A Ballad Album
1984 studio album by Warne Marsh Quartet featuring Lou Levy
A Ballad Album | ||||
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Studio album by Warne Marsh Quartet featuring Lou Levy | ||||
Released | 1984 | |||
Recorded | April 7, 1983 | |||
Studio | Studio 44, Monster, Holland | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 65:04 | |||
Label | Criss Cross Jazz 1007 | |||
Producer | Gerry Teekens | |||
Warne Marsh chronology | ||||
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A Ballad Album, is an album by saxophonist Warne Marsh which was recorded in 1983 and released on the Dutch Criss Cross Jazz label.[1][2][3]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
Allmusic | [5] |
The Allmusic review states:
Although there is a certain amount of tempo variation, this is largely a ballad showcase CD for tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh. ... Fine music that is both relaxing and (thanks to Marsh) somewhat unsettling under the surface.
— Yanow, Scott. A Ballad Album – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
Track listing
- "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 5:42
- "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 7:57
- "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 5:49
- "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:10
- "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) – 7:16
- "Time on My Hands" (Vincent Youmans , Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon) – 4:36
- "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 5:03
- "My Romance" (Rogers, Hart) – 5:40
- "How Deep Is the Ocean?" [take 3] (Berlin) – 5:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Time on My Hands" [take 1] (Youmans, Adamson, Gordon) – 5:11 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "The Nearness of You" [take 1] (Carmichael, Washington) – 7:30 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
- Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone
- Lou Levy – piano
- Jesper Lundgaard – bass
- James Martin – drums
References
- ^ "Criss Cross Jazz Records discography". Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ Godwin, M. "Discography of Warne Marion Marsh". Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ "Enciclopedia del Jazz: Warne Marsh". 29 May 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (1994). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (2nd ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 881–2. ISBN 0-14-017949-6.
- ^ Yanow, Scott. A Ballad Album – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- v
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader
or
co-leader
- Live in Hollywood (1952)
- Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh (1955)
- Jazz of Two Cities (1956)
- Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1957)
- Music for Prancing (1957)
- The Right Combination (and Joe Albany, 1957)
- Warne Marsh (1957–58)
- The Art of Improvising (1959)/Live at the Half Note (Lee Konitz, 1959)
- Ne Plus Ultra (1969)
- Report of the 1st Annual Symposium on Relaxed Improvisation (Clare Fischer, Gary Foster, 1972)
- The Unissued 1975 Copenhagen Studio Recordings (December 28, 1975)
- The Unissued Copenhagen Studio Recordings (December 29, 1975)
- Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange Vol. 1 (and Lee Konitz, 1975)
- Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange Vol. 2 (and Lee Konitz, 1975)
- Warne Marsh Lee Konitz: Jazz Exchange Vol. 3 (and Lee Konitz, 1975)
- All Music (1976)
- Lee Konitz Meets Warne Marsh Again (1976)
- Tenor Gladness (and Lew Tabackin, 1976)
- Warne Out (1977)
- Apogee (and Pete Christlieb, 1978)
- Conversations with Warne Volume 1 (and Pete Christlieb, 1978)
- Conversations with Warne Volume 2 (and Pete Christlieb, 1978)
- How Deep, How High (and Sal Mosca, 1976–79)
- I Remember You... (and Karin Krog, Red Mitchell, 1980)
- Star Highs (1982)
- A Ballad Album (1983)
- Ballad for You (and Susan Chen, 1985)
- Posthumous/Newly Warne (1985)
- Warne Marsh & Susan Chen (1985–86)
- Back Home (1986)
- Two Days in the Life of... (1987)
others
- Blues for a Reason (Chet Baker, 1984)
- Crosscurrents (Bill Evans, 1977)
- Thesaurus (Clare Fischer, 1968)
- Subconscious-Lee (Lee Konitz, 1949–50)
- Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959)