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The Ballad of the Fallen

November 10, 2023

The Ballad of the Fallen is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, with arrangements by Carla Bley, that was recorded in 1982 and released in 1983. The album was voted jazz album of the year in Down Beat magazine's 1984 critic's poll. Haden and Carla Bley placed first in that 1984 poll's “Acoustic Bass” and “Composer” categories, respectively.

The Ballad of the Fallen
Studio album by
Charlie Haden
ReleasedOctober 1983[1]
RecordedNovember 1982[2]
GenreAvant-garde jazz, experimental big band
Length51:51
LabelECM
ProducerManfred Eicher
Charlie Haden chronology
Time Remembers One Time Once
(1983) 		The Ballad of the Fallen
(1983) 		Quartet West
(1987)
Liberation Music Orchestra chronology
Liberation Music Orchestra
(1970) 		The Ballad of the Fallen
(1983) 		Dream Keeper
(1990)

The album is the second by Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra,[2] the follow-up to their 1969 Liberation Music Orchestra. Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman, and Haden himself appeared in the LMO's new incarnation with six new members.

Track listing edit

  • LP side A:
1. "Els Segadors" ("The Reapers") (Catalan traditional) – 4:14
2. "The Ballad of the Fallen" (folk song from El Salvador) – 4:19
3. - "If You Want to Write Me" ("Si Me Quieres Escribir") (traditional) – 3:55
4. - "Grandola Vila Morena" (José Afonso) – 2:11
5. - "Introduction to People" (Carla Bley) – 3:55
6. - "The People United Will Never Be Defeated" ("El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido!") (Sergio Ortega) – 1:40
7. "Silence" (Charlie Haden) – 5:49

LP side B:

1. "Too Late" (Carla Bley) – 8:24
2. "La Pasionaria" (Charlie Haden) – 10:26
3. "La Santa Espina" (Àngel Guimerà/Enric Morera) – 6:58

Personnel edit

References edit

  1. ^ The Ballad Of The Fallen - Charlie Haden, Carla Bley - ECM Records
  2. ^ a b c AllMusic review
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 91. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

External links edit

  • The Story behind the Ballad of the Fallen, by Charlie Haden’s Liberation Music Orchestra at The Music Aficionado, Jan.3, 2017
  • Liner notes at ECM, accessed 5/1/2018


 

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