Ballads' is a special Coltrane masterpiece and consistent best-seller, recorded in December 1961 with Coltrane's classic quartet-pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Jimmy Garrison, and drummer Elvin Jones-. When asked why such an undertaking, Coltrane replied, 'variety'. The recording captures the famed John Coltrane Quartet in a performance of timeless ballads. Coltrane was one of jazz's greatest ballad players, and his lyrical gifts are in sharp relief here.
Track Listing:
1. Say It (Over and Over Again) - John Coltrane (4.18)
2. You Don't Know What Love Is - John Coltrane (5.15)
3. Too Young to Go Steady - John Coltrane (4.23)
4. All Or Nothing at All - John Coltrane (3.38)
5. I Wish I Knew - John Coltrane (4.54)
6. What's New? - John Coltrane (3.47)
7. It's Easy to Remember - John Coltrane (2.48)
8. Nancy (With the Laughing Face) - John Coltrane (3.1)
Year of Production: 1963
