The Ballad of the Fallen is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, recorded… Read Full Bio ↴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, 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.
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
The album is in fact the second by Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, 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.
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
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The Ballad of the Fallen
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