Balladyna (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Balladyna
| type = Album
| artist = Tomasz Stańko
| cover = Balladyna (album).jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1976|04}}
| recorded = {{Start date|1975|12}}
| studio = Tonstudio Bauer
Ludwigsburg, W. Germany
| genre = Jazz
| length = 41:01
| label = ECM 1071 ST
| producer = Manfred Eicher
| chronology = Tomasz Stańko
| prev_title = Twet
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = Almost Green
| next_year = 1978
}}
Balladyna is an album by Polish jazz trumpeter and composer Tomasz Stańko recorded in December 1975 and released on ECM in April the following year. The quartet features saxophonist Tomasz Szukalski and rhythm section Dave Holland and Edward Vesala.{{cite news | title=Balladyna| url =https://www.ecmrecords.com/catalogue/143038752090/balladyna-tomasz-stanko-tomasz-szukalski-dave-holland-edward-vesala-tomasz-stanko-tomasz-szukalski-dave-holland-edward-vesala| publisher = ECM Records | accessdate = May 7, 2017}}
Reception
The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos awarded the album 3½ stars stating "as pleasant as it is to listen to all the way through, it is equally satisfying, and lies deep within the souls of these four adroit and accomplished musicians playing together as one."{{cite news | title=Balladyna (All Music Review)| url =http://www.allmusic.com/album/balladyna-r234310/review| publisher = All Music | accessdate = May 7, 2017}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}
| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=1336}}
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side I
| total_length = 21:27
| all_writing = Tomasz Stańko except as noted.
| title1 = First Song
| writer1 =
| length1 = 7:42
| title2 = Tale
| writer2 = {{hlist|Dave Holland|Tomasz Stańko|Edward Vesala}}
| length2 = 3:32
| title3 = Num
| writer3 = Vesala
| length3 = 7:15
| title4 = Duet
| writer4 = {{hlist|Holland|Stańko}}
| length4 = 2:58
}}
{{track
| headline = Side II
| title1 = Balladyna
| length1 = 8:01
| title2 = Last Song
| length2 = 6:04
| title3 = Nenaliina
| length3 = 5:29
| total_length = 19:34 41:01
}}
Personnel
References
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{{Tomasz Stańko}}
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