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Charlie Haden – review

Barbican, LondonThe great double-bassist and band-leader Charlie Haden not only helped invent free-jazz, but has sustained his Liberation Music Orchestra since the 70s as a jazz-and-politics band that doesn't wag a finger at you. A Barbican weekender showcased him, climaxing with a rousing 2011 edition of Liberation Music that included American hornmen Tony Malaby and Michael Rodriguez, and Britons Andy Sheppard and Jason Yarde.On Saturday, Haden's cool-jazzy Quartet West played three torchy ...

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18:11 on May 25 2011

Charlie Haden – review

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonThe great double-bassist and band-leader Charlie Haden not only helped invent free-jazz, but has sustained his Liberation Music Orchestra since the 70s as... more info