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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.
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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.
