Charlie Haden - The Private Collection

Originally released as two individual Naim titles in 1994, Charlie Haden's Private Collection Vol. 1 & 2 were limited to 2,200 copies each and sold through Naim's UK Hi-Fi retailers. Re-released in celebration of Haden's 70^th birthday, the release also marks Naim repertoire spanning 20 years of Haden's career, with material that has never been available for the mass market. The material now appears remastered courtesy of life-long friend Ken Christianson, who produced the original True Stereo recordings of both concerts. Long regarded as one of the world's greatest living bass players Haden first made a name for himself in the late fifties with the forward-thinking, and at the time revolutionary, quartet alongside Ornette Coleman and then in the sixties as part of the aforementioned Keith Jarrett's trio and American Quartet.