The North Sea Jazz Festival is the largest indoor music festival in the world, known globally as the event where the past, present and future of jazz are featured within three days. Next to a firm base of jazz as the festival’s staple music genre, many others, such as blues, soul, funk, or hip hop, pass by. In 1985, American jazz bassist and composer Charlie Haden performed a mesmerizing concert at the North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague. Known for his collaborations with free-jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman, Haden brought his own New Liberation Orchestra to the festival.