John Coltrane

 

Artist:  John Coltrane
Birth Name:   John William Coltrane
Born:  September 23, 1926, Hamlet, North Carolina, USA.
Died:  July 17, 1967 (Aged 40),  Huntington, New York, USA.
Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone.

John Coltrane was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Composer.  He played in style of Bebop and Hard Bop and helped pioneer the use of the modes in Jazz and was later at the forefront of Free Jazz.  He also appeared as a sideman on many album by other musicians, including Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.  His best known and best-selling albums Blue Train i 1958 and A Love Supreme in 1964.

Artist:  John Coltrane Quartet

Title:  Ballads (Limited Edition) (2023)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Modal Jazz, Free Jazz, Avant-Garde Jazz, Post-Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Jazz Wax Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Say It (Over And Over Again) (4:18)

 2.  You Don't Know What Love Is (5:14)

 3.  Too Young To Go Steady (4:22)

 4.  All Or Nothing At All (3:37)

 5.  Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye (5:44)

Side B:

 1.  I Wish I Knew (4:52)

 2.  What's New? (3:46)

 3.  It's Easy To Remember (2:47)

 4.  Nancy (With The Laughing Face) (3:11)

 5.  Naima (4:21)

Personnel:

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone

McCoy Tyner:  Piano

Jimmy Garrison:  Bass

Elvin Jones:  Drums

Bonus Tracks:

John Coltrane:  Tenor Saxophone on B5, Soprano Saxophone on Track A5

McCoy Tyner:  Piano on Track A5

Steve Davis:  Bass on Track A5

Elvin Jones:  Drums on Track A5

Wynton Kelly:  Piano on Track B5

Paul Chambers:  Bass on Track B5

Jimmy Cobb:  Drums on Track B5

Ballads is an album by John Coltrane Quartet, originally released on January 1963 by Impulse!, remastered and reissued on October 27, 2023 by Jazz Wax Records.  Limited Edition 180 Gram Audiophile Pressing.