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Ballads (John Coltrane album)

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Ballads
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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
Length32:15 (Original LP)
80:56 (2002 CD reissue)
LabelsImpulse!
A-32
ProducerBob Thiele
John Coltrane chronology
Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
(1963)		 Ballads
(1963)		 Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
(1963)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarImage[3]
DownBeat
(Original Lp release)		StarStarImageImageImage[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStarStarImage[5]
New Record MirrorStarStarStarImageImage[6]
The Penguin Guide to JazzStarStarStarHalf star[7]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record GuideStarStarStarImageImage[8]

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]

In 2008, the album was a recipient of the Grammy Hall of Fame award.[10]

Track listing

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Original LP

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Say It (Over and Over Again)"Jimmy McHugh4:18
2."You Don't Know What Love Is"Gene DePaul5:15
3."Too Young to Go Steady"Jimmy McHugh4:23
4."All or Nothing at All"Arthur Altman3:39
Total length:17:35
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Wish I Knew"Harry Warren4:54
2."What's New?"Bob Haggart3:47
3."It's Easy to Remember"Richard Rodgers2:49
4."Nancy (With the Laughing Face)"Jimmy Van Heusen3:10
Total length:14:40 32:15

2002 CD Deluxe edition

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Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."They Say It's Wonderful"3:03
2."All or Nothing at All" (Alternate take)3:42
3."Greensleeves" (Alternate take)4:27
4."Greensleeves" (Alternate take)3:47
5."Greensleeves" (Alternate take)3:44
6."Greensleeves" (Master take)3:37
7."Greensleeves" (Alternate take)4:18
8."It's Easy to Remember" (Alternate take)4:40
9."It's Easy to Remember" (Alternate take)2:45
10."It's Easy to Remember" (Alternate take)2:47
11."It's Easy to Remember" (Alternate take)2:46
12."It's Easy to Remember" (Alternate take)3:45
13."It's Easy to Remember" (Alternate take)2:38
14."It's Easy to Remember" (Alternate take)2:42
Total length:48:41 80:56

Personnel

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Production

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References

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  1. 1 2 DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 658. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "13 ABC, 7 Impulse LPs Bow At N.Y. Distrib Meet" (PDF). Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. January 5, 1963. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ Sam Samuelson, AllMusic review.
  4. ↑ DownBeat: March 28, 1963, vol. 30, no. 8.
  5. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  6. ↑ Watson, Jimmy (July 13, 1963). "John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 122. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  7. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  8. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 46. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  9. ↑ Original liner notes by Gene Lees.
  10. ↑ Grammy Hall of Fame website. Archived February 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved 9 November 2013.
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