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Charlie Haden takes seven choruses of acoustic bass on his own composition "Blues for Pat," the second soloist on this extended live blues from Joshua Redman's album Wish. His deep, resonant tone and melodic approach to bass soloing at approximately 126 BPM reveal why he remained one of the most distinctive voices on the instrument for over four decades. Following Pat Metheny's ten-chorus opening statement, Haden brings a different energy to the performance, his patient, singing lines contrasting with the guitarist's more exuberant approach. The seven-chorus solo demonstrates Haden's ability to sustain narrative interest on the bass, each chorus developing naturally from the last.
Charlie Haden was 55 to 56 years old at the time.
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