John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads etjs-82.1 ” and the hard-swinging title

” and the hard-swinging title track

much more so than any other artist born at the turn of the 20th century

Interlude 25

all of Ella’s holiday recordings for Verve Records and Decca Records are together on one collection

Impulse treated all its musicians as innovators

John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads etjs-82.1 ” and the hard-swinging titleImpulse!, 1963 By the end of 1961, Coltranes headlong rush into new territory had caused some critics to question whether he was even playing jazz at all. Ballads is often seen as a riposte to those short sighted criticisms. Here, Coltranes quartet interpret a selection of mellow tunes from the Great American Songbook with poise, delicacy and an ear for beauty. Recorded with minimal preparation or rehearsal, and with all but one of the tracks