Ballads (LP)

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.