Closeness is a Jazz album by Charlie Haden, originally released in 1976. On Gatefold: 20 pressings tracked.
About
<i>Closeness</i> from 1976, much like <i>The Golden Number</i> the following year, featured bassist and composer Charlie Haden in a series of duets with legendary collaborator, playing all Haden original. It was the first duo release of many to fill the Haden discography—his partners over the span of his career included Jim Hall, Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, Hank Jone, Kenny Barron, Denny Zeitlin, and more. “Ellen David,” with Keith Jarrett, calls to mind the chemistry that Haden established in the pianist’s American Quartet, and prefigures the duo albums <i>Last Dance</i> and <i>Jasmine</i> by decade. “O.C.” stands for Ornette Coleman, heard here on alto saxophone (on <i>The Golden Number</i> he plays trumpet), harnessing the springy energy of <i>The Shape of Jazz to Come</i> from nearly 20 years before. To hear the melodic swing conception of Haden and Coleman, at full tilt and <i>without</i> a rhythm section, is to understand and appreciate it anew. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Ellen David9:12
- A2O.C.9:28
Side B
- B1For Turiya12:24
- B2For A Free Portugal7:55
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- intimate
- soulful
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Charlie HadenBASS, COMPOSED BY BASS
- Alice ColtraneHARP
- Keith JarrettPIANO
- Ornette ColemanALTO SAXOPHONE
- Paul MotianPERCUSSION
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 20 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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