Tanya Haden Black (born October 11, 1971) is an American artist, musician, and singer. She is one of the triplet daughters of jazz bassist

Charlie Haden Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than fifty years. Haden helped to revolutionize the harmonic concept of bass playin ...

and Ellen David. She is married to entertainer

Jack Black Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black (born August 28, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, and musician. He is known for roles in family and comedy films, in addition to his voice work in animated films. His awards include a Children's and Family Emmy ...

Career

Born in

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, she was a member of several bands, including Let's Go Sailing, and is the creator of the Imaginary Bear puppet show. Haden has contributed to recordings of a number of

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musicians, including vocals and cello on Par Avion's EP, ''Pop Music United''. Her father is the

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double bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

ist

. Haden is the triplet sister of bassist

Rachel Haden Rachel Haden (born October 11, 1971 in New York City) is an American musician and one of the triplet daughters of jazz bassist Charlie Haden and Ellen David. Career In the early 1990s, Haden played bass guitar for That Dog, a band that also in ...

and

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

ist

Petra Haden Petra Haden (born October 11, 1971) is an American musician and singer. She is the daughter of the jazz bassist Charlie Haden and Ellen David, and is the triplet sister of bassist Rachel Haden (her bandmate in that dog.) and cellist Tanya Ha ...

, and the three have performed as

the Haden Triplets The Haden Triplets, Petra, Tanya, and Rachel (born October 11, 1971, in New York City), are musicians who have performed individually in bands and together. They are the daughters of jazz double-bassist Charlie Haden and Ellen David. The triple ...

. Their brother is bassist-singer

Josh Haden Josh Haden (born 1968 in New York City) is an American musician and singer. He is the founder, bassist and singer of the group Spain. Haden is the son of the late Charlie Haden and Ellen David. Career Haden is the founder, bassist and singer o ...

, leader of the group

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. She received her MFA degree from

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, where she majored in experimental animation. She continues her work in visual art and has exhibited in several shows including one at the Las Cienegas Projects in 2010. In 2015, Haden was picked up by

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where she had a one-artist exhibition showing drawings. Haden plays cello extensively in the Los Angeles area including performing as an additional member of the band

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. She also plays the cello on their '' Pikul'' EP, which was released in 2005. Haden has also recorded with the Los Angeles indie folk band Sea Wolf and played cello on Los Angeles based rock band

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album ''Surgery'' in 2005. Tanya, with her sisters

Petra Petra (; "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu (Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: or , *''Raqēmō''), is an ancient city and archaeological site in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit systems, P ...

and

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, known as

The Haden Triplets The Haden Triplets, Petra, Tanya, and Rachel (born October 11, 1971, in New York City), are musicians who have performed individually in bands and together. They are the daughters of jazz double-bassist Charlie Haden and Ellen David. The triple ...

, released their first album on February 4, 2014. The album includes the sisters singing in harmony. The record was produced by

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and also features the sisters on their respective instruments. The album is being released on

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which was founded by musician

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Personal life

Haden met actor

when they were students at Crossroads School, a private high school in

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. Although the two attended the private high school together, they did not begin dating until spring 2005. The two married on March 14, 2006, in

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. She gave birth to their first son on June 10, 2006, at

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. Their second son was born on May 23, 2008. Both Black and Haden decided to raise the children

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. According to Aaron Freeman (

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), the Ween song "Stay Forever" was written for Haden.stay forever
Aaron Freeman 9/15/2012 Lincoln Hall; Chicago, IL

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haden, Tanya 1971 births Living people Women cellists Singers from New York City California Institute of the Arts alumni Crossroads School alumni 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American cellists 21st-century American women musicians