A Ballad Album
Studio album by
Warne Marsh Quartet featuring Lou Levy
Released1984
RecordedApril 7, 1983
StudioStudio 44, Monster, Holland
GenreJazz
Length65:04
LabelCriss Cross Jazz
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ProducerGerry Teekens
Warne Marsh chronology
Warne Marsh Meets Gary Foster
(1982) 		A Ballad Album
(1984) 		Posthumous
(1985)

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

  1. "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 5:42
  2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 7:57
  3. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) – 5:49
  4. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:10
  5. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) – 7:16
  6. "Time on My Hands" (Vincent Youmans , Harold Adamson, Mack Gordon) – 4:36
  7. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 5:03
  8. "My Romance" (Rogers, Hart) – 5:40
  9. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" [take 3] (Berlin) – 5:39 Bonus track on CD reissue
  10. "Time on My Hands" [take 1] (Youmans, Adamson, Gordon) – 5:11 Bonus track on CD reissue
  11. "The Nearness of You" [take 1] (Carmichael, Washington) – 7:30 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

References

  1. ^ "Criss Cross Jazz Records discography". Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  2. ^ Godwin, M. "Discography of Warne Marion Marsh". Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "Enciclopedia del Jazz: Warne Marsh". 29 May 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Yanow, Scott. A Ballad Album – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
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