Charlie Haden: The Golden Number (Verve by Request – Remastered Vinyl Edition 180g)

Contents

1. Out of Focus (feat. Don Cherry)
2. Shepp’s Way (feat. Archie Shepp)
3. Turnaround (feat. Hampton Hawes)
4. The Golden Number (feat. Ornette Coleman)

The number 2 was the “golden number” for bassist Charlie Haden throughout his life. When he started his solo career in the 1970s, he was the first to record five albums in a row, sometimes with just one, sometimes with changing duo partners. On “Golden Number” in 1977, he was heard in four exciting dialogs with his avant-garde colleagues Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Archie Shepp and Hampton Hawes.

Verve By Request series: remastered, audiophile 180 gram vinyl from Third Man Pressing / Detroit, gatefold sleeve.