Charlie Haden

• 3 PANEL DIGIPACK EDITION

• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

A fascinating reissue that comfortably straddles the lines of jazz, folk, and world music, working up a storm by way of a jazz protest album that points toward the Spanish Civil War in particular and the Vietnam War in passing. Haden leads the charge and contributes material, but the real star here may in fact be Carla Bley, who arranged numbers, wrote several, and contributed typically brilliant piano work.

PERSONNEL:

• Perry Robinson (clarinet)
• Gato Barbieri (tenor sax, clarinet)
• Dewey Redman (alto & tenor sax)
• Don Cherry (cornet)
• Michael Mantler (trumpet)
• Roswell Rudd (trombone)
• Bob Northern (french horn)
• Howard Johnson (tuba)
• Sam Brown (guitar)
• Carla Bley (piano, tamborine)
• Charlie Haden (bass)
• Paul Motian & Andrew Cyrille (drums, percussion)

TRACKS:

• 01. The Introduction
• 02. Song Of The United Front
• 03. El Quinto Regimento = The Fifth Regiment
• - Los Cuatro Generales = The Four Generals
• - Viva La Quince Brigada = Long Live The Fifteenth Brigade
• 04. The Ending To The First Side
• 05. Song For Chè
• 06. War Orphans
• 07. The Interlude (Drinking Music)
• 08. Circus '68 '69
• 09. We Shall Overcome