WYNTON MARSALIS - Standards & Ballads (2008) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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. AllMusic
Tracklist :
1    When It's Sleepytime Down South 5'09
Written-By – Otis Rene
2    Stardust 4'09
Conductor – Robert Freedman
Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael
3    Embraceable You 7'14
Written-By – George Gershwin
4    Reflections 6'17
Written-By – Thelonious Monk
5    After You've Gone 5'43
Conductor – Robert Freedman
Written-By – T. Layton
6    The Seductress 2'54
Written-By – Wynton Marsalis
7    My Ideal 6'18
Written-By – Newell Chase
8    Spring Yaounde 6'00
Written-By – Wynton Marsalis
9    Melancholia 5'09
Conductor – Robert Freedman
Written-By – D. Ellington
10    Where Or When 2'49
Written-By – Lorenz Hart
11    I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry 5'55
Conductor – Robert Freedman
Written-By – Jule Styne
12    April In Paris 5'05
Written-By – Vernon Duke
13    I Can't Get Started 5'20
Written-By – Ira Gershwin
14    Flamingo 3'20
Written-By – Ed Anderson