Free Charlie Haden Memorial Concert Coming to NYC

Metheny, Frisell, Mehldau, DeJohnette and many others will perform

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A free memorial concert celebrating bass great Charlie Haden, who died July 11, is scheduled for New York’s Town Hall at 7 p.m. on Jan. 13. The announced lineup as of now features Geri Allen, Kenny Barron, Carla Bley, Denardo Coleman, Ravi Coltrane, Jack DeJohnette, Bill Frisell, the Haden Family, Lee Konitz, Brad Mehldau, Pat Metheny, Joshua Redman, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Steve Swallow, Quartet West (Alan Broadbent, Ernie Watts, Rodney Green, with Scott Colley on bass), and Liberation Music Orchestra (with Carla Bley, Tony Malaby, Chris Cheek, Loren Stillman, Michael Rodriguez, Seneca Black, Curtis Fowlkes, Vincent Chancey, Joe Daley, Steve Cardenas, Matt Wilson, with Steve Swallow on bass). More performers will be announced.

No tickets are required. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Town Hall is located at 123 W. 43 St., in Manhattan.