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Charlie Haden has always had a penchant for roots music, including folk songs from varied traditions in the repertoire of his Liberation Music Orchestra. It's more than affectation; the bassist's musical roots are in Oklahoma, and his career began in early childhood with his family's country-music group. Those sources loom large in this inspired meeting with pianist Hank Jones over a program devoted largely to spirituals, with a few secular folk songs added in. The feelings communicated here arise from no simple reading of traditional material. It's Jones's unmatched harmonic sensitivity that often works the transformation, his close-voiced chords adding new resonance to summon the depths at which this material communicates. Haden, for his part, is as effective a soloist as he is an accompanist, spare and exacting and making full use of his huge, dark sound and powerful lower register. This is music by two masters, immersing themselves in a profound stream of American music. --Stuart Broomer
Steal Away: Spirituals Hymns & Folk Songs Reviews
Steal Away: Spirituals Hymns & Folk Songs Reviews
| 36 of 36 people found the following review helpful  Doesn't look like,but a very very great record, By This review is from: Steal Away: Spirituals Hymns & Folk Songs (Audio CD) At first sight,no,at the first audition,this record may seem to contain some easy-to-listen-to kind of music.But it's a mistake.This meeting between the old pal of Ornette Coleman,Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell,leader of the rare but exceptionnal "Liberation Music Orchestra",lover of all kinds of folk music,wether it's blues,gospel,south american music or wherever in the world,the great Charlie Haden,and the greatest jazz piano player still alive,child of Fats Waller,Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum (his main influences),member of one of the most revered families of jazz musicians (his brothers are Thad and Elvin Jones),born 1918 and still handsome and active in music,the amazing Hank Jones,this meeting is one of the most important things that happened in the jazz history in the past ten years. This exceptionnal album was recorded June 29 and 30,1994.The repertoire is mostly made of gospel tunes,except the traditionnal "Danny boy",aka "Londonderry... Read more 29 of 29 people found the following review helpful Simple and Profound, By This review is from: Steal Away: Spirituals Hymns & Folk Songs (Audio CD) The cover of this cd is graced with a photograph from the great American photographer Walker Evans. Nothing could be more fitting. Evans' shots capture the bare bones of the South,all veneer stripped away. The simple becomes achingly beautiful. The commonplace becomes universal.Such is the case with this cd. The remarkably versatile and eclectic Charlie Haden teams up with of those famous Jones brothers, Hank, for a bass-piano performance that defines simplicity, soulfulness,and spirituality. From "Go Down, Moses" to "We Shall Overcome" to the (surprisingly included) "Danny Boy", these songs speak of the soul and to the soul. Haden and Jones clearly have great respect for each other and for this music. Both voyage away from and back to the melody lines, but the familiarity and simplicity of the arrangements soothes and comforts both mind and spirit. I'm always surprised when a cd such as this gets made. Haden must have some juice with... Read more 16 of 16 people found the following review helpful Something to Share With Your Real Friends, This review is from: Steal Away: Spirituals Hymns & Folk Songs (Audio CD) I have been a long time fan of Charlie Haden and Hank Jones, each of whom I encountered in a rather different context. That seems fitting. These artists are musicians, not stylists. They react to and play the music on its own terms. I have given about six copies of this recording to close friends and every one has come to me with praise for the set. One friend played the disc at a school assembly and had a half dozen people come up to him and ask for the name of the recording.Make no mistake; this is not dance music. This is poetry, the thoughtful kind. |
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