John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads etjs-82.1 Lookout For Hope

Lookout For Hope

Infused with her background in blues and gospel

much more so than any other artist born at the turn of the 20th century

Beginning to See the Light (Reimagined by Melanie Charles)

all of Ella’s holiday recordings for Verve Records and Decca Records are together on one collection

John Coltrane Quartet: Ballads etjs-82.1 Lookout For HopeImpulse!, 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