Heads up Haden

Charlie Haden will be at the Royal Festival Hall tomorrow night, where he'll join the legendary Ornette Coleman for an evening of acoustically compromised jazz.  While I'm no jazz enthusiast, I do have a soft spot for Haden, as an album he put out a few years ago, Nocturne, was a long-standing favourite of mine back in college.  I'd since forgotten all about it, but seeing Haden's name on the programme inspired me to give it a listen six years on.  I've tried this experiment before, with mixed results -- tastes do change after all -- so I was a bit relieved to find that I still enjoyed virtually every track.  I did nod off for a minute or two, but when an album's titled Nocturne these sorts of things are to be expected.