VA - Stardust, Great Jazz Ballads (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3

GREAT JAZZ BALLADS

VA - Stardust, Great Jazz Ballads CD1+CD2+CD3 (A Butterboy Compilation)

A ballad is a song that tells a story, and it can be intense, funny, or romantic. You can find ballads in a variety of musical styles. In jazz and popular music, the term ballad signifies a short song in a slow tempo, usually with a romantic or sentimental text. In jazz the ballad style is intimate, lyrical and melodic. It is usually performed at a relaxed rhythm. In the best jazz ballad instrumental playing you can hear a story unfolding even without lyrics being sung. 

In jazz, sentimental ballads are an emotional style of music that often deal with romantic and intimate relationships, usually in a poignant but solemn manner. Most pop standard and jazz ballads are built from a single, introductory verse, usually around 16 bars in length, and they end on the dominant – the chorus or refrain, usually 16 or 32 bars long. They usually have a rhyming pattern. Ballads are generally melodic enough to get the listener's attention. Sentimental ballads tend to have a lush musical arrangement which emphasize the song's melody and harmonies. Typically, ballads use acoustic instruments such as guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set.  Instrumental jazz ballads contain a lot of dialogue even though only by emphasizing an instruments beauty.

The following tracks are mostly instrumental. There are some vocal tracks within to introduce additional flavor. Some tracks are played live and give a wonderful intimate atmosphere as when listening to the opening track Stardust played by Ben Webster.  This compilation is best served on a quite evening or on a slow Sunday morning. Your choice. Enjoy!


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VA - Stardust, Great Jazz Ballads (A Butterboy Compilation) 

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Track list 1

1    Ben Webster - Stardust    6:24
2    Chet Baker - The Thrill is Gone    2:49
3    John Coltrane - I'm Old Fashioned    7:57
4    Miles Davis - Flamenco Sketches    9:26
5    Stanley Turrentine - Willow Weep for Me    9:58
6    Wynton Marsalis - I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry    5:55
7    Brubeck, Dave - (This is My First Affair So) Please Be Kind    5:34
8    Branford Marsalis - Eternal    17:42
9    Dexter Gordon - Darn That Dream    4:24
10    Coleman Hawkins - Then I'll Be Tired of You    5:09
11    Gene Ammons - Angel- Eyes    8:52
12    Oscar Peterson - Just in Time    1:50
13    Leroy Holmes Orchestra - Mood Indigo    3:29
14    Sidney Bechet - Summertime    4:12
15    Ike Quebec - Willow Weep for Me    5:19
16    Art Farmer & Benny Golson Jazztet - Park Avenue Petite    3:50
17    Nat King Cole - Unforgetable    3:26
18    Frank Morgan & Kenny Barron - You've Changed    5:10
19    Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine    2:56
20    Curtis Fuller Sextette - Imagination    6:49
21    Kenny Burrell - Here's That Rainy Day    4:14
22    Elvis Jones - Whatever Possessed Me    6:10
23    Barney Kessel - Look of Love    4:10
24    John Coltrane Quartet - Too Young to Go Steady    4:23
25    Ahmad Jamal - People    5:23

Track list 2

26    Thelonious Monk - 'round Midnight    6:34
27    Ben Webster - Don't Take Your Love From Me    4:38
28    Chris Connor - Ballad of the Sad Cafe    5:02
29    Miles Davis - Blue in Green    5:38
30    John Coltane - Naima    7:40
31    Thelonious Monk - Ruby, My Dear    5:24
32    Charlie Parker - Autumn in New York    3:30
33    Ike Quebec - It Might as Well Be Spring    6:19
34    Lee Morgan - I Remember Clifford    7:07
35    Wynton Marsalis - Embraceable You    7:16
36    Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Satin Doll    2:59
37    Horace Silver - Peace    6:02
38    George Benson - This Masquerade    3:17
39    Sonny Rollins - Poor Butterfly    6:06
40    John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman - My One and Only Love    4:59
41    Wayne Shorter - Infant Eyes    6:54
42    Kenny Dorham Featuring Jackie-McLean - It Could Happen to You -    6:02
43    Errol Garner - Misty    2:49
44    Benny Carter - Someone to Watch Over Me    2:40
45    Modern Jazz Quartet     - Softly as a Morning Sunrise    8:00
46    Jimmy Scott - Blue Skies    3:21
47    Paul Chambers - Dear Ann    4:19
48    Count Basie & Zoot Sims - I Surrender Dear    6:06
49    Art Tatum - Someone to Watch Over Me    2:50
50    Wes Montgomery - Born to Be Blue    7:25

Track list 3

51    Ben Webster - Chelsea Bridge    3:55
52    Blue Mitchell - When I Fall in Love    5:41
53    Nina Simone - The Laziest Gal in Town    2:20
54    Paul Desmond - Skylark    5:14
55    Coleman Hawkins - Greensleeves    3:16
56    Bud Powell - Yesterdays    2:51
57    Kurt Rosenwinkel Standards Trio - You've Changed    3:15
58    Harry James & His Orchestra - Sleepy Lagoon    2:56
59    Earl Klugh - Waltz for Debby    4:58
60    John Coltrane Quartet - Whats New    3:43
61    Carmen McRae - By Myself    3:15
62    Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra - Body and Soul    3:02
63    Gerry Mulligan - Moonlight in Vermont    3:30
64    Charles Mingus - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat    4:49
65    Joe Henderson - Lush Life    4:58
66    George Shearing Quintet & Nancy Wilson - The Nearness of You    2:58
67    Dizzy Gillespie - Flamingo    3:56
68    Oscar Peterson Trio - I Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)    3:12
69    New York Jazz Lounge - The Shadow of Your Smile    4:28
70    Cannonball Adderley - Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)    3:57
71    Arturo Sandoval - Drume Negrita    2:45
72    Stan Getz - My Romance    3:07
73    Joey Defrancesco - Ceora    7:23
74    Grant Green - Little Girl Blue    7:14
75    Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World    2:18

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