Ballads is a jazz album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in December 1961 and 1962, and released on the Impulse! label in 1963 as A-32 and later AS-32 (the "s" is for "stereo"). Critic Gene Lees stated that the quartet had never played the tunes before. "They arrived with music-store sheet music of the songs" and just before the recordings, they "would discuss each tune, write out copies of the changes they'd use, semi-rehearse for a half hour and then do it". Each piece was recorded in one take, except for "All or Nothing at All". In 2008, the album was a recipient of the Grammy Hall of Fame award. Ballads is a jazz album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in December 1961 and 1962, and released on the Impulse! label in 1963 as A-32 and later AS-32 (the "s" is for "stereo"). Critic Gene Lees stated that the quartet had never played the tunes before. "They arrived with music-store sheet music of the songs" and just before the recordings, they "would discuss each tune, write out copies of the changes they'd use, semi-rehearse for a half hour and then do it". Each piece was recorded in one take, except for "All or Nothing at All". In 2008, the album was a recipient of the Grammy Hall of Fame award. false 2023-04-23 10:57:53 9 1995 1995-06-20 1995-06-20 32 Cool Jazz Hard Bop Jazz Modal Jazz 121912 2172491 f342efb1-04f7-3345-9f0f-e7ed5de04f6f a43270af-bc4a-4552-847e-617b11f38d7b ec33b3fb-1d60-3c15-8990-7aa49e0844f0 /media/data/media5/Music/John Coltrane Quartet/Ballads (1963)/folder.jpg John Coltrane Quartet AlbumArtist John Coltrane Quartet Artist John Coltrane Quartet John Coltrane Quartet 1 04:18 2 05:15 3 04:23 4 03:38 5 04:54 6 03:47 7 02:49 8 03:10 American jazz quartet led by saxophonist John Coltrane impulse!