Length 32:18 Release date 2013 Genre Jazz | Label Impulse!
A-32 Producer Bob Thiele Awards Grammy Hall of Fame | |
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Released End of January/early February 1963 Recorded December 21, 1961; September 18 and November 13, 1962
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs Ballads
(1963) John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman
(1963) Artists John Coltrane Quartet, Marvin Gaye Similar John Coltrane Quartet albums, Jazz albums | ||
Ballads is a jazz album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in December 1961 and 1962, and released on the Impulse! label in 1963 as A-32 (mono) and later AS-32 (stereo). Critic Gene Lees stated that the quartet had never played the tunes before. "They arrived with music-store sheet music of the songs" and just before the recordings, they "would discuss each tune, write out copies of the changes they'd use, semi-rehearse for a half hour and then do it". Each piece was recorded in one take, except for "All or Nothing at All". In 2008, the album was a recipient of the Grammy Hall of Fame award.
Contents
Track listing
- "Say It (Over and Over Again)" (Frank Loesser)– 4:18
- "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul)– 5:15
- "Too Young to Go Steady" (Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson)– 4:23
- "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman)– 3:39
- "I Wish I Knew" (Harry Warren)– 4:54
- "What's New?" (Bob Haggart)– 3:47
- "It's Easy to Remember" (Richard Rodgers)– 2:49
- "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen)– 3:10
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Say It (Over and Over Again)4:20
2You Don’t Know What Love Is5:17
3Too Young to Go Steady4:25
References
Ballads (John Coltrane album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA