Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane

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Total Tracks: 11   Total Length: 61:42

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To much pitch correction used while mixing!!!

JazzFinger

Great Album, good music, fine choice of tunes..... all would be nice if.... The mixing engineer hadn`t used way too much pitch-correction on the vocals! Being an engineer myself I must admit I am quite sensitive to the use of pitch correction, but I guess even "normal" ears can hear the "sher"-effect in that album quite often... I`ve heard the lady sing without it, and it was fine.... so please fellow mixing-guys: Don`t use autotune or melodyne or whatever pitch-correction you might have unless it is necessary. For my ears this ruins the whole album that might have otherwise been a 5-star choice! Really a shame for a concord production.

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Second Taste

JJBCO

I don't know much about jazz or John Cotrane, but after a taste of Karrin Allyson's "In Blue," I was eager for more. This album didn't disappoint and is only the second album from eMusic that I downloded all tracks from without sampling each one..."In Blue" was the first.

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Ballads

IowaJazz

Karrin re-creates Coltrane's legendary Ballads album tune-for-tune, but doing so in here own style?—not attempting to clone the original recordings, but always very respectful of them and highly influenced by them. This is only one of many wonderful Karrin Allyson albums you'll find here.

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Jazz vocalist Karrin Allyson strikes a sentimental chord with this super fine 2001 release, inspired by tenor sax titan John Coltrane’s infamous Ballads LP. The diva exhibits her near flawless phraseology and alluring vigor throughout these wonderfully executed pieces. Allyson also receives exemplary support from what some might consider an all-star band, featuring bassist John Patitucci; saxophonists Bob Berg, Steve Wilson, and James Carter; pianist/educator James Williams; and drummer Lewis Nash. All told, the musicians inject their distinct musical personas into these moving portraitures amid Allyson’s trance-like renderings of pieces such as “You Don’t Know What Love Is,” “All or Nothing at All,” and others. The singer’s wordless incantation of “Naima” bespeaks poignant imagery as Patitucci and Nash generate a grooving samba beat atop Williams’ shrewdly placed lower-register ostinato motifs and the saxophonists’ breezy lines. Basically, Ballads is a very special occurrence, one that provides yet another mark of distinction for this extremely talented artiste. Highly recommended. – Glenn Astarita

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