Legendary bassist Charlie Haden returns to Yoshi’s San Francisco with his Quartet West to celebrate his birthday for three nights from Friday, August 7th through Sunday, August 9th. Sets are at 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm on Friday and Saturday and a 2:00 pm kids matinee and 7:00 pm show on Sunday.

Formed in 1986, Quartet West is one of the most widely acclaimed working groups in jazz today. Led by bassist Charlie Haden, the group also includes famed tenor saxophonist, Ernie Watts, lyrical pianist Alan Broadbent, and drummer Rodney Green. The group’s critically acclaimed sound ranges from straight ahead to music associated with ’40s and ’50s Hollywood film noir.

About Charlie Haden:

An acoustic bassist of extraordinary gifts, Haden’s talents as a musicain have been in constant demand by his fellow artists. As a result, he has collaborated with a genuinely stunning array of musicians, including Hank Jones, Don Cherry, Dewey Redman, Paul Motian, Jack DeJohnette, Michael Brecker, Kenny Barron, and Pat Metheny (with whom Haden shared a 1997 “Best Jazz Instrumental Individual/Small Group” Grammy® Award for their Beyond the Missouri Sky) .

Haden’s love of world music has also seen him teaming with a variety of diverse international players, including Brazilian guitarist Egberto Gismonti, Argentinean bandoneon master Dino Saluzzi, and Portuguese guitar giant Carlos Paredes. In addition, Haden has explored diverse streams of American popular music with both his acclaimed Quartet West, as well as on such recent collections as 2002’s inventive alliance with Michael Brecker, “American Dreams.”

Charlie Haden, who was invited to establish the jazz studies program at California Institute of the Arts in 1982, has earned countless honors from around the globe, including and the Los Angeles Jazz Society prize for “Jazz Educator of the Year”, two Grammy Awards (alongside a multitude of nominations), myriad Down Beat readers and critics poll winners, a Guggenheim fellowship, four NEA grants for composition, France’s Grand Prix Du Disque (Charles Cros) Award, Japan’s SWING Journal Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. Montreal Jazz Festival’s Miles Davis Award.

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Location:
Yoshi’s Jazz Club
1330 Fillmore
San Francisco, CA
(415) 655-5600
www.yoshis.com

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