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The John Coltrane Quartet, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones – Ballads (VG+/VG+) – LP, JP 1980, With OBI
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Ballads is an LP by The John Coltrane Quartet, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison from 1980 released on the Impulse!, MCA Records label.
About this album
Ballads is a lyrical high point in John Coltrane’s catalogue, showing the quartet’s discipline and sensitivity in place of raw velocity. Recorded in 1962 and released in 1963, it finds Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones reworking standards such as “You Don’t Know What Love Is” and “I Wish I Knew” with unusual restraint and emotional depth. Rather than pushing into the fiery intensity associated with his later work, the album highlights tone, space and melodic concentration, making every phrase count. Widely admired as one of Coltrane’s most elegant statements, it remains a cornerstone of modern jazz ballad playing.
Genre: Jazz
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Label: Impulse!, MCA Records – VIM-4606Format: LP, Album, Reissue, StereoUnits: 1Country: JapanReleased: 1980Genre: JazzStyle: ModalA1 Say It (Over And Over Again)
A2 You Don'T Know What Love Is
A3 Too Young To Go Steady
A4 All Or Nothing At All
B1 I Wish I Knew
B2 What'S New
B3 It'S Easy To Remember
B4 Nancy (With The Laughing Face)