CALARTS JAZZ VETERAN HADEN NOMINATED FOR GRAMMY AWARD.

Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer

The 10th time might be the charm for California Institute of the Arts jazz artist Charlie Haden, who was nominated Tuesday for a Grammy Award.

Haden, who was touring Italy when the announcement was made, was nominated along with Pat Metheny for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance on their album, ``Beyond the Missouri Sky.''

Haden has never won the coveted statuette but has had nine previous nominations, including two last year with his group, Quartet West.

``It's been an honor for him to just have been nominated,'' said Susan Deneau, Haden's spokeswoman. ``He would love to win this one though because he and Pat have been friends for so long and have always wanted to work together.''

Deneau said Metheny was best man at Haden's wedding and the two worked long and hard to create a Grammy-nominated record.

``This is a very special album. It is a beautiful record and I really hope they do win this time,'' Deneau said.

An estimated 9,000 members of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences will receive ballots to vote on the 40th annual Grammy Awards.

The awards show will be telecast Feb. 25 on CBS with ``Frasier'' star Kelsey Grammer as host.

Honored in September by the Los Angeles Jazz Society for his efforts in teaching and promoting jazz, Haden, who plays bass, has worked with some of the greats in the industry including Grammy-winning artists Herbie Hancock and Wynton and Branford Marsalis.

``(The nomination and recognition) is great for CalArts. It gives us visibility and Charlie is very prominent so his influence has been a factor with students from all over the country who chose to come to our school,'' said CalArts spokeswoman Anita Bonnell.

In 1984 Haden founded the jazz program at CalArts and began moving music education away from traditional clinics, big bands and studios, and pointed it toward a more creative and individual approach, Bonnell said.

``The jazz program encourages students to develop as improvisers, composers and performers,'' Bonnell said.

``Studies integrate jazz with the music of different cultures, the African-American musical heritage, and the most recent innovations in music-making,'' she said.

Haden's professional career began in Missouri where he was known as ``the little 2-year-old Charles Edward.'' The toddler was the youngest cowboy singer and yodeler on the air, playing a part on the Haden family's Midwest radio show.

After teaching himself jazz, Haden moved to Southern California near the end of the 1950s and teamed up with Ornette Coleman, a freight elevator operator and horn player.

Recently featured in Time magazine and named best acoustic bassist by Down Beat magazine, Haden has recorded more than 300 albums with a wide variety of artists including Metheny, Hancock, the Marsalis brothers, John Scofield and John Coltrane.

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Gets 10th shot at Grammy