The Golden Number

The Golden Number is an album of four duets by bassist Charlie Haden recorded in 1976 and released on the Horizon label in 1977.[1] Haden’s duet partners are trumpeter Don Cherry (also playing flute), tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp, pianist Hampton Hawes and alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman (here playing trumpet). Hawes died shortly before the album’s release, and Haden dedicated the work to him in the liner notes.

The Golden Number
Studio album by
Charlie Haden
Released1977
RecordedJune 7, August 21 and December 19 & 20, 1976
GenreJazz
Length52:01
LabelHorizon
ProducerEd Michel
Charlie Haden chronology
Closeness
(1976)		 The Golden Number
(1977)		 Soapsuds, Soapsuds
(1977)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+[7]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars, and Scott Yanow's review states: "In general, the music is quite intriguing and has its share of variety."[2]

Author Donal McGraith commented: "This record is light as air, as joyful as any music I have heard and eminently approachable."[8]

Pianist and composer Ethan Iverson called the album "essential," and singled out "Turnaround" for praise, writing: "Hawes is with Haden every second, reacting to those outer-space notes with faultless choices and never with too much left hand. There's even something Ornette-ish about a few of Hawes's phrases, and the last 'heraldic' stuff is pure Don Cherry."[9]

Track listing
All compositions by Charlie Haden except as indicated
  1. "Out of Focus" - 7:27
  2. "Shepp's Way" - 12:07
  3. "Turnaround" (Ornette Coleman) - 7:52
  4. "Golden Number" - 12:28
  • Recorded at Kendun Recorders in Burbank, California, on June 7, 1976, (track 1), at Village Recorder in Los Angeles on August 21, 1976, (track 3) and at Generation Sound in New York City on December 19 (track 4) and December 20 (track 2), 1976.

Personnel

References
  1. Discogs album entry. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic review. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 91. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2000). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. Penguin Books. p. 634.
  5. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin Books. p. 368.
  6. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 59.
  7. Hull, Tom. "Ornette Coleman". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  8. Kernohan, Daniel, ed. (2010). "Charlie Haden". Music Is Rapid Transportation: From the Beatles to Xenakis. Charivari. p. 155.
  9. Iverson, Ethan (4 April 2016). "Hampton Hawes and the Low Blues". Do The Math. Retrieved February 14, 2023.



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