JOHN COLTRANE – Ballads (+1 Bonus Track)

LP – Limited Edition 180g Vinyl + Bonus CD
(Bonus CD contains the full album + 8 Bonus Tracks)

Please note:

This is a presale order, release date APR 23

All orders will be shipped on or before APR 23

You can also collect in store on release day.

“With Ballads Coltrane looks into the warmer side of things, a path he would take with both Johnny Hartman and with Duke Ellington. Here he lays out for McCoy Tyner mostly, and the results positively shimmer at times. He’s not aggressive. Instead he’s introspective and at times even predictable, but that is precisely Ballads’ draw.” (Sam Samuelson)

PERSONNEL:

• John Coltrane – tenor sax
• McCoy Tyner – piano
• Jimmy Garrison – bass
• Elvin Jones – drums

• Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
• Side A & B1: November 13, 1962.
• B2 & B4: September 18, 1962.
• B3 & B5: December 21, 1961.