This article originally appeared in Bass Player magazine, July-Aug 1991 (Image credit: Future)Īn understatement: The duets have remarkable clarity and depth, and the improvised exchanges crackle with energy. Get him out of here.' Finally I asked her, 'What did he say?' She said, 'He said that your bass makes his guitar deeper and that you are beautiful’. I figured it was something like, 'Oh man, this gringo ain't making it. I thought I was really messing up, and after every take, Carlos would say something to his wife. ![]() "Every time we played something we'd rehearsed, he would completely change it. I didn't feel very secure, but we went into the studio the next day. ![]() I just listened to what Carlos was doing and tried to play along. We had a rehearsal that was really funny, because there was no written music. It took 12 years, but we were finally able to get together in Paris in January 1990, with the help of Jean-Phillippe Allard of the French Polygram company. I knew immediately I wanted to record with him. ![]() "Later, I went to a club and played with Carlos Paredes. I played in front of an audience of 40,000 and when I came out onstage all these people started chanting 'Charlie! Charlie! Char-lie!' It was unbelievable. The recording traces its origins back to the 1971 incident that led to Haden's arrest: "After the government changed, I was invited to come back to Portugal for the 1978 Avante festival, an all-cultural event with artists from different countries. Another recent Haden project was Dialogues, a duet album with Portuguese guitar master Carlos Paredes.
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