What's your fav Ballad?

[Njt3]

Georgia on my mind

Cheers,
Nicholas

[jameslovestal]

Georgia on my mind

Cheers,
Nicholas

Can't go wrong with Hoagy Carmichel. Note that I selected his tune Stardust, and someone else, his song, The Nearness of You.

I don't think any other composer had 3 songs listed in this thread.

[TAA]

Lot's of good candidates surfacing!

Her are some of mine....
Moonlight In Vermont, Georgia On My Mind, Days of Wine and Roses, New York New York, Summer Wind, Misty, Here's That Rainy Day and George Straight's You're Something Special to Me. There are others of course but these are some of my favorites.

Tom

[Jimmy Smith]

I wanted to point out that Monk's ballads are formidable af! Everyone knows Round Midnight, but he has a handful of others that are really good.

Crepuscule with Nellie

Ruby my dear

Pannonica

Ask me now

Monk's Mood

With RM, that's 6 outstanding ballads!

[henryrobinett]

For me, the most enduring one I still love to play after all these years is Stella By Starlight. But lately Pannonica is up there. But as usual, I play it medium. Stella too! LOL.