The Ballad of the Fallen

Infobox Album
Name = The Ballad of the Fallen
Type = studio
Artist = Charlie Haden


Released = 1983
Recorded = 1982 November
Genre = Experimental big band
Avant-garde jazz
Length = 51:51
Label = ECM
Producer = Manfred Eicher
Reviews = All Music guide Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:lctxlfkegcqp link]
Last album = "Folk Songs"
(1979)
This album = "The Ballad of the Fallen"
(1983)
Next album = "Quartet West"
(1986)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Liberation Music Orchestra
Type = album
Background = lightsteelblue
Last album = "Liberation Music Orchestra (album)"
(1969)
This album = "The Ballad of the Fallen"
(1983)
Next album = "Dream Keeper"
(1990)

"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 OrchestraAllmusicguide|id=10:lctxlfkegcqp] , the follow-up to their 1969 "Liberation Music Orchestra". Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman, and Haden himself reappeared in the LMO's new incarnation, together with six new members.

Track listing

1. "Els Segadors" ("The Reapers") (traditional) – 4:14 2. "The Ballad of the Fallen" (folk song) – 4:19 : - "If You Want to Write Me" ("Si Me Quieres Escribir") (traditional) – 3:55 : - "Grândola Vila Morena" (Afonso) – 2:11 : - "Introduction to People" (Bley) – 3:55 : - "The People United Will Never Be Defeated" ("El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido" (Ediciones–Ortega) – 1:40 3. "Silence" (Haden) – 5:49 4. "Too Late" (Bley) – 8:24 5. "La Pasionaria" (Haden) – 10:26 6. "La Santa Espina" (Guimerá) – 6:58 ::"(Arrangements by Bley.)"

Personnel

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

External links / References / Awards

*Down Beat magazine critic's poll [http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=710 1984 results]