Quartet West

Quartet West
Quartet West
Studio album by Charlie Haden
Released	June 1987
Recorded	December 22 and 23, 1986
Genre	Jazz
Length	61:43
Label	Verve
Producer	Hans Wendl
Charlie Haden chronology
Quartet West chronology

Quartet West is an album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden, recorded in 1986 and released on the Verve label.^[1]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Stacia Proefrock stated: "While the album may not be stretching many boundaries stylistically, this format does little to dilute Haden's impressive performances, and his love for this material is made obvious with his intricate arrangements".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Haden except as indicated

"Hermitage" (Pat Metheny) - 7:59
"Body and Soul" (Frank Eyton, Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 6:19
"The Good Life" (Ornette Coleman) - 4:39
"In the Moment" - 6:06
"Bay City" - 6:46
"My Foolish Heart" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 6:47
"Passport" (Charlie Parker) - 4:45
"Taney County" - 7:39
"The Blessing" (Coleman) - 5:50
"Passion Flower" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:53

Recorded at Producers 1 & 2 in Los Angeles, California on December 22 and 23, 1986

Personnel

Charlie Haden – bass
Ernie Watts - soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
Alan Broadbent - piano
Billy Higgins - drums

References

^ Discogs album entry accessed December 1, 2011
^ ^a ^b Proefrock, S. AllMusic Review accessed December 1, 2011
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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[Discogs_entry-1] Discogs album entry accessed December 1, 2011

[Allmusic-2] Proefrock, S. AllMusic Review accessed December 1, 2011

[Penguin-3] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 623. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Studio albums	As Long as There's Music (1978) Closeness (1976) The Golden Number (1977) Gitane (1978) Mágico (1980) Folk Songs (1981) Etudes (1988) Silence (1989) Dialogues (1990) First Song (1992) Steal Away (1995) Beyond the Missouri Sky (Short Stories) (1997) None But the Lonely Heart (1997) Nocturne (2001) American Dreams (2002) Nightfall (2004) Land of the Sun (2004) Heartplay (2006) Come Sunday (2012)
Live albums	Time Remembers One Time Once (1981) The Montreal Tapes: with Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell (1994) The Montreal Tapes: with Paul Bley and Paul Motian (1994) Night and the City (1996) The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra (1997) The Montreal Tapes: with Geri Allen and Paul Motian (1997) The Montreal Tapes: with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Paul Motian (1997) In Montreal (2001) The Montreal Tapes: Tribute to Joe Henderson (2003) Long Ago and Far Away (2007) Mágico: Carta de Amor (2012) Tokyo Adagio (2015)
Liberation Music Orchestra albums	Liberation Music Orchestra (1970) The Ballad of the Fallen (1983) Dream Keeper (1990) Not in Our Name (2005) Time/Life (2016)
Old and New Dreams albums	Old and New Dreams (1977) Old and New Dreams (1979) Playing (1981) A Tribute to Blackwell (1990)
Quartet West albums	Quartet West (1987) In Angel City (1988) Haunted Heart (1992) Always Say Goodbye (1994) Now Is the Hour (1996) The Art of the Song (1999) The Private Collection (2007) Sophisticated Ladies (2010)
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