In Angel City Explained

In Angel City
Type:	Album
Artist:	Charlie Haden
Cover:	In Angel City.jpg
Released:	October 1988
Recorded:	May 30–June 1, 1988
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	61:43
Label:	Verve
Producer:	Hans Wendl
Chronology:	Charlie Haden
Prev Title:	Quartet West
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Etudes
Next Year:	1988

In Angel City is an album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden's Quartet West, recorded in 1988 and released on the Verve label.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated: "An excellent showcase for Haden in a straight-ahead setting and for Watts, whose passionate sound perfectly fits the band. Highly recommended".^[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Charlie Haden except as indicated

1. "Sunday at the Hillcrest" – 6:21
2. "First Song" – 6:57
3. "The Red Wind" (Pat Metheny) – 4:55
4. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis, Bill Evans) – 7:16
5. "Alpha" (Ornette Coleman) – 6:27
6. "Live Your Dreams" (Ernie Watts) – 6:32
7. "Child's Play" – 3:06
8. "Fortune's Fame" (Vince Mendoza) – 8:09
9. "Tarantella" (Alan Broadbent) – 3:15 Bonus track on CD
10. "Lonely Woman" (Coleman) – 13:41 Bonus track on CD

• Recorded at Producers 1 & 2 in Los Angeles, California on May 30 – June 1, 1988

Personnel

• Charlie Haden – bass
• Ernie Watts – tenor saxophone, shaker, synthesizer
• Alan Broadbent – piano
• Larance Marable – drums
• Alex Cline – drums, percussion (track 3)

Notes and References

1. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed December 1, 2011