INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Charlie Haden: From 'Ramblin" to 'Ramblin' Boy'

In this installment of Take Five, we wish a happy birthday to one of the greatest bassists in jazz: Charlie Haden, born Aug. 6, 1937, in Shenandoah, Iowa. Haden began performing as a singer in his family's country band when he was 22 months old. In his teens, he developed an interest in the acoustic bass — which would become his musical voice from then on — but his interests quickly took him far beyond his country/western roots. In 1957, Haden moved to Los Angeles and soon found him...

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