In Box 77 of the Charlie Haden Archive is an undated CD-R titled “Charlie Haden Cassette”. The material features Charlie playing bass in duo with a pianist. Charlie’s wife, Ruth Cameron, calls out song titles. There is an additional unidentified female voice. The pianist is also unidentified. The recording may have been made in preparation for Ruth Cameron’s debut solo album, First Songs, released in 1998, but I’m not sure. This performance contains songs Charlie never recorded before or after. I couldn’t identify one of the songs.
The pieces appearing in this podcast episode include:
“Homer’s Odyssey”, by Josh Haden
“Zig Zag” (Ornette Coleman). From the 1966 Ornette Coleman album The Empty Foxhole. Ornette Coleman: saxophone. Charlie Haden: bass. Denardo Coleman: drums.
“Charlie Haden Cassette”. Cassette recording. Undated. No location listed. Charlie Haden: Bass. Pianist not listed.
Tracks:
1. In The Still Of The Night (Cole Porter)
2. Little White Lies (Walter Donaldson)
3. The Night We Called It A Day (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair)
4. The Man I Love (George & Ira Gershwin)
5. I Hear A Rhapsody (George Fragos, Jack Baker, Dick Gasparre)
6. Lost April ( Emil Newman, Herbert W. Spencer, Eddie DeLange)
7. Close Your Eyes (Bernice Petkere)
8. The Man I Love (George & Ira Gershwin)
9. Let’s Call It A Day (Lee Wiley)
10. Untitled
11. My Dream Is Yours (Harry Warren, Ralph Blaine)
12. I Wish I Knew (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon)
13. As Long As There’s Music (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn)
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CD-R. Plastic case. “Charlie Haden Casssette”. Undated. From the collection of Charlie Haden.
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