Ballads (John Coltrane album)
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Released | March 1963 | |||
Recorded | December 21, 1961; September 18 and November 13, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 32:18 | |||
Label | Impulse! A-32 | |||
Producer | Bob Thiele | |||
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Down Beat (Original Lp release) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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".[6] In 2008, the album was a recipient of the Grammy Hall of Fame award.[7]
Track listing
Original
- "Say It (Over and Over Again)" (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh)– 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
2002 deluxe edition
Disc two
- "They Say It's Wonderful"
- "All or Nothing at All" - Alternate take
- "Greensleeves" - Alternate take
- "Greensleeves" - Alternate take
- "Greensleeves" - Alternate take
- "Greensleeves" - Master take
- "Greensleeves" - Alternate take
- "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
- "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
- "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
- "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
- "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
- "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
- "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
Personnel
- John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
- McCoy Tyner – piano
- Jimmy Garrison (#1-6, 8), Reggie Workman (#7) – bass
- Elvin Jones – drums
Production
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Jim Marshall – photography
References
- ^ Down Beat: March 28, 1963 vol. 30, no. 8
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ Original liner notes by Gene Lees
- ^ Grammy Hall of Fame website, retrieved 9 November 2013.