John Coltrane Quartet - Ballads (1963) [Japanese SHM-SACD 2010]PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 32:16 minutes | Scans included | 1,07 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Full Scans included | 896 MB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Full Scans included | 803 MB
Ballads is a jazz album by John Coltrane. It was recorded in December 1961 and 1962, and released on the Impulse! label in March 1963. 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.