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This overly long quartet-plus-strings session is Charlie Haden's paean to an ideal America, made during a time that was ripe for such reflections. The band, with Haden on bass, Michael Brecker on tenor, Brad Mehldau on piano, and Brian Blade on drums, is unassailably strong. But listeners could have lived without the ear-candy sheen provided by the 34-piece orchestra, arranged primarily by Alan Broadbent, with additional contributions from Jeremy Lubbock and Vince Mendoza. (Broadbent and Mendoza also penned charts for Jane Monheit's In the Sun, released two weeks earlier.) Aside from outright banalities like "America the Beautiful" and "It Might Be You" (yes, the Stephen Bishop lite-radio hit), there are some saving graces, like Keith Jarrett's "Prism" and "No Lonely Nights," Mehldau's "Ron's Place," and Haden's two originals, "American Dreams" and "Nightfall." But Pat Metheny's "Travels" goes soggy without its Midwestern guitar twang, and Ornette Coleman's "Bird Food," one of only three tracks not to feature the orchestra, is so wildly out of place that its impact is somehow diminished -- notwithstanding a vivid pedal-point interlude about six minutes in.
© David R. Adler /TiVo
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Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Broadbent, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Haden, Double Bass, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Michael Brecker, MainArtist - Lyle Mays, Composer - Vince Mendoza, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Broadbent, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Metheny, Composer - Charlie Haden, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Broadbent, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Haden, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Jarrett, Composer - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Jeremy Lubbock, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Marilyn Bergman, Author - Alan Bergman, Author - Dave Grusin, Composer - Charlie Haden, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Haden, Double Bass, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Jarrett, Composer - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Katherine Lee Bates, ComposerLyricist - Samuel A. Ward, ComposerLyricist - Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Broadbent, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Haden, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Jeremy Lubbock, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Haden, Composer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Haden, Double Bass, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Broadbent, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Haden, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Donald John Sebesky, ComposerLyricist - String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Albert Hague, Composer - Arnold Horwitt, Author - Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Broadbent, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Haden, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ornette Coleman, Composer - Charlie Haden, Double Bass, Recording Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Vince Mendoza, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Haden, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Jeremy Lubbock, Recording Arranger, Music Director & Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Brecker, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brad Mehldau, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Marilyn Bergman, Author - Dave Grusin, Composer - Charlie Haden, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Blade, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Begrman, Author
℗ 2002 Decca Records France
Album review
This overly long quartet-plus-strings session is Charlie Haden's paean to an ideal America, made during a time that was ripe for such reflections. The band, with Haden on bass, Michael Brecker on tenor, Brad Mehldau on piano, and Brian Blade on drums, is unassailably strong. But listeners could have lived without the ear-candy sheen provided by the 34-piece orchestra, arranged primarily by Alan Broadbent, with additional contributions from Jeremy Lubbock and Vince Mendoza. (Broadbent and Mendoza also penned charts for Jane Monheit's In the Sun, released two weeks earlier.) Aside from outright banalities like "America the Beautiful" and "It Might Be You" (yes, the Stephen Bishop lite-radio hit), there are some saving graces, like Keith Jarrett's "Prism" and "No Lonely Nights," Mehldau's "Ron's Place," and Haden's two originals, "American Dreams" and "Nightfall." But Pat Metheny's "Travels" goes soggy without its Midwestern guitar twang, and Ornette Coleman's "Bird Food," one of only three tracks not to feature the orchestra, is so wildly out of place that its impact is somehow diminished -- notwithstanding a vivid pedal-point interlude about six minutes in.
© David R. Adler /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:13
- Main artists: Charlie Haden Michael Brecker
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music Division Decca Records France
- Genre: Jazz
© 2002 Universal Music Jazz France ℗ 2002 Decca Records France
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