| Product Summary | | Label: Uni/verve | | UPC: 00731452150127 | | Release Date: 3/22/1994 | | Buy.com Sku: 60211861 | | Item#: MPXJ22 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 1994 Universal Music Jazz France
(C) 1994 Universal Music Jazz France
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Charlie Haden Quartet West: Charlie Haden (bass); Alan Broadbent (conductor, piano); Ernie Watts (tenor saxophone); Larance Marable (drums). | | Additional personnel includes: Jo Stafford, Chet Baker (vocals); Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone); Stephane Grappelli (violin); Gianni Safred, Raymond Fol, Tommy Flanagan, Duke Ellington (piano); Django Reinhardt (guitar); Major Holley, Carlo Pecori, Benoit Quersin (bass); Eddie Locke, Aurelio De Carolis, Jean-Louis Viale (drums); Paul Weston & His Orchestra. | | Principally recorded at Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood, California from July 30-August 1, 1993. Includes liner notes by Charlie Haden and an excerpt from Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep." | | "Alone Together" was nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo, and ALWAYS SAY GOODBYE was nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Individual Or Group in the 37th Annual Grammy Awards. | | Personnel: Chet Baker , Jo Stafford (vocals); Django Reinhardt (guitar); Ray Nance, St?phane Grappelli (violin); Jimmy Hamilton (clarinet); Johnny Hodges, Russell Procope (alto saxophone); Coleman Hawkins, Ernie Watts, Paul Gonsalves (tenor saxophone); Harry Carney (baritone saxophone); Clark Terry, Gerald Wilson, Harold Baker, Cat Anderson (trumpet); Quentin Jackson, John Sanders, Britt Woodman (trombone); Duke Ellington, Gianni Safred, Alan Broadbent, Raymond Fol, Tommy Flanagan (piano); Eddie Locke, Aurelio de Carolis, Jimmy Johnson, Jr. , Jean-Louis Viale, Larance Marable (drums). | | Liner Note Author: Charlie Haden. | | Recording information: Acousti Studio, Paris, France (07/30/1993-08/01/1993); Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (07/30/1993-08/01/1993); Ocean Way Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (07/30/1993-08/01/1993). | | Director: Charlie Haden. | | Unknown Contributor Role: St?phane Grappelli. | | Arrangers: Duke Ellington; Alan Broadbent. | | 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. To that end, the record opens and closes with snippets from the soundtrack to The Big Sleep, one of Haden's favorite movies. After the introduction, the album seamlessly transitions to the title track, the leader's own composition and one of the high points on the record. Alan Broadbent's solo piano introduction perfectly sets the mood that is sustained throughout the entire album: one of acute nostalgia. Other devices used to inculcate this mood is the peculiar device of the dual performance, in which a recording of a song is played first by Haden's quartet and is then followed by a sampled performance of the same song by a great jazz artist of the past. The results, though at first a little bit unsettling, are quite spectacular. Particularly instructive is "Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour? (Where Are You, My Love?)," where violin legend Stephane Grappelli joins the quartet for one reading, which soon makes way to a Django Reinhardt-Grappelli version of the same song recorded in 1949. Nostalgia has never been this tangible -- this solid and real. The quartet that Haden has assembled is top-notch. The leader is as tasty as ever, his warm lines implying the beat and the pulse of each song as often as they strictly denote and delimit it. Ernie Watts' tenor sound is one of the most vocal around, and pianist Broadbent and drummer Larance Marable make up a first-rate rhythm section. Broadbent also is an extremely melodic improviser, and his solos reveal a thoughtful, complete musician. Broadbent also is responsible for the extremely elegant use of strings on "My Love and I (Love Song From Apache)" and "Everything Happens to Me." Highly recommended. ~ Daniel Gioffre | | ALWAYS SAY GOODBYE intersperses classic movie soundtracks from "The Big Sleep" and "Anatomy Of A Murder," as well as legendary jazz performances by Coleman Hawkins & Tommy Flanagan, The Paul Weston Orchestra featuring Jo Stafford, Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli, Chet Baker, The Duke Ellington Orchestra and Ray Nance with original recordings by Charlie Haden's Qurtet West. The programmatic nature of Haden's approach gives ALWAYS SAY GOODBYE a moody film noir ambience that is both swinging and romantic. |
Producer: Hans Wendl; Charlie Haden |
Engineer: Cookie Marenco; Alain Cluzeau; Leslie Ann Jones |
Musical Guests | | Coleman Hawkins | | Jo Stafford | | Stephane Grappelli | | Chet Baker | | Django Reinhardt | | Major Holley | | Duke Ellington | | Tommy Flanagan |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | In The Year Of The Dragon ~ Allen, Geri | | Allen, Geri | | Allen, Geri | | Artists, Various | | Bley, Paul | | Bogdanovic, Dusan | | Cherry, Don (Jazz) | | Cherry, Don (Jazz) | | Coleman, Ornette | | Deep In The Blues ~ Cotton, James | | Deep In The Blues ~ Cotton, James (Blues) | | Deep in the Blues ~ Cotton, James (Harmonica) | | When the Heart Dances ~ Elling, Kurt | | Escoude, Christian | | When the Heart Dances ~ Hobgood, Lawrence | | Konitz, Lee | | Konitz, Lee | | Metheny, Pat | | Metheny, Pat | | Mingus Dynasty | | The Art of the Song ~ Original Soundtrack | | Rubalcaba, Gonzalo | | Simopoulos, Nana | | Taylor, John (Piano) | | Togashi, Masahiko | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Zeitlin, Denny |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/22/1994 | | Original Release Date : 1993 | | Catalog ID : 521501 | | Label : Verve (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 69m : 47s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00731452150127 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Down Beat (4/94, p.38)
- 4 Stars - Very Good - "...Charlie Haden's cinematic ALWAYS SAY GOODBYE reconstructs the romantic atmosphere of post-WWII Los Angeles...Haden edits cameo appearances...into the project as flashbacks...Haden manages these transitions with a grace and respect absent from the necrophillic pop practice of recording duets with the departed...."Option (8/94, p.102)
- "...This band deals in the imagery of the post-World War II Los Angeles that Haden grew up in...lush and bittersweet, conjuring up sound images straight out of some fatalistic '40s film noir..." Musician (2/94, p.77)
- "...[Haden's] records with Quartet West suggest that in the rush to reclaim the past, modern jazz musicians (and their audiences)
have overlooked its heart....there's nothing overwrought or maudlin about ALWAYS SAY GOODBYE. Every note arrives complete, shaped by a guiding hand familiar with the tension of old-fashioned romantic ritual..." Stereo Review (3/94, p.102)
- Performance: More Movies / Recording: Very Good - "...Yes, this is an odd, defiantly eclectic mix, but it works for me, mainly because I like the parts Haden has added, but also because he has concocted a blend that is as smooth and tasteful as his playing has always been...." |
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