Standard Time, Vol.5: The Midnight Blues

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
Opening curiously with the classic reveler's benediction "The Party's Over," this 12-selection program of standard material finds Wynton Marsalis's buttery trumpet elegance in the superb company of Eric Reed on piano, Reginald Veal on bass, and Lewis Nash on drums. Augmenting this debonair quartet is the delicately balanced string orchestration of Robert Freedman, who some may recall from Marsalis's original with-strings date, Hot House Flowers. Removing the CD from its jewel-case tray reveals an inside back-cover photo of a recently vacated bed, leaving little doubt that this is another in Wynton's ongoing subseries of romantic interludes. His trumpet is aptly broad and gorgeous in tone, seeking the beauty spots inherent in these romantic short stories. "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" indeed! --Willard Jenkins

From Jazziz
With his extensive classical training and a background steeped in jazz tradition, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis made an indelible mark on both classical and jazz worlds in the early 1980s. Thus, Marsalis seemed a natural to combine jazz with strings. However, he has only sporadically used them in a jazz setting outside of his 1984 Grammy-winning classic, Hot House Flowers. On "Spring Will be a Little Late This Year" from the 1998 release The Midnight Blues -Standard Time, Vol. 5 (arranged and... read more

Standard Time, Vol.5: The Midnight Blues

Standard Time, Vol.5: The Midnight Blues, Music, Wynton Marsalis, Ballads, Jazz, Jazz Music, Neo-Bop, Pop, Standards

Average customer rating:

Gorgeous, full of feeling, like the horn of love itself...

Wynton is great, but brass and strings don't go together

Far from his best work

Among his Very Best

Slower Jazz

Standard Time, Vol.5: The Midnight Blues
Wynton Marsalis
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music
General | Jazz | Styles | Music
Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music
Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
Similar Items:

Standard Time, Vol.2: Intimacy Calling

Standard Time, Vol. 4: Marsalis Plays Monk

Standard Time, Vol.3: The Resolution Of Romance

Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord

Marsalis Standard Time, Vol.1

ASIN: B0000062HE
Release Date: 1998-04-28

Tracks:

The Party's Over
You're Blase
After You've Gone
Glad To Be Unhappy
It Never Entered My Mind
Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry
I Got Lost In Her Arms
Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
My Man's Gone Now
The Midnight Blues

Amazon.com essential recording

Opening curiously with the classic reveler's benediction "The Party's Over," this 12-selection program of standard material finds Wynton Marsalis's buttery trumpet elegance in the superb company of Eric Reed on piano, Reginald Veal on bass, and Lewis Nash on drums. Augmenting this debonair quartet is the delicately balanced string orchestration of Robert Freedman, who some may recall from Marsalis's original with-strings date, Hot House Flowers. Removing the CD from its jewel-case tray reveals an inside back-cover photo of a recently vacated bed, leaving little doubt that this is another in Wynton's ongoing subseries of romantic interludes. His trumpet is aptly broad and gorgeous in tone, seeking the beauty spots inherent in these romantic short stories. "Baby Won't You Please Come Home" indeed! --Willard Jenkins

Customer Reviews:

Gorgeous, full of feeling, like the horn of love itself..........2007-05-20

This is one of the most beautiful jazz albums, or any album, I've ever listened to. I listen to it often (I've had it for years), when I'm lying down to sleep or just relaxing, and every note sounds like Wynton's singing through that amazing horn of his ... it's like he's talking, caressing, holding and tickling the most gorgeous, love-thirsty woman and making her feel loved, making her feel desirable, making love with every note. His tone is full and round and warm; his technical command of the trumpet and his brilliant use of effects that sound effortless, are astounding and downright shake-you-head stunning. I am in awe of his virtuosity, and am stilled to a silent closed-eyed reverence when I hear the rendentions of the ballads on this album. If you stop and relax, put down the daily movements of the world, and listen to the beauty and power of this work, it will grab you with a soft hand and cover you like a warm blanket. And if you're in the mood for love, put this record on in the background, turn down the lights and spread those candles, and invite your lover into the sound of this world....

Wynton is great, but brass and strings don't go together.......2006-08-14

After buying and listening to Wynton's Standard Time Volumes 1-3, I was anxious to get Volume 5. I was not thrilled with the CD. Wynton is fantastic as always but the trumpet in my opinion did not go with the strings at all.

Far from his best work.......2005-05-02

This CD was a big disappointment. It was one song after another that sounded like the last. By the time I was halfway through a song, I found myself fast-forwarding to the next track. It would be OK as background music but otherwise I find it pretty musically boring.

Among his Very Best.......2004-10-19

Don't let the "quietness" and "laid back" nature of this music fool you; there's a lot going on here. Wynton's playing here is blues based jazz at its best, and the supporting cast here is simply terrific. Production value is top notch, and the song selection is clever and the arrangements challenging.

This is wonderfully accessible music that is clearly played by highly practiced and intelligent people, and its mood reflects the space artists can reach when they have done all of the necessary preparation. A feast for the ears and other senses, this is intelligent mood music (and I mean that in its very best sense) that can be appreciated in a practically unlimited number of ways.

Slