Always Say Goodbye
Occupation
- Alto Saxophone: Ernie Watts
- Bass: Charlie Haden
- Drums: Larance Marable
- Piano: Alan Broadbent
- Violin: Stephane Grappelli [ only # 10]
Always Say Goodbye is a jazz album by Charlie Haden and his Quartet West, which was recorded in 1993 and released on Verve.
Background
Always Say Goodbye is a tribute of Haden and Quartet West at the Hollywood productions and the jazz of the 1930s and 1940s. The album begins and ends with excerpts from the Howard Hawks film The Big Sleep 1946 "The record begins and ends with dialogue from one of my favorite movies ever. The Big Sleep. I would be so happy to have been on set, Raymond Chandler 'd hit played with Bird, Chet and Larance at Tradewinds in Los Angeles. Somehow the music carries me .. mostly there. " The title track is a composition Haden that characterizes Broadbent's piano solo by the nostalgic mood of the album.
The album often used the artifice, a piece to play first from the Quartet West, only to fade in the original over. In the title Où es -tu mon amour? ( Where Are You, My Love? ) Plays Stephane Grappelli first with the Quartet West, then hides the piece in a version of the same piece from 1949 about who had played Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli with an Italian rhythm section in Rome.
Album pieces
- Recorded in Hollywood, California, between July 30 and August 1, 1993
Reception
Daniel Gioffre awarded at Allmusic four out of five stars and wrote about the album:
"Always Say Goodbye is part of the continuing project by Haden Quartet West, in Which the venerable bassist Attempts to evoke the spirit of Hollywood circa 1930-1940 ... The results, though at first a little bit unsettling, are quite spectacular ... Highly recommended. "
"Always Say Goodbye is part of the ongoing project of Haden Quartet West, where the venerable bassist tried the spirit of Hollywood circa 1930-1940 conjure up ... The results, though at first a little disconcerting, are startling ... Highly recommended .. "
The album was voted by the critics of Down Beat in 1994 for jazz album of the year.