Length 32:18 Release date 2013 | ||
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Released End of January/early February 1963 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