Wynton Marsalis - Standards & Ballads (2008)

72 minute compilation of recordings from Marsalis's jazz albums. Selections are, well, standards and ballads. Mostly standards plus a couple of Marsalis originals utilizing everything from a quintet to a full orchestra. As described over at the musician's website:

Drawing from previous Columbia albums that were originally released between 1983 and 1999, this compilation serves as a best of collection when it comes to jazz’s traditional partnership with the romantic song. It’s a love-fest. What’s more, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis shares his passion for these fourteen chestnuts with his audience fluently, readily and sincerely.

I own Volumes 2 & 3 of the Standard Time series and I'm surprised to discover those have yet to be featured here. Stay tuned. And why didn't Columbia ever throw together a 6 disc box set of that series?

Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Did not chart
Peak on the Billboard Top Jazz albums chart: #6

Tracks:

1. When It's Sleepytime Down South
   From the 1991 album, Standard Time Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling
2. Stardust
   From the 1984 album, Hot House Flowers
3. Embraceable You
   From Standard Time Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling
4. Reflections
   From the 1999 album, Standard Time Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk
5. After You've Gone
   From the 1998 album, Standard Time Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues
6. The Seductress
   From the 1990 album, Standard Time Vol. 3: The Resolution Of Romance
7. My Ideal
   From the 1983 album, Think Of One
8. Spring Yaoundé
   From the 1993 album, Citi Movement
9. Melancholia
   From Hot House Flowers
10. Where Or When
    From Standard Time Vol. 3: The Resolution Of Romance
11. I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
    From Standard Time Vol. 5: The Midnight Blues
12. April In Paris
    From the 1987 album Marsalis Standard Time Vol. 1
13. I Can't Get Started
    From the 1990 soundtrack album for Tune In Tomorrow
14. Flamingo
    From Standard Time Vol. 3: The Resolution Of Romance

Of these selections, my favorites are Sleepytime, My Ideal, Hang My Tears Out, and April In Paris.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None

Previously revisited for the blog:

Two Men with the Blues (2008)	Baroque Music for Trumpets (1988)
Live at The Village Vanguard (1999)	Portrait of Wynton Marsalis (1988)
Marsalis Plays Monk (1999)	Marsalis Standard Time, Vol. 1 (1987)
In Gabriel's Garden (1996)	Carnaval (1987)
Joe Cool's Blues (1995)	J Mood (1986)
Baroque Duet (1992)	Black Codes (1985)
Uptown Ruler (1991)	Baroque Music for Trumpet (1984)
Tune In Tomorrow (1990)	Hot House Flowers (1984)
Crescent City Christmas Card (1989)	Trumpet Concertos (1983)