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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A_Ballad_Album > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/A_Ballad_Album.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Ballad_Album > Source revision: 1309864490 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1984 studio album by Warne Marsh Quartet featuring Lou Levy A Ballad Album 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 Warne Marsh Meets Gary Foster (1982) A Ballad Album (1984) Posthumous (1985) ***A Ballad Album***, is an album by saxophonist [Warne Marsh](/source/Warne_Marsh), recorded in 1983 and released on the Dutch [Criss Cross Jazz](/source/Criss_Cross_Jazz) label.[1][2][3] ## Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [5] The Penguin Guide to Jazz [4] The [AllMusic](/source/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](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000269850) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)). Retrieved May 16, 2017. ## Track listing 1. "[I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby](/source/I_Can't_Give_You_Anything_but_Love%2C_Baby)" ([Jimmy McHugh](/source/Jimmy_McHugh), [Dorothy Fields](/source/Dorothy_Fields)) – 5:42 1. "[The Nearness of You](/source/The_Nearness_of_You)" ([Hoagy Carmichael](/source/Hoagy_Carmichael), [Ned Washington](/source/Ned_Washington)) – 7:57 1. "[How Deep Is the Ocean?](/source/How_Deep_Is_the_Ocean%3F)" ([Irving Berlin](/source/Irving_Berlin)) – 5:49 1. "[Spring Is Here](/source/Spring_Is_Here)" ([Richard Rodgers](/source/Richard_Rodgers), [Lorenz Hart](/source/Lorenz_Hart)) – 5:10 1. "[How High the Moon](/source/How_High_the_Moon)" ([Morgan Lewis](/source/Morgan_Lewis_(songwriter)), [Nancy Hamilton](/source/Nancy_Hamilton)) – 7:16 1. "[Time on My Hands](/source/Time_on_My_Hands_(song))" ([Vincent Youmans](/source/Vincent_Youmans), [Harold Adamson](/source/Harold_Adamson), [Mack Gordon](/source/Mack_Gordon)) – 4:36 1. "[Emily](/source/Emily_(1964_song))" ([Johnny Mandel](/source/Johnny_Mandel), [Johnny Mercer](/source/Johnny_Mercer)) – 5:03 1. "[My Romance](/source/My_Romance_(song))" (Rogers, Hart) – 5:40 1. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" [take 3] (Berlin) – 5:39 Bonus track on CD reissue 1. "Time on My Hands" [take 1] (Youmans, Adamson, Gordon) – 5:11 Bonus track on CD reissue 1. "The Nearness of You" [take 1] (Carmichael, Washington) – 7:30 Bonus track on CD reissue ## Personnel - [Warne Marsh](/source/Warne_Marsh) – [tenor saxophone](/source/Tenor_saxophone) - [Lou Levy](/source/Lou_Levy_(pianist)) – [piano](/source/Piano) - [Jesper Lundgaard](/source/Jesper_Lundgaard) – [bass](/source/Double_bass) - James Martin – [drums](/source/Drum_kit) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Criss_Cross_Records_discography_1-0)** ["Criss Cross Jazz Records discography"](https://www.crisscrossjazz.com/album/1007.html). Retrieved May 16, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Godwin, M. ["Discography of Warne Marion Marsh"](http://www.warnemarsh.info/discography_2.htm). Retrieved May 16, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Enciclopedia del Jazz: Warne Marsh"](https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/warne-marsh-discography/). May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Penguin_Guide_4-0)** [Cook, Richard](/source/Richard_Cook_(journalist)); [Brian Morton](/source/Brian_Morton_(Scottish_writer)) (1994). *The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette*. [The Penguin Guide to Jazz](/source/The_Penguin_Guide_to_Jazz) (2nd ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 881–2. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-14-017949-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-14-017949-6). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Allmusic_5-0)** Yanow, Scott. [*A Ballad Album* – Review](https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000269850) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)). Retrieved May 16, 2017. v t e Warne Marsh Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. As 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) With 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) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [A Ballad Album](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Ballad_Album) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Ballad_Album?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.