Jack Black, Jazz Bassist Charlie Haden Making Opry Appearance
Film star Jack Black will appear with his father-in-law, legendary jazz bassist Charlie Haden, this weekend at Grand Ole Opry
in Nashville. Haden, an original member of the Ornette Coleman Quartet in the late '50s, has won three Grammys and has worked
with a wide variety of musicians including John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, Hank Jones, Pat Metheny and Ringo Starr. He returned
to his roots in traditional country music in 2008 with the album, Rambling Boy, featuring his four children and Black,
Rosanne Cash, Elvis
Costello, Vince Gill, Bruce
Hornsby, Ricky Skaggs & the
Whites, Dan Tyminski, Jerry
Douglas, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan and Bryan
Sutton. Saturday's (Feb. 28) Opry show will feature Skaggs, Del McCoury
and the Infamous Stringdusters. Among those expected to perform
with Haden include Bush, Duncan, Sutton, Mark Fain, Rob Ickes and Jim Mills. Black, who sings "Old Joe Clark" on Rambling
Boy, is married to Tanya Haden, a professional cellist.
