jones.
I played a song from this album a couple of years ago, but it’s so great I had to put up another. And it’s logical proof of yesterday’s Hank post.
Charlie Haden made his reputation in the early 60s with Ornette Coleman’s avant garde jazz revolution (after a mid-western childhood playing with his family’s country & western band). After a period of drug addiction and resurrection through political action, he settled back on the West Coast, taught and CalArts, and resumed an early interest in duets (with among others Pat Metheny, Kenny Baron, and Ornette). This album with Hank is my favorite of a great bunch. A combination of gospel songs and church hymns, they’re interpretations by two of the sublime players of their generations. Easy going down and smart at the same time.
Charlie Haden: bass
Hank Jones: piano
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On May 23rd, 2006 at 12:00 am
Wow! Thanks so much Fred for posting these. I am always excited to discover new music. A while back there was this guy who was running a blog called POP DEBRIS and he would post the most ecclectic selections of music you have ever, or never heard and I was like one of 18 people who would download his tracks every day. Really amazing and incredibly rare stuff. Alas he is no longer running it. But this is great! How do you find the time to do this? I can’t imagine your schedule. God bless ya.