Carla Bley Charlie Haden The Ballad of The Fallen

The Ballad of the Fallen is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, 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 Bley also placed first in that 1984 poll s Acoustic Bass and Composer categories, respectively. The album is in fact the second by Haden s Liberation Music Orchestra, 2 the followup to their 1969 Liberation Music Orchestra. Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman, and Haden hi