Standards & Ballads

by Wynton Marsalis

Overview

As a staunch jazz classicist and a vociferous champion of its traditions, Wynton Marsalis should seem right at home playing an album of jazz standards. And, in fact, he does. Marsalis is well suited to classic, acoustic sets, in part because of his clear, lyrical tone on the trumpet, but mostly because of his love for the music (Marsalis's aversion to avant garde, fusion, and other experimental takes on the genre is well known). The set list of STANDARDS has many of the usual suspects, including "April in Paris," "A Foggy Day," "Django," and "Caravan." It's clear Marsalis isn't out to radically re-invent these tunes, but rather to give them classic renderings, summoning the ghost of early, acoustic post-bop with an appealing sense of balance, beauty, and technical precision.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/22/2008
Label:	Columbia / Columbia/Legacy
UPC:	0886971042825

Tracks

1. When It's Sleepy Time Down South
2. Stardust
3. Embraceable You
4. Reflections
5. After You've Gone
6. The Seductress
7. My Ideal
8. Spring Yaounde
9. Melancholia
10. Where or When
11. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
12. April in Paris
13. I Can't Get Started
14. Flamingo

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wynton Marsalis   Primary Artist,Vocals,Trumpet
Robert Hurst   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Todd Williams   Sax (Soprano),Clarinet,Sax (Tenor)
Phil Bowler   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Wes Anderson   Sax (Alto),Sax (Alto)
Reginald Veal   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Ron Carter   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Ben Wolfe   Guitar (Bass),Bass
Herlin Riley   Drums
Marcus Roberts   Piano
Herbert Harris   Sax (Tenor)
Ellis Marsalis   Piano
Eric Reed   Piano
Walter Blanding   Sax (Tenor)
Joe Temperley   Sax (Baritone)
Todd Sebastian Williams   Clarinet,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano)
Wycliffe Gordon   Trombone
Lewis Nash   Drums
Jeff "Tain" Watts   Drums
Victor Goines   Sax (Tenor)
Kent Jordan   Flute (Alto)
Kenny Kirkland   Piano
Branford Marsalis   Sax (Soprano),Sax (Tenor)
Shirley Horn   Vocals
Alvin Batiste   Clarinet

Technical Credits

Steven Epstein   Audio Production,Producer
Wynton Marsalis   Audio Production,Producer,Compilation Producer
Delfeayo Marsalis   Audio Production,Producer
Nedra Olds-Neal   Compilation Producer
Mark Wilder   Mastering
Bryan Koniarz   Project Director
Mark Larson   Design
Zak Profera   A&R
Janush Kawa   Photography
Frank Stewart   Cover Photo
Howard Fritzson   Art Direction
Gretchen Brennison   Project Coordinator
Steven Berkowitz   A&R
Nana Watanabe   Photography
Stanley Crouch   Liner Notes