Wynton Marsalis - Standards & Ballads
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Artist: Wynton MarsalisEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-01-22
Music Label: Sony Legacy
Soundtracks:
- When It's Sleepy Time Down South
- Stardust
- Embraceable You
- Reflections
- After You've Gone
- Seductress
- My Ideal
- Spring Yaounde
- Melancholia
- Where or When
- I Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry
- April in Paris
- I Can't Get Started
- Flamingo
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Music Review: He Sure Knows His Way Around The Great American Songbook
Rating: 5 Stars
Wynton Marsalis has tried his hand at every musical format from the orginal music soundtrack to big-band intreptations of Ellington, Mingus and Jelly Roll Morton. He's composed classical suites performed with Edger Meyer and country music with Willie Nelson. The scope of his musical interests seems almost limitless. And let us not forget, Mr. Marsalis has yet to celebrate his fifith birthday.
Considering all the genres, the styles, the various collaborations and musical projects he has tackeled, none is more satisfying to me than the classic American songbook, or as it is better known "The Standard". Sure these timeless compositions have been covered by every jazz instrmentalist worth his or her salt. These maravelous old songs lend themselves to countless intrepitations and endless arrangements. There's no one who can boast the claim of having recorded the difinitive version of "Embraceable You", "Where Or When" or "I Can't Get Started". Perhaps that's one element that make these musical gems so endlessly appealing.
With all of the great recordings of these perennial favorites, one would think it almost impossible to find anything new, fresh and exciting to add to such a cannon of songwriting and song intrepitation. Yet Mr. Marsalis, in his own understated, subtle way manages to explore new ground here. Dispite all the versions I have heard of simple, quiet and beautiful songs like "Reflections" or "After You're Gone" or "April In Paris", he finds ways to give them his unique touch.
This collection, gathered from his four albums of standards marks his most rewarding efforts so far. From the very beginning, when Mr. Marsalis began his recording career, the world took notice of this exceptional prodigee. His style, his technique and his flawless musical instincts are appearent throughout this outstanding collection. There's not a bad song in the bunch, not a single note out of place and nothing I would change. Bravo Mr. Marsalis....You sure know your way around The Great American Songbook!
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