John Coltrane Quartet - Ballads
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Artist: John Coltrane QuartetBrand: COLTRANE,JOHN
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1995-06-27
Music Label: Impulse Records
Soundtracks:
- Say It (Over and Over Again)
- You Don't Know What Love Is
- Too Young to Go Steady
- All or Nothing at All
- I Wish I Knew
- What's New?
- It's Easy to Remember
- Nancy (With the Laughing Face)
Music reviews of Ballads
Music Review: Different from his other major works, and that's its beauty.
Rating: 5 Stars
I reckon a lot of the lower-scored reviews have the wrong mindset with this album--and in process, missed the point of Ballads entirely. Jazz-heads are prone to geek out over augmented triads in Coltrane's Giant Steps, or his experimental forays into free jazz. Hence there's a certain snobbish expectation of esotericism especially with Coltrane's works, that if it's not "different" enough that it's not great. And it's a real shame.
That John Coltrane didn't go the same path as his other seminal works shows his genius. That Coltrane can take standard tracks--what some may call "conservative"--and make them into his own is truly exemplary. His soft tone, rhythmic reservation and voice-like inflections reflect a true mastery over his instrument(s). In spite of his borderline-spartan arrangement (at least, relative to the relentless kinetic energy of say Blue Train), there's no mistake that this is Coltrane. You won't find much scale runs, and that's a gratifying change-up from his other albums. It's been said that a mark of a good musician is his/her ability to play ballads without boring people to death. Coltrane achieves this without resorting to exotic chords changes, 16-note scale runs and major-third intervals. To pull off a whole album in that subtle execution is truly sublime.
This is easily one of the best jazz ballads ever made, and the album is right up there with his other famed works like Love Supreme. Make no mistake--it's defies your expectations of what Coltrane "should" be, but that's a good thing.
Description of Ballads
Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008.In 1962 John Coltrane was under assault from conservative critics who had labeled his tumultuous extended performances "anti-jazz." In response he entered the studios to create this classic collection of both well known and obscure ballads. Coltrane was one of jazz's greatest ballad players, a fact sometimes overlooked in the controversy that swirled about his work, and his lyrical gifts are in sharp relief here. They're transmitted through one of the most beautiful tones that jazz has ever produced, suggesting a rare metal that has just been discovered. The material brings out the best in pianist McCoy Tyner, who is prominently featured and whose harmonic subtlety and limpid grace shine throughout. --Stuart Broomer
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