WYNTON MARSALIS - Standard Time Vol. 5 : The Midnight Blues (1999) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The Midnight Blues is the fifth installment in his ongoing Standard Time series, where he offers his own interpretations of classic American pop, jazz and blues songs. Supported by pianist Eric Reed, bassist Reginald Veal and drummer Lewis Nash, as well as a 31-piece string orchestra, he runs through a number of standards -- "The Party's Over," "It Never Entered My Mind," "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home," "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" and "My Man's Gone Now" -- which are arranged and conducted by Bob Freedman, Marsalis' longtime collaborator. The album falls somewhere between Hot House Flowers and one of the early volumes of Standard Time, as it has a lush sound but remains quite idiosyncratic and quietly adventurous in its arrangements. The result is a lovely, albeit minor, addition to Marsalis' rich catalog. Leo Stanley
Tracklist :
1     The Party's Over 6'02
Betty Comden / Adolph Green / Jule Styne
2     You're Blasé 6'36
Ord Hamilton / Bruce Sievier
3     After You've Gone 5'43
Henry Creamer / Turner Layton
4     Glad to Be Unhappy 7'44
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
5     It Never Entered My Mind 6'04
Lorenz Hart / Richard Rodgers
6     Baby Won't You Please Come Home 5'25
Charles Warfield / Clarence Williams
7     Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry 5'55
Sammy Cahn / Jule Styne
8     I Got Lost in Her Arms 5'03
Irving Berlin
9     Ballad of the Sad Young Men 5'47
Fran Landesman / Thomas Wolf
10     Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year 4'27
Frank Loesser
11     My Man's Gone Now 4'32
George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin / DuBose Heyward
12     The Midnight Blues 11'53
Wynton Marsalis
Credits :
Arranged and Conducted by – Robert Freedman
Piano - Eric Reed
Reginald Veal - Bass
Drums - Lewis Nash
Trumpet – Wynton Marsalis