On May 28, 2025, Aloysius Tyrone Foster aka Al Foster, died aged 82. He was musician (drums), recorded and performed with Blue Mitchell, Illinois Jacquet, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Barron, Joe Henderson, Joanne Brackeen, Cedar Walton, Larry Willis, Steve Kuhn, Tommy Flanagan, Chris Potter, George Adams, Richie Beirach, Peter Bernstein, Walter Bishop Jr, Donald Byrn, Eli Degibri, Eliane Elias, Eric Le Lann, Red Garland, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Haden, Sadik Hakim, Jimmy Heath, Duke Jordan, Shirley Horn, Bobby Hutcherson, Sam Jones, Yusef Lateef, Andy LaVerne, Abbey Lincoln, Fred Lipsius, Larry Willis, George Mraz, Lonnie Liston Smith, Joe Lovano, Frank Morgan, Johnny Lytle, Hugh Masakela, Ronnie Mathews, Tete Montoliu, Sam Morrison, Bud Shank, Reggie Workman, Peter Zak, Cecil Payne, Dave Liebman and Art Pepper. As leader, Foster released eighth albums.
Tag Archives: Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra: The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra
In April 1999, “Verve” label released “The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra”. a live album by Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra. It was recorded in 1989 at the “Montreal International Jazz Festival”, and was produced by Ruth Cameron.
Personnel:
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Ken McIntyre – alto saxophone
- Ernie Watts, Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone
- Stanton Davis, Tom Harrell – trumpet
- Ray Anderson – trombone
- Sharon Freeman – French horn
- Joe Daley – tuba
- Mick Goodrick – guitar
- Geri Allen – piano
- Paul Motian – drums
Track listing:
All tracks by Charlie Haden, except as noted.
- La Pasionaria
- Silence
- Sandino
- We Shall Overcome – Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton, Zilphia Horton, Pete Seeger
Alice Coltrane: Journey in Satchidananda
In February 1971, “Impulse!” label released “Journey in Satchidananda”, the fourth Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded July – November 1970, at “Village Gate”, and Coltrane’s home studio in Dix Hills, New York, and was produced by Ed Michel and Alice Coltrane.
Personnel:
- Alice Coltrane – harp, piano
- Pharoah Sanders – soprano saxophone, percussion
- Cecil McBee – double bass
- Charlie Haden – double bass
- Rashied Ali – drums
- Tulsi Sen Gupta – tanpura
- Majid Shabazz – bells, tambourine
- Vishnu Wood – oud
All tracks by Alice Coltrane.
- Journey in Satchidananda
- Shiva-Loka
- Stopover Bombay
- Something About John Coltrane
- Isis and Osiris
Ornette Coleman: The Empty Foxhole
In December 1966, “Blue Note” label released “The Empty Foxhole”, the tenth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in September 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Francis Wolff.
Personnel:
- Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin, cover painting, liner notes
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Denardo Coleman – drums
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording
- Bob Fuentes – design
Track listing:
All tracks by Ornette Coleman.
- Good Old Days
- The Empty Foxhole
- Sound Gravitation
- Freeway Express
- Faithful
- Zig Zag
Charlie Haden And The Liberation Music Orchestra: Dream Keeper
In October 1990, “Blue Note” label released “Dream Keeper”, the fourth Charlie Haden and the Liberation Music Orchestra album. It was recorded in April 1990, at “Clinton Studios” in New York City. “Dream Keeper” was voted “Jazz album of the year” in “Down Beat” magazine’s 1991 critics’ poll.
Personnel:
- Charlie Haden – double bass
- Carla Bley – arranger, conductor
- Ken McIntyre – alto saxophone
- Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone
- Joe Lovano – tenor saxophone, flute
- Branford Marsalis – tenor saxophone, flute
- Tom Harrell – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Earl Gardner – trumpet
- Ray Anderson – trombone
- Sharon Freeman – French horn
- Joseph Daley – tuba
- Juan Lazaro Mendolas – wood flute, pan flute
- Amina Claudine Myers – piano
- Mick Goodrick – guitar
- Paul Motian – drums
- Don Alias – percussion
- The Oakland Youth Chorus, Elizabeth Min – director
Track listing:
- Dream Keeper – Carla Bley, Langston Hughes, traditional
- Dream Keeper Part 1 – Carla Bley
- Feliciano Ama – traditional from El Salvador
- Dream Keeper Part II – Carla Bley
- Canto del Pilon (I) – traditional from Venezuela
- Dream Keeper Part III – Carla Bley
- Canto del Pilon (II) – traditional from Venezuela
- Hymn of the Anarchist Women’s Movement – traditional from Spanish Civil War
- Dream Keeper Part IV – Carla Bley
- Rabo de Nube – Silvio Rodríguez
- Nkosi Sikelel’i Afrika – Enoch Sontonga
- Sandino – Charlie Haden
- Spiritual – Charlie Haden
Alice Coltrane: Translinear Light
On September 28, 2004, “Impulse” label released “Translinear Light”, the 17th and final Alice Coltrane studio album. It was recorded April 2000 – June 2004, and was produced by Ravi Coltrane.
