CHARLIE HADEN
COMTEMPORARY BIG BAND 1990
CHARLIE HADEN AND THE LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA: DREAM KEEPER
with the OAKLAND YOUTH CHORUS
DIW RECORDS, DIW 844(CD)
(P)(C)1990 DISK UNION/DIW RECORDS, INC., JAPAN
RECORDED: APRIL 4,5, 1990
RELEASED: 1990, JAPAN
US-ISSUED: BLUE NOTE RECORDS, CDP 7 95474 2(CD)
RELEASED: 1991, USA
CREDITS (productions) :
Words on Dream Keeper Parts I-IV
from the poem "As I Grew Older", by Langston Hughes.
From "The Dream Keeper And Other Poems" by Langston Hughes.
Reprinted by permission of Alfred A.Knopf Inc.
All songs arrangements by Carla Bley, except
"Rabo De Nube" by Karen Mantler
Produced by Hans Wendl
Executive Producer: Disk Union/DIW
Recorded April 4th & 5th, 1990 at Clinton Studios, New York City
Recorded by Tom Lazarus; Assistant Engineer: Neil Dignon
additional recording at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
Engineer: Neill King
Mixed at Master Sound Astoria, Queens, NY
Mixed by Tom Lazarus; Assistant Engineer: David Merrill
Mastered by Dan Hersch at DigiPrep, Hollywood, CA
Project Assistant: Ruth Cameron
Cover Art: Daniel Larue Johnson
Liner Photography: Cheung Ching-Ming
Cover Design: DIW Design Room
Branford Marsalis courtesy of Columbia Records
Ray Anderson courtesy of Gramavision Records
Amina Caudine Myers courtesy of RCA/Novus Records
CREDITS (musicians) :
Carla Bley: conducter
Charlie Haden: bass
Dewey Redman: tenor saxophone (on 2,3,4)
Joe Lovano: tenor saxophone, flute
Branford Marsalis: tenor saxophone (on 1,2)
Ken McIntyre: alto saxophone
Tom Harrell: trumpet, flugelhorn
Earl Gardner: trumpet
Sharon Freeman: french horn
Ray Anderson: trombone
Joe Daley: tuba
Amina Claudine Myers: piano
Mick Goodrick: guitar
Paul Motian: drums
Don Alias: percussion
Juan Lazzaro Mendolas: pan pipes, wood flute
(on "Canto del Pilon", 2)
The Oakland Youth Chorus: chorus (on 1,5)
Elizabeth Min (director)
TRACKS (total time 48:39) :
1. Dream Keeper (16:51) [words by Langston Hughes]
Dream Keeper - Part I [Carla Bley]
solo: Charlie Haden
Feliciano Ama [trad. from El Salvador]
solo: Tom Harrell
Dream Keeper - Part II [Carla Bley]
Canto del Pilon (I) [trad. from Venezuela]
solos: Ken McIntyre, Don Alias
Dream Keeper - Part III [Carla Bley]
Canto del Pilon (II) [trad. from Venezuela]
solo: Juan Lazzaro Mendolas
Hymn Of The Anarchist Women's Movement [trad. from Spanish Civil War]
solos: Joe Daley, Paul Motian
Dream Keeper - Part IV [Carla Bley]
solo: Tom Harrell
2. Rabo De Nube (Tail of the Tornade) (5:23) [Silvio Rodriguez, Ediciones Quiroga]
solos: Mick Goodrick, Joe Lovano(left), Dewey Redman(right)
3. Nkosi Sikelel'i Afrika (Anthem of the African National Congress) (10:31) [Enoche Sontonga]
solos: Ken McIntyre, Dewey Redman
4. Sandino (6:39) [Charlie Haden]
solos: Charlie Haden, Tom Harrell, Sharon Freeman, Mick Goodrick
5. Spiritual (8:59) [Charlie Haden]
dedicated to Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers and Malcolm X
solos: Ray Anderson, Branford Marsalis, Charlie Haden, Amina Claudine Myers
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