Research Catalog

Title

An evening with GRAMMY award-winner Charlie Haden in conversation with Robert Santelli, Executive Director of The GRAMMY Museum [videorecording].

Author

Haden, Charlie.

Publication

2009.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Santelli, Robert.
• Stock, Eric.
• GRAMMY Museum.
• National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (U.S.). New York chapter.
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Description

1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Charlie Haden speaks with Robert Santelli about his new album "Rambling boy"; being on the radio every day from ages 2 - 15; how his take on jazz and music in general has been influenced by his radio experience; how most jazz musicians are from cities or metropolitan areas, while he grew up in a very rural setting; family gathering that led to "Rambling boy"; "Beyond the Missouri sky" with Pat Metheny; country musicians loving jazz; researching songs for "Rambling boy" with Ruth, his wife and co-producer; the importance of old country like the Carter Family; making "Rambling boy" in Nashville; how country to jazz was an easy transition given his love of the Delmore Brothers harmonies and being trained by ear as a child; listening to everything he could as a child; Charlie Parker (Bird) coming through with Jazz at the Philharmonic to do a TV show in Nebraska; being 14 years old and seeing Stan Kenton with his band in Springfield, Missouri, going backstage and then back to the band's hotel; playing bass to save money to move to Los Angeles; starting to hang out with Brad Mitchell; playing around L.A.; first hearing Ornette Coleman play his plastic trumpet; beginning to play with Ornette at age 19; learning by playing with musicians who were better than he was; playing at the Five Spot in New York City and meeting John Coltrane; recording "The avant garde" on Atlantic; becoming close friends with Alice Coltrane; the comparison of jazz scenes in L.A. and New York City; music in the 1960s; his trio with Keith Jarrett; making a record about human injustices; feeling pulled toward and wishing to have been a part of the jazz scene in New York City; music as expression; playing music as though you have never heard or played music before; the Liberation Music Orchestra and Carla Bley; using music to voice concerns; playing Portugal in 1971, dedicating "Song for Che" to revolutionairies in the Portuguese colonies in Africa, being detained and jailed in Lisbon; meeting Miles Davis in Portugal just after being released from detainment; jazz in the 1970s; music in the 1970s: enjoying Jimi Hendrix, meeting Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead; his son, Josh, introducing him to punk rock music like The Meat Puppets, Black Flag, and The Minutemen; pairing jazz and punk rock in the same show; expanding his audience; going to the only African-American church in town with his mother when he was a boy and loving the music there; recording "Steal away" with Hank Jones in Montreal; always striving to learn something new; what he could hear at the top of a mountain outside of Denver, Colorado; jazz today; how he does not see music in categories anymore; jazz being what Bird was playing; about meeting Paul Chambers and becoming friends; bass players as under-appreciated musicians; great jazz bassists like Scott LaFaro who played with Chet Baker's band; about his relationship with Scott LaFaro and LaFaro's death; being insecure as a self-taught musician who has come from "hillbilly" music; what is next, including: a book, a documentary, another country record, going to Australia; learning more about the creative process; how being a great human is what makes a great musician; one's true importance; Jimmy Blanton; "deeper" communication with people through music; jazz needing more funding; the importance of young people experiencing "deeper" beauty and the arts; choosing the bass because it made the sound deeper; the importance of hearing feedback regarding your artform and creative process.

Series Statement

Duke jazz talks

Uniform Title

Duke jazz talks.

Subjects

• Double bassists > Interviews
• Coleman, Ornette > Influence
• Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955 > Influence
• Los Angeles (Calif.)
• Broadbent, Alan, 1947-
• Haden, Charlie > Interviews
• Jazz > Performances

Note

• Duke jazz talks is a collaboration between The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, The GRAMMY Museum, and The Recording Academy®, New York chapter.

Event (note)

• This live discussion and performance was videotaped at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, California on Jan. 21, 2009 by Eric Stock.

Funding (note)

• Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

[Interview (01:00-53:00)] -- [Question and answer (53:00-66:00)] -- Double bass and piano performance (67:00-91:00).

Call Number

*LDV 1241

OCLC

316556960

Author

Haden, Charlie. Performer

Title

An evening with GRAMMY award-winner Charlie Haden in conversation with Robert Santelli, Executive Director of The GRAMMY Museum [videorecording].

Imprint

2009.

Series

Duke jazz talks

Duke jazz talks.

Performer

Charlie Haden, interviewee, bass ; Robert Santelli, interviewer ; Alan Broadbent, piano.

Event

This live discussion and performance was videotaped at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles, California on Jan. 21, 2009 by Eric Stock.

Funding

Recording made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

System Details

DVD.

Added Author

Santelli, Robert. Interviewer

Stock, Eric. Videographer

GRAMMY Museum.

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (U.S.). New York chapter.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Research Call Number

*LDV 1241