Personnel:
- Alice Coltrane – piano, Wurlitzer organ, synthesizer
- Ravi Coltrane – soprano and tenor saxophone, percussion, sleigh bells
- Oran Coltrane – alto saxophone
- Charlie Haden – bass
- James Genus – bass
- Jack De Johnette – drums
- Jeff “Tain” Watts – drums
- The Sai Anantam Ashram Singers – vocals
Track listing:
- Sita Ram – traditional
- Walk with Me – traditional
- Translinear Light – Alice Coltrane
- Jagadishwar – Alice Coltrane
- This Train – traditional
- The Hymn – Alice Coltrane
- Blue Nile – Alice Coltrane
- Crescent – John Coltrane
- Leo – John Coltrane
- Triloka – Alice Coltrane
- Satya Sai Isha – traditional
Ornette Coleman: Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation
In September 1961, “Atlantic” label released “Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation”, the sixth Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in December 1960, at “A&R Studios” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün.
Personnel:
- Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone
- Freddie Hubbard – trumpet
- Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
- Eric Dolphy – bass clarinet
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Scott LaFaro – double bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
- Ed Blackwell – drums
- Tom Dowd – recording
Track listing:
All tracks by Ornette Coleman.
- Free Jazz (Part One)
- Free Jazz (Part Two)
Michael Brecker: Don’t Try This At Home
On September 5, 1988, “Impulse!” label released “Don’t Try This at Home”, the second Michael Brecker studio album. It was recorded in 1988, at “The Power Station” in New York City, and was produced by Don Grolnick. In 1989, the album won a “Grammy Award” for “Best Improvised Jazz Solo”.
Personnel:
- Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone, EWI
- Don Grolnick – acoustic piano
- Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano
- Joey Calderazzo – acoustic piano
- Judd Miller – synthesizer programming
- Jim Beard – synthesizers, acoustic piano
- Mike Stern – guitars
- Charlie Haden – acoustic bass
- Jeff Andrews – fretless electric bass, electric bass
- Jack DeJohnette – drums
- Adam Nussbaum – drums
- Peter Erskine – drums
- Mark O’Connor – violin
- James Farber – recording, mixing
- Gary Solomon – engineer assistant
- Karen Robben – engineer assistant
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Kathleen Covert – art direction. design
- Mark Seliger – photography
- George Varga – liner notes
- Tom Gill – piano technician
- Ricky Schultz – executive producer
- Jerry Wortman – production assistant
- Karen Kramer – production coordinator
Track listing:
- Itsbynne Reel – Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick
- Chime This – Don Grolnick
- Scriabin – Vince Mendoza
- Suspone – Mike Stern
- Don’t Try This at Home – Michael Brecker, Don Grolnick
- Everything Happens When You’re Gone – Michael Brecker
- Talking to Myself – Don Grolnick
- The Gentleman & Hizcaine – Jim Beard
Archie Shepp: Mama Too Tight
In July 1967, “Impulse!” label released “Mama Too Tight”, the ninth Archie Shepp album. It was recorded in August 1966, at “Van Gelder Studio” in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and was produced by Bob Thiele.
Personnel:
- Archie Shepp – tenor saxophone
- Tommy Turrentine – trumpet
- Grachan Moncur III – trombone
- Roswell Rudd – trombone
- Howard Johnson – tuba
- Perry Robinson – clarinet
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Beaver Harris – drums
Track listing:
1. A Portrait Of Robert Thompson (as a young man)
Introducing
a) Prelude to a Kiss – Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills
b) The Break Strain-King Cotton (public domain)
c) Dem Basses (public domain)
2. Mama Too Tight
3. Theme for Ernie – Fred Lacey
4. Basheer
Ornette Coleman: Science Fiction
In February 1972, “Columbia” label released “Science Fiction”, the 13th Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded September – October 1971, at “Columbia Studio E” in New York City and was produced by James Jordan.
Personnel:
- Ornette Coleman – alto saxophone, trumpet, violin
- Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone, musette
- Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
- Bobby Bradford, Carmine Fornarotto, Gerard Schwarz – trumpet
- Charlie Haden – bass
- Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell – drums
- David Henderson – recitation
- Asha Puthli – vocals
- Stan Tonkel – engineer
- Russ Payne – mixing
- Ed Lee – cover design
- Robert Amft – cover photography
- Bob Palmer – liner notes
Track listing:
All tracks by Ornette Coleman.
- What Reason Could I Give?
- Civilization Day
- Street Woman
- Science Fiction
- Rock the Clock
- All My Life
- Law Years
- The Jungle Is a Skyscraper
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