JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET Ballads (Limited 2010 Japanese exclusive DSD Mastering/SHM Single Layer 8-track stereo SA-CD [Super Audio CD - playable only on SACD players], this album was Trane's response to critics who had labelled his performances 'anti-jazz' - fired up, he entered the recording studio to create this mix of well-known & obscure ballads. Aided & abetted by the classic Quartet of McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison & Elvin Jones, Trane produced a wonderfully emotive & heartfelt collection, housed in an elaborate multi-fold sleeve with company inner UCGU-9009)