The Ballad of the Fallen
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| Studio album by Charlie Haden | |||||
| Released | 1983 | ||||
| Recorded | 1982 November | ||||
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Experimental big band Avant-garde jazz | ||||
| Length | 51:51 | ||||
| Label | ECM | ||||
| Producer | Manfred Eicher | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Ballad of the Fallen is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, recorded in 1982 and released in 1983. The album was voted "Jazz album of the year" in Down Beat magazine's 1984 critic's poll. Haden and Bley also placed first in that 1984 poll's Acoustic Bass and Composer categories, respectively.
The album is in fact the second by Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra,[3] the follow-up to their 1969 Liberation Music Orchestra. Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman, and Haden himself reappeared in the LMO's new incarnation, together with six new members.
Track listing
- 1. “Els Segadors” (“The Reapers”) (Catalan traditional) – 4:14
- 2. “The Ballad of the Fallen” (folk song from El Salvador) – 4:19
- - “If You Want to Write Me” ("Si Me Quieres Escribir") (traditional) – 3:55
- - “Grandola Vila Morena” (José Afonso) – 2:11
- - “Introduction to People” (Carla Bley) – 3:55
- - “The People United Will Never Be Defeated” (“El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido!”) (Sergio Ortega) – 1:40
- 3. “Silence” (Charlie Haden) – 5:49
LP side B:
- 1. “Too Late” (Carla Bley) – 8:24
- 2. “La Pasionaria” (Charlie Haden) – 10:26
- 3. “La Santa Espina” (Àngel Guimerà/Enric Morera) – 6:58
(Arrangements by Carla Bley.)
Personnel
- Carla Bley — piano, glockenspiel
- Don Cherry — pocket trumpet
- Sharon Freeman — French horn
- Mick Goodrick — guitar
- Charlie Haden — bass
- Jack Jeffers — tuba
- Michael Mantler — trumpet
- Paul Motian — percussion, drums
- Jim Pepper — flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Dewey Redman — tenor saxophone
- Steve Slagle — clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
- Gary Valente — trombone
External links / References / Awards
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 91. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ↑ The Ballad of the Fallen at AllMusic
- ↑ Ballad of the Fallen at discogs.com
- Down Beat magazine critic's poll 1984 results
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