John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) LP EJLaunchBatch2 1964 was a pivotal year

1964 was a pivotal year in the musical life of Wayne Shorter

Lights Away from Home

the other featuring his trio at the time with bassist Jimmy Garrison (also a Coltrane bandmate) and drummer Tootie Heath

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John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) LP EJLaunchBatch2 1964 was a pivotal yearImpulse!, 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