Tanya Haden

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Tanya Haden (born October 11, 1971) is an American cellist and singer. Born in New York City, she was a member of several bands, including Let's Go Sailing, and is the creator of the Imaginary Bear puppet show. She has contributed to recordings of a number of Los Angeles musicians, including vocals and cello on Paul Avion's futuristic EP, Pop Music United. She is the daughter of the jazz double bassist Charlie Haden; the triplet sister of bassist Rachel Haden and violinist Petra Haden, with whom she has performed as The Haden Triplets; and the sister of bassist-singer Josh Haden, formerly leader of the group Spain.

Haden married actor Jack Black on March 14, 2006, in Big Sur, California.^[1] She gave birth to their first child, a boy named Samuel Jason Haden Black on June 10, 2006 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.^[2] Haden met Jack Black when they were students at Crossroads School, a private high school in Santa Monica. Although the two attended the private high school together, they did not begin dating until spring 2005. Black proposed marriage around Christmastime 2005 with a $50,000 Neil Lane ring. In January 2008, Black announced that Haden is currently expecting their second child. Their second son, named Thomas, was born in late May 2008.