The Private Collection is a live album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden's Quartet West recorded at performances in 1987 and 1988 and released on the Naim label.Discogs album entry accessed July 28, 2014
Reception
The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow stated, "Although one would not have necessarily predicted this direction for Charlie Haden's music in 1970, it has worked out quite well. This well-recorded two-fer features Haden's Quartet West at its best".Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 28, 2014 All About Jazz observed "The Private Collection finds Haden and Quartet West at its true best, with material spanning four decades but still sounding, twenty years later, as if it had been written yesterday".Kelman, J. All About Jazz Review, accessed July 28, 2014
Track listing All compositions by Charlie Haden except as indicated
Disc One "Hermitage" (Pat Metheny) - 12:45 "Passport" (Charlie Parker) - 15:34 "Misery" (Tony Scott) - 8:10 "Nardis" (Miles Davis) - 13:00 "Segment" (Parker) - 11:00 "Farmer's Trust" (Metheny) - 7:18 "Etudes" (Johann Sebastian Bach) - 3:30 Recorded at Charlie Haden's 50th Birthday Concert at At My Place in Santa Monica, CA on August 6, 1987
Disc Two "Bay City" - 13:28 "Farmer's Trust" (Metheny) - 9:21 "Lonely Woman" (Ornette Coleman) - 22:51 "Silence" - 8:54 "Body and Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) - 8:20 "Visa" (Parker) - 12:16 Recorded at Webster University in St. Louis, MO on April 4, 1988
Personnel Musicians Charlie Haden – bass Ernie Watts – saxophones Alan Broadbent – piano Billy Higgins – drums (Disc One) Paul Motian – drums (Disc Two)
Production Ken Christianson – engineer (recording, remastering), photography Dave Dever – editing Yuki Chong – design Anna Tooth – photography Charlie Haden – liner notes
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