If By Yes is the latest project from the multi-talented Petra Haden. The band’s debut, Salt On Sea Glass (Chimera), took almost a decade to make and features Haden collaborating with Yuka Honda (Cibo Matto) and Hirotaka “Shimmy” Shimizu and Yuko Araki (Cornelius), as well as guests such as David Byrne and Nels Cline (Wilco). Haden is the daughter of jazz legend Charlie Haden and the sibling of musicians Rachel, Tanya (the sisters are triplets) and Josh Haden. Though she has played with a who’s-who of alt-rock and jazz artists over the past 20 years, Haden is perhaps best known for her fantastic 2005 a cappella interpretation of The Who Sell Out. Haden will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Check out the mix tape she made us in 2008, and read our brand new Q&A with her.
Haden: Dave Grusin composed scores to some of the greatest movies. Movies like My Bodyguard and The Champ. He wrote “It Might Be You” from the movie Tootsie. What I love about him is how memorable his music is. He tells a story in his music, and it makes you feel the emotions the actors are feeling during the scenes his music is being heard. You can’t help but smile when you listen to the music of Dave Grusin.
Video after the jump.
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