Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1970, Haden natara Guggenheim Fellowship maka Music Composition n'ihi aro nke onye nduzi a ma ama bụ Leonard Bernstein. N'afọ ndị gafeworonụ, Haden natara ọtụtụ onyinye NEA maka ihe odide. Haden guzobere ìgwè mbụ ya, Liberation Music Orchestra ("LMO") na 1969, na-arụ ọrụ na onye nhazi Carla Bley, nwunye Paul Bley. Egwú ha bụ nnwale, na-enyocha ma mpaghara jazz na egwu ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị. Egwuregwu mbụ ahụ lekwasịrị anya na egwu sitere na Spanish Civil War nke sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ Haden. E mekwara ka ọ bụrụ ihe na-enye nsogbu
Na 1968 Democratic National Convention na Chicago, o tinyere egwu dịka "You're a Grand Old Flag" na "Happy Days are Here Again", nke dị iche na "We Shall Overcome".