The Ballad of the Fallen

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The Ballad of the Fallen
The Ballad of the Fallen cover
Studio album by Charlie Haden
Released 1983
Recorded 1982 November
Genre Jazz
Length 51:51
Label ECM
Producer(s) Manfred Eicher
Professional reviews

All Music guide 3/5 stars link

Charlie Haden chronology
Folk Songs
(1979)
The Ballad of the Fallen
(1983)
Quartet West
(1986)


Liberation Music Orchestra album chronology
Liberation Music Orchestra
(1969)
The Ballad of the Fallen
(1983)
Dream Keeper
(1990)

The Ballad of the Fallen is a jazz album by bassist Charlie Haden, recorded in 1982 and released in 1983. The album was voted "Jazz album of the year" in Down Beat magazine's 1984 critic's poll. Haden and Bley also placed first in that 1984 poll's Acoustic Bass and Composer categories, respectively.

The album is in fact the second by Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, the follow-up to their 1969 Liberation Music Orchestra. Carla Bley, Don Cherry, Michael Mantler, Paul Motian, Dewey Redman, and Haden himself reappeared in the LMO's new incarnation, together with six new members.

1. "Els Segadors" ("The Reapers") (traditional) – 4:14
2. "The Ballad of the Fallen" (folk song) – 4:19

- "If You Want to Write Me" ("Si Me Quieres Escribir") (traditional) – 3:55
- "Grândola Vila Morena" (Afonso) – 2:11
- "Introduction to People" (Bley) – 3:55
- "The People United Will Never Be Defeated" ("El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido" (Ediciones–Ortega) – 1:40

3. "Silence" (Haden) – 5:49
4. "Too Late" (Bley) – 8:24
5. "La Pasionaria" (Haden) – 10:26
6. "La Santa Espina" (Guimerá) – 6:58

(Arrangements by Bley.)

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