The Ballad of the Fallen

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The Ballad of the Fallen
Studio album by Charlie Haden
Released	1983
Recorded	1982 November
Genre	Experimental big band Avant-garde jazz
Length	51:51
Label	ECM
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Professional reviews
All Music guide link
Charlie Haden chronology
Folk Songs (1979) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Quartet West (1986)
Liberation Music Orchestra chronology
Liberation Music Orchestra (album) (1969) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) 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 Orchestra^[1], 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.

[edit] 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.)

[edit] 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

[edit] External links / References / Awards

1. ^ The Ballad of the Fallen at Allmusic

• Down Beat magazine critic's poll 1984 results
• 1969 Swing Journal (Japanese jazz magazine) Gold Disk award (Japanese link)