''The Ballad of the Fallen'' is a

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, with arrangements by Carla Bley, that was recorded in 1982 and released in 1983. The album was voted jazz album of the year in ''

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'' 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 Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking ...

, the follow-up to their 1969 ''

''. Carla Bley,

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, and Haden himself appeared in the LMO's new incarnation with six new members.

Track listing

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" ("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 "Si me quieres escribir" (English: "If You Want to Write to Me"), also known as "Ya sabes mi paradero" ("You Know Where I Am Posted") and "El frente de Gandesa" (The Gandesa Front), is one of the most famous songs of the Spanish Republican Armed ...

") (traditional) – 3:55 :4. - " Grandola Vila Morena" (

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) – 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" (

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/ Enric Morera) – 6:58

Personnel

* Charlie Haden – double bass * Carla Bley – piano, glockenspiel, arrangements *

– tenor saxophone *

Jim Pepper Jim Gilbert Pepper II (June 18, 1941 – February 10, 1992) was a jazz saxophonist, composer and singer of Kaw and Muscogee Creek Native American heritage. He moved to New York City in 1964, where he came to prominence in the late 1960s as a mem ...

– flute, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone * Steve Slagle – clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone *

– trumpet *

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– trombone * Sharon Freeman – French horn * Jack Jeffers – tuba *

– pocket trumpet *

Mick Goodrick Mick Goodrick (June 9, 1945 – November 16, 2022) was an American jazz guitarist who spent most of his career as a teacher. In the early 1970s, he worked with Gary Burton and Pat Metheny. Biography An Elvis fan, Goodrick began studying guitar ...

– guitar *

– percussion, drums

References

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 1983 albums Experimental big band albums Avant-garde jazz albums Liberation Music Orchestra albums Charlie Haden albums Carla Bley albums ECM Records albums Albums produced by Manfred Eicher {{1980s-jazz-album-stub