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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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Party's OverBetty Comden, Adolph Green, Jule Styne | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 06:06 | 13 MB | 31 MB |
| 2 | You're BlaséOrd Hamilton, Bruce Sievier | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 06:41 | 15 MB | 36 MB |
| 3 | After You've GoneHenry Creamer, Turner Layton | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 05:46 | 13 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | Glad to Be UnhappyLorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 07:47 | 17 MB | 39 MB |
| 5 | It Never Entered My MindLorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 06:09 | 14 MB | 31 MB |
| 6 | Baby Won't You Please Come HomeCharles Warfield, Clarence Williams | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 05:28 | 12 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | I Got Lost in Her ArmsIrving Berlin | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 05:08 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 8 | Ballad of the Sad Young MenFran Landesman, Thomas Wolf | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 05:50 | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| 9 | Spring Will Be a Little Late This YearFrank Loesser | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 10 | My Man's Gone NowGeorge Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 11 | The Midnight BluesWynton Marsalis | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 11:53 | 27 MB | 66 MB |
| 12 | I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry | Wynton Marsalis | Play | 05:59 | 13 MB | 33 MB |
| 76 mins | 174 MB | |||||
| 76 mins | 416 MB | |||||
Note: You are able to listen to 30-second samples for preview purpose.
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamar Alsop | Viola |
| 2 | Abe Appleman | Violin |
| 3 | Julien Barber | Viola |
| 4 | John Beal | Bass |
| 5 | Irving Berlin | Composer |
| 6 | Mark Betts | Technical Supervisor |
| 7 | Sammy Cahn | Composer |
| 8 | Robert Chausow | Violin |
| 9 | Israel Chorberg | Violin |
| 10 | Betty Comden | Composer |
| 11 | Henry Creamer | Composer |
| 12 | Lenny Davis | Viola |
| 13 | Josephine DiDonato | Art Direction |
| 14 | Karen Dreyfus | Viola |
| 15 | Steven Epstein | Liner Notes, Producer |
| 16 | Mary Helen Ewing | Viola |
| 17 | Krista Bennion Feeney | Violin |
| 18 | Narcisco Figueroa | Violin |
| 19 | Barry Finclair | Violin |
| 20 | Bob Freedman | Arranger, Conductor |
| 21 | Robert Freedman | Arranger, Conductor |
| 22 | Erik Friedlander | Cello, Guest Artist |
| 23 | Winterton Garvey | Violin |
| 24 | George Gershwin | Composer |
| 25 | Ira Gershwin | Composer |
| 26 | Lawrence Glazener | Bass |
| 27 | Kenneth Gordon | Violin |
| 28 | Adolph Green | Composer |
| 29 | Ord Hamilton | Composer |
| 30 | Paul Harris | Bass |
| 31 | Lorenz Hart | Composer |
| 32 | Richard Henrickson | Violin |
| 33 | DuBose Heyward | Composer |
| 34 | Regis Iandiorio | Violin |
| 35 | Richard Ingraham | Violin |
| 36 | Fran Landesman | Composer |
| 37 | Carol Landon | Viola |
| 38 | Turner Layton | Composer |
| 39 | Ann Leathers | Violin |
| 40 | Richard Locker | Cello |
| 41 | Frank Loesser | Composer |
| 42 | Wynton Marsalis | Composer, Primary Artist, Trumpet |
| 43 | Nancy McAlhany | Violin |
| 44 | Eugene J. Moye | Cello |
| 45 | Lewis Nash | Drums, Guest Artist |
| 46 | Ron Oakland | Violin |
| 47 | Suzanne Ornstein | Violin |
| 48 | Sandra Park | Violin |
| 49 | Paul Peabody | Cornemuse, Violin |
| 50 | John Pintavalle | Violin |
| 51 | Sue Pray | Viola |
| 52 | Matthew Raimondi | Violin |
| 53 | Eric Reed | Guest Artist, Piano |
| 54 | Maxine Roach | Viola |
| 55 | Richard Rodgers | Composer |
| 56 | Clay Ruede | Cello |
| 57 | Mark Orrin Schuman | Cello |
| 58 | Laura Seaton | Violin |
| 59 | Bruce Sievier | Composer |
| 60 | Richard Sortomme | Violin |
| 61 | Lisa Steinberg | Violin |
| 62 | Martin Stoner | Violin |
| 63 | Jule Styne | Composer |
| 64 | Donna Tecco | Violin |
| 65 | Reginald Veal | Bass |
| 66 | Charles Warfield | Composer |
| 67 | Nana Watanabe | Photography |
| 68 | Todd Whitelock | Engineer |
| 69 | Belinda Whitney-Barratt | Violin |
| 70 | Clarence Williams | Composer |
| 71 | Thomas Wolf | Composer |
| 72 | Jen Wyler | Assistant Engineer |
| 73 | Frederick Zlotkin | Cello |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |