The Ballad of the Fallen

The Ballad of the Fallen
The Ballad of the Fallen
Studio album by Charlie Haden
Released	1983
Recorded	November 1982
Genre	Avant-garde jazz, experimental big band
Length	51:51
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Charlie Haden chronology
Liberation Music Orchestra chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

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 album is the second by Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra,^[4] 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[]

LP side A:^[5]

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[]

Charlie Haden – double bass
Carla Bley – piano, glockenspiel, arrangements
Dewey Redman – tenor saxophone
Jim Pepper – flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
Steve Slagle – clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone
Michael Mantler – trumpet
Gary Valente – trombone
Sharon Freeman – French horn
Jack Jeffers – tuba
Don Cherry – pocket trumpet
Mick Goodrick – guitar
Paul Motian – percussion, drums

References[]

^ Allmusic review
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 91. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ The Ballad of the Fallen at AllMusic
^ Ballad of the Fallen at discogs.com

External links[]

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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[1] Allmusic review

[RSJRG-2] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 91. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[allmusic-4] The Ballad of the Fallen at AllMusic

[5] Ballad of the Fallen at discogs.com

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As leader	Tropic Appetites (1974) Dinner Music (1977) European Tour 1977 (1978) Musique Mecanique (1979) Social Studies (1981) Live! (1982) I Hate to Sing (1984) Heavy Heart (1984) Sextet (1987) Fleur Carnivore (1989) The Very Big Carla Bley Band (1991) Big Band Theory (1993) Songs with Legs (1994) The Carla Bley Big Band Goes to Church (1996) Fancy Chamber Music (1998) 4 x 4 (2000) Looking for America (2003) The Lost Chords (2004) The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu (2007) Appearing Nightly (2008) Carla's Christmas Carols (2009) Trios (2013) Andando el Tiempo (2016) Life Goes On (2020)
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