Charlie haden biography

Born on August 6, , in Shenandoah, IA; parents were country-western entertainers; married Ruth Cameron (second wife); four children. Addresses: Management--The Merlin Company, Ventura Blvd., Suite , Encino, CA,

When he was 15 years old, Charlie Haden traveled to Omaha with his father to hear a performance by jazz saxophone greats Lester Young and Charlie Parker.

The experience was a revelation; after the event, as Haden recalled to Jay Cocks of Time, "it was pretty much decided inside my soul that jazz was what I was going to do.

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It was like having the music born inside you." Over five decades later, Haden remained one of the most sensitive and innovative masters of the string bass, whose impact on both his chosen instrument, and jazz in general, continued to be felt.

On saxophonist Joshua Redman's recording, Wish, for example, the veteran Haden teamed up with one of jazz's fastest-rising young stars. Redman's youthful ebullience blended effortlessly with Haden&#