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
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)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

• Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone
• Lou Levy – piano
• Jesper Lundgaard – bass
• James Martin – drums

References