Jazz Legend Charlie Haden

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🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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We're continuing our weeklong series of some of our favorite music interviews from our archive. We'll hear several interviews recorded with the late Charlie Haden, one of the greatest bass players in the history of jazz. Haden grew up singing in his family's country music radio shows but turned to the bass when polio damaged his vocal cords. He helped lead a musical revolution in the late 1950s and early '60s, performing in the Ornette Coleman Quartet. He formed his own jazz bands but also returned to traditional music when he recorded with his triplet daughters, wife and son.

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0:00.0	From the WHYY in Philadelphia, I'm Terry Gross with Fresh Air.
0:04.7	Today, we continue our week-long series of some of our favorite music interviews from
0:11.1	our archive.
0:12.1	We'll hear several interviews recorded with the late Charlie Hayden, one of the greatest
0:17.3	space players in the history of jazz.
0:20.0	Hayden grew up singing in his family's country music radio shows, but turned to the base
0:25.0	when Polio damaged his vocal cords.
0:27.9	He helped lead a musical revolution in the late 50s and early 60s, performing in the
0:33.4	Ornette Coleman quartet.
0:35.7	He formed his own jazz bands, but also returned to traditional music when he recorded with
0:40.9	his triplet daughters, wife, and son.
0:44.4	Interviews with Charlie Hayden, spanning 1983 to 2008, coming up on Fresh Air.
0:53.6	Today we'll hear several interviews with Charlie Hayden, the preeminent bass player of his
0:58.2	generation, and one of the greatest bass players in the history of jazz.
1:03.3	We'll hear interviews spanning from 1983 to 2008.
1:07.7	He died in 2014.
1:10.4	Hayden played a remarkable range of music.
1:12.6	He was born in Shenandoah, Iowa, and grew up in Missouri.
1:16.6	From the age of two until he was 15, he sang on his family's country music radio show.
1:22.6	He had to stop singing when Polio affected his vocal cords.
1:26.6	That's when he got serious about playing bass.
1:29.5	Although he was brought up on traditional music, he made his reputation in jazz, helping
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