Most beautiful jazz ballad ever played......

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Gene Ammons-My Romance-Rogers and Hart

 

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Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil
Infant Eyes

 

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Bill Evans - Emily

 

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Bobvin said:

Thanks to all who are contributing on this thread. I am not a huge jazz fan—prefering melodic songs I can follow. Really improvisational tracks often leave me scratching my head thinking “play something you know” and “go practice somewhere else.”

But well recorded ballads are a favorite, and jazz ballads can really touch the soul. I look forward to listening to all the cuts mentioned here.

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A friend of mine told me about this track, inspirational and fantastic recording.

 

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APP said:

Oscar was a big fan of Bill Evans and I believe Bill had tremendous respect for Oscar as well.

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Interesting!

 

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Good musicians like good musicians. John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins were great friends just as Thelonious Monk and Bud Powell

 

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Or Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum.

 

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A bit early but then you may all like the post a month from now

 

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Mike Lavigne said:

i'm a Bill Evans "peace piece" guy myself. unique, ethereal.

and improvised on the spot.

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That song was the beginning of the whole modal period in jazz. Without it no Kind Of Blue.

 

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Just discovered this at the Sound Liaison sale. This girl can really play the trumpet. And isn't St. James the first of all ballads?

 

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One of my favourites jazz ballads - Chet with Bill : Alone together.

 

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My favorite

 

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Berta said:

My favorite

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That one is hard to beat. Coltrane when playing ballads really stock to the original melody, even more so than Dexter and Rollins.

 

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APP said:

That one is hard to beat. Coltrane when playing ballads really stock to the original melody, even more so than Dexter and Rollins.

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Agree all around...but just last night I was listening to Bill Evans' Waltz for Debby and got all weepy 'n' shit. What a masterpiece. At this point in Covid in NYC, I'm surviving on Miles, Coltrane, Monk, Powell, and Evans, along with copious amounts of Berkshire Mountain Distillery gin.

 

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Joe Whip said:

Or Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum.

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Or Dexter and Johnny Griffin

 

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musicfirst1 said:

LOVE ALL the Jazz Ballads listed; however, for me, there is only one "ring" to rule them all..

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Which piece did you list? The link is broken.

 

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The amazing Flamenco Sketches: first take on Kind of Blue (usually track 5).

 

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how about ?;

 

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