Always say goodbye

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Always say goodbye
Studio album by Charlie Haden & Quartet West

Publication
(s)

1993

Label (s) verve

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

jazz

Title (number)

15th

running time

69:47

occupation

production

Charlie Haden, Hans Wendl

Studio (s)

Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood

chronology
Haunted Heart
(1991) 		Always say goodbye Steal Away
(1995)

Always Say Goodbye is a jazz album by Charlie Haden and his Quartet West, recorded in 1993 and released on Verve .

background

Always Say Goodbye is a tribute by Haden and the Quartet West to the Hollywood productions and jazz of the 1930s and 1940s. The album begins and ends with excerpts from the Howard Hawks film The Big Sleep from 1946. “The record begins and ends with dialogues from one of my favorite films: The Big Sleep. I would have loved to be on the set, had met Raymond Chandler , played with Bird , Chet and Larance at Trade Winds in Los Angeles. .. Somehow the music usually carries me there. ”The title track is a composition by Haden, which through Broadbents piano solo shapes the nostalgic mood of the album.

The album often uses the trick of playing a piece by the Quartet West first and then fading into the original. When it comes to the title Où es-tu mon amour? (Where Are You, My Love?) Plays Stephane Grappelli first with the Quartet West, then displayed the piece in a version of the same piece from 1949 on, the Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with an Italian rhythm section in Rome recorded had.

Charlie Haden Quartet West (2007)

Track list

  1. Introduction ( Max Steiner / Adolph Deutsch ) - 0:58
  2. Always Say Goodbye - 6:38
  3. Nice Eyes - 5:04
  4. Relaxin 'at Camarillo ( Charlie Parker ) - 3:58
  5. Sunset Afternoon (Alan Broadbent) - 4:13
  6. My Love and I [Love Song from Apache] ( Johnny Mercer , David Raksin ) - 3:19
  7. Alone Together ( Howard Dietz , Arthur Schwartz ) - 5:21
  8. Our Spanish Love Song - 6:07
  9. Background Music ( Warne Marsh ) - 4:45
  10. Où es-tu mon amour? (Where Are You, My Love?) ( Henry Lemarchand , Emile Stern ) - 6:44
  11. Avenue of Stars (Broadbent) - 5:52
  12. Low Key Lightly [Variation on the Theme of Hero to Zero] ( Duke Ellington ) - 4:52
  13. Celia ( Bud Powell ) - 4:57
  14. Everything Happens to Me ( Tom Adair , Matt Dennis ) - 6:25
  15. Ending - 0:34
Unless otherwise noted, the compositions are by Charlie Haden
  • Recorded in Hollywood, California between July 30th and August 1st, 1993

reception

Daniel Gioffre awarded four out of five possible stars on Allmusic and wrote about the album:

“Always Say Goodbye is part of the continuing Quartet West project by Haden, in which the venerable bassist attempts to evoke the spirit of Hollywood circa 1930-1940 ... The results, though at first a little bit unsettling, are quite spectacular .. . Highly recommended. "

“ Always Say Goodbye is part of Haden's ongoing Quartet West project in which the venerable bassist seeks to conjure up the spirit of Hollywood circa 1930-1940 ... The results, although a little unsettling at first, are startling ... Highly recommended . "

The album was named Jazz Album of the Year by Down Beat critics in 1994 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Discog's album entry , accessed July 28, 2012.
  2. ↑ Haden on the album
  3. ↑ a b D. Gioffre Allmusic Review , accessed on 28 July 2012 found.