Closeness: One part of the creative process; feeling a closeness to life; having a need inside to express your feelings in a creative language; dedicating your life to the language we call Jazz (creative music born in the United States); being close to others who have also dedicates their lives to creative music; wanting and hoping to communicate this closeness to as many people as possible through music. These are some of the things this album is about. - Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden plays for the existence of the listener. This reason makes him a musical guru. The human reason is the only hope of knowing who, where and how man and woman came to be. Charlie's playing reminds me, as so many others of all walks of life, that reason could be known to all through love. - Ornette Coleman
Tracks
1. Ellen David
2. O.C.
3. For Turiya
4. For A Free Portugal
CHALIE HADEN bass
KEITH JARRETT piano
ORNETTE COLEMAN alto saxophone
ALICE COLTRANE Harp
PAUL MOTIAN percussion
All music composed by Charlie Haden
(1) (2) recorded at Generation Sound Studios, New York City, March 118 & 21, 1976
(3) recorded at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, CA, January 26, 1976
(4) recorded at Generation Sound Studios, New York City, March 21, 1976
A&M Records - 397 000-2