A Ballad Album

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]

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)

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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