Land of the Sun (album)

Land of the Sun
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 31, 2004
RecordedDecember 19–22, 2003
GenreLatin jazz
Length63:08
LabelVerve
ProducerGonzalo Rubalcaba, Ruth Cameron, Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden chronology
Nightfall
(2004)
Land of the Sun
(2004)
Not in Our Name
(2005)

Land of the Sun is an album by American jazz musician Charlie Haden with Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba. It presents orchestral Latin dance music from 1940s Mexico, mainly composed by José Sabre Marroquín, which Rubalcaba arranged for an ensemble of ten featuring among others Joe Lovano and Miguel Zenon on saxophone. In 2005, the album won Haden the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album.[1]

  1. ^ McDermott, Tricia (February 13, 2005). "2005 Grammy Award Winners". CBS News. Retrieved November 3, 2010.