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Includes "Dedicated to You," "My One And Only Love," "In a Sentimental Mood," "They Say It's Wonderful," "Nancy (With the Laughing Face)" and more.Reviews:
''Coltrane for Lovers'' is a posthumous compilation album by American jazz musician John Coltrane, released January 23, 2001 on Impulse! Records in the United States. Its recordings were recorded during December 1961 to April 1963 at engineer Rudy Van Gelder's recording studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The first in the ''Verve for Lovers'' series by Verve Records, the album contains eleven of Coltrane's romantic ballads recorded during his early years with Impulse! Records. The songs feature back up Coltrane's classic quartet and collaborations with vocalist Johnny Hartman and pianist Duke Ellington.
The recordings compiled for ''Coltrane for Lovers'' initially received criticism for Coltrane's stylistic move from complex jazz compositions of the free jazz form to a simplistic formula of ballads and blues. Following the initial controversy, the album's recordings gained a legacy as one of Coltrane's most popular recordings and significant in the genre of romantic jazz. The tracks were compiled by producer Richard Seidel and digitally remastered by engineer Allan Tucker at Foothill Digital, New York City.
The album was issued thirty-three years following John Coltrane's death and nearly 40 years after the original recording dates. ''Coltrane for Lovers'' peaked at number 5 on the Top Jazz Albums chart and received generally positive reviews from most music critics, despite some criticism from writers who viewed it as a cash-in compilation from the release's label, Verve. The album was later compiled, along with other ''For Lovers'' titles, onto the box set ''The Complete Verve for Lovers Collection'', which was released exclusively on Amazon.com on November 14, 2006. - Wikipedia
