The U.S. jazz audience discovered virtuosic pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba after bassist Charlie Haden heard him playing in Havana, Cuba.

NPR: Newport Jazz 2008: The Monterey Quartet

After three decades without a collaboration, jazz legends Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden have teamed up for a new album called Jasmine.

NPR: Charlie Haden And Keith Jarrett Channel The Standards

Bassist Charlie Haden is known as a great jazz musician, but his lineage is all country: Growing up, he performed alongside his brothers and sister in the Haden Family Band, a country group led by his parents, Carl and Virginia.

NPR: Charlie Haden: A Bassist With A Country Pedigree