Sep 24th, 2008 · Bassist Charlie Haden is known as a great jazz musician, but his lineage is all country: Growing up, he performed alongside his brothers and sister in the Haden Family Band, a country group led by parents, Carl and Virginia.
Sep 21st, 2008 · As a kid, Charlie Haden was a yodeling cowboy during radio's Golden Age. He's since become a respected jazz bassist for musicians such as Pat Metheny and Keith Jarrett. But the bluegrass of his youth was an irresistible siren song, and now he's recorded Rambling Boy with friends and family.
Nov 22nd, 2006 · Petra Haden and her occasional cohorts in The Sellouts make wonderfully unclassifiable music: Their music is so varied that one category can't suffice. Haden mixes classical, jazz, blues, rock, folk and pop, often performing some unusual combination a cappella.
Dec 27th, 2005 · Jazz icon Charlie Haden's new all-instrumental CD is titled Not in Our Name -- a not-so-veiled reference to the war in Iraq. The album includes arrangements of Samuel Barber's "Adagio" and "Amazing Grace." Haden and some of his collaborators discuss how to convey a message without words.
Mar 6th, 2005 · Guest host Sheilah Kast speaks with singer Petra Haden , who has two new projects: "Petra Haden and Bill Frisell" (Sovereign Artists Records), a collection of standards played by the virtuoso guitarist, and "Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out" (Bar/None Records) in which she recreates the Who's music entirely with her voice.
Nov 11th, 2004 · Bassist Charlie Haden talks with Roy Hurst about his role in the creation of the genre known as "free jazz." Haden's latest CD is Land of the Sun.