John Coltrane Quartet - Ballads 1963 - 320Kbps - Jazz # DrBn

John Coltrane Quartet

Ballads

Recorded in 1961 / 1962, released in 1963



CD / 2008 / 320Kbps

Tracklist:
01. Say It (Over and Over Again)
02. You Don't Know What Love Is
03. Too Young to Go Steady
04. All or Nothing at All
05. I Wish I Knew
06. What's New
07. It's Easy to Remember
08. Nancy (With the Laughing Face)

Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on December 21, 1961, September 18 and November 13, 1962

Personnel:
John Coltrane, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
McCoy Tyner, piano
Jimmy Garrison (#1-6, 8), Reggie Workman (#7), bass
Elvin Jones, drums

Ballads is, without a doubt, one of Coltrane’s most accessible works.
While it may not venture off into the abstractions explored in the latter part of his career, it does deserve recognition for its impeccable cohesiveness.
An excellent album, introspective and beautiful.

Straight, no chaser.
:)



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