- jazz, cool jazz
- 33 min
- 8 tracks
- impulse!
Ballads is a jazz album by American saxophonist John Coltrane released in January 1963 by Impulse! Records. It was recorded in December 1961 and 1962, and released with catalogue number A-32 (mono) and AS-32 (stereo).
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Character
Grave, character-led, spare and intimate.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- DownBeat<br />(Original Lp release)2/5 ★
- The Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- New Record Mirror3/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz3.5/4 ★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide3/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Say It (Over and Over Again)4:20
- A2You Don’t Know What Love Is5:17
- A3Too Young to Go Steady4:25
- A4All or Nothing at All3:40
- B1I Wish I Knew4:56
- B2What’s New?3:49
- B3It’s Easy to Remember2:50
- B4Nancy (With the Laughing Face)3:14
8 tracks, 33 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Coltrane Quartet
- Label
- impulse!
- Released
- 1963
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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