Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1970 i whiwhi a Haden i te Guggenheim Fellowship mo te Waiata Waiata i runga i te taunakitanga a te kaiarahi rongonui a Leonard Bernstein. I roto i nga tau, i whiwhi a Haden i etahi karahipi NEA mo te hanganga. I whakatuhia e Haden tana roopu tuatahi, te Liberation Music Orchestra ("LMO") i te 1969, i te mahi tahi me te kaiwhakarato Carla Bley, te wahine o mua a Paul Bley. He tino whakamātautau to ratou puoro, e torotoro ana i nga rohe o te jazz koreutu me te puoro torangapu. I arotahi te pukaemi tuatahi ki nga puoro o te Pakanga Tangata Paniora i tino whakaaweawe i a Haden. I whakaaweahia hoki e te ngaru
I te 1968 Democratic National Convention i Chicago, i whakauruhia e ia nga waiata penei i te "You're a Grand Old Flag" me te "Happy Days are Here Again", he rereke ki te "We Shall Overcome".