Ballads (John Coltrane album)

Infobox Album


Name = Ballads
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = John Coltrane Quartet‎
Released = 1962
Recorded = December 21, 1961 - November 13, 1962
Genre = Jazz
Length = 31:49
Label = Impulse!
Producer = Bob Thiele
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:p0qvad1kt8wn link]
Last album = Duke Ellington & John Coltrane"
(1962)
This album = "Ballads"
(1962)
Next album = John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman"
(1963)

"Ballads" is an album by the John Coltrane Quartet. It was released on the Impulse! label in 1962.

Track listing

# "Say it (Over and Over Again)" (Frank Loesser, Jimmy McHugh) — 4:18
# "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene DePaul, Don Raye) — 5:15
# "Too Young to Go Steady" (Harold Adamson, McHugh) — 4:23
# "All or Nothing at All" (Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence) — 3:38
# "I Wish I Knew" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) — 4:54
# "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) — 3:47
# "It's Easy to Remember" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) — 2:49
# "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" (Phil Silvers, Jimmy Van Heusen) — 3:10

Personnel

* John Coltrane — tenor saxophone/soprano saxophone
* McCoy Tyner — piano
* Jimmy Garrison — bass
* Elvin Jones — drums