Ballads (Vinyl LP) Electronic

Ballads (Vinyl LP) Electronicin 1962 john coltrane was under assault from conservative critics who had labeled his tumultuous extended performances "anti jazz". in response he entered the studios to create this classic collection of both well known and obscure ballads. coltrane was one of jazz's greatest ballad players, a fact sometimes overlooked in the controversy that swirled about his work, and his lyrical gifts are in sharp relief here. they're transmitted through one of the

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