Closeness (album)

Closeness

Studio album by Charlie Haden

Released

1976

Recorded

January 26 and March 18 & 21, 1976

Genre

Jazz

Length

39:08

Label

Horizon

Producer

Ed Michel

Charlie Haden chronology

As Long as There's Music
(1976)

Closeness
(1976)

The Golden Number
(1977)

Closeness is an album of duets by bassist Charlie Haden recorded in 1976 and released on the Horizon label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Recommended, particularly due to the Ornette and Jarrett collaborations".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Haden

"Ellen David" - 9:11
"O.C." - 9:31
"For Turiya" - 12:26
"For a Free Portugal" - 7:55

Recorded at Kendun Recorders in Burbank, California on January 26, 1976 (track 3) and at Generation Sound in New York City on March 18 (track 1) and March 21 (tracks 2 & 3), 1976

Personnel

Charlie Haden — bass
Ornette Coleman — alto saxophone (track 2)
Keith Jarrett — piano (track 1)
Alice Coltrane — harp (track 3)
Paul Motian — percussion (track 4)

References

↑ Discogs album entry accessed November 30, 2011
1 2 Yanow, S.Allmusic Review accessed November 30, 2011
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 91. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Charlie Haden

Studio albums	As Long as There's Music (1978) Closeness (1976) The Golden Number (1977) Gitane (1978) Magico (1979) Folk Songs (1979) Etudes (1987) Silence (1987) Dialogues (1990) First Song (1992) Steal Away (1995) Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997) None But the Lonely Heart (1997) Nocturne (2001) American Dreams (2002) Land of the Sun (2004) Heartplay (2006) Come Sunday (2012)

Live albums	Time Remembers One Time Once (1981) The Montreal Tapes: with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell (1994) The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (1994) Night and the City (1996) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (1997) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (1997) The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (1997) In Montreal (2001) The Montreal Tapes: Tribute to Joe Henderson (2004) Magico: Carta de Amor (2012)

Liberation Music Orchestra albums	Liberation Music Orchestra (1969) The Ballad of the Fallen (1982) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005)

Old and New Dreams albums	Old and New Dreams (1976) Old and New Dreams (1979) Playing (1980) A Tribute to Blackwell (1987)

Quartet West albums	Quartet West (1987) In Angel City (1988) Haunted Heart (1991) Always Say Goodbye (1993) Now Is the Hour (1996) The Art of the Song (1999) The Private Collection (2007)

Related	Discography Josh Haden Spain [band] The Blue Moods of Spain Petra Haden Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out Rachel Haden Tanya Haden Let's Go Sailing The Haden Triplets

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