Ballads (John Coltrane album)

1963 studio album by John Coltrane From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ballads is a jazz album by American saxophonist John Coltrane released in January 1963 by Impulse! Records.[1][2] It was recorded in December 1961 and 1962, and released with catalogue number A-32 (mono) and 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".[9]

ReleasedJanuary 1963 (1963-01)[1][2]
RecordedDecember 21, 1961; September 18 and November 13, 1962
StudioVan Gelder (Englewood Cliffs)
GenreJazz
Quick facts Studio album by John Coltrane, Released ...
Ballads
Studio album by
John Coltrane
ReleasedJanuary 1963 (1963-01)[1][2]
RecordedDecember 21, 1961; September 18 and November 13, 1962
StudioVan Gelder (Englewood Cliffs)
GenreJazz
Length32:18
LabelImpulse!
A-32
ProducerBob Thiele
John Coltrane chronology
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
(1963)		 Ballads
(1963)		 Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
(1963)
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Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[3]
DownBeat
(Original Lp release)		StarStar[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStarStar[5]
New Record MirrorStarStarStar[6]
The Penguin Guide to JazzStarStarStarHalf star[7]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStar[8]
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In 2008, the album was a recipient of the Grammy Hall of Fame award.[10]

Track listing

Original

  1. "Say It (Over and Over Again)" (Jimmy McHugh)– 4:18
  2. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul)– 5:15
  3. "Too Young to Go Steady" (Jimmy McHugh)– 4:23
  4. "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman)– 3:39
  5. "I Wish I Knew" (Harry Warren)– 4:54
  6. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart)– 3:47
  7. "It's Easy to Remember" (Richard Rodgers)– 2:49
  8. "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Jimmy Van Heusen)– 3:10

2002 deluxe edition

Disc two

  1. "They Say It's Wonderful"
  2. "All or Nothing at All" - Alternate take
  3. "Greensleeves" - Alternate take
  4. "Greensleeves" - Alternate take
  5. "Greensleeves" - Alternate take
  6. "Greensleeves" - Master take
  7. "Greensleeves" - Alternate take
  8. "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
  9. "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
  10. "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
  11. "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
  12. "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
  13. "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take
  14. "It's Easy to Remember" - Alternate take

Personnel

Production

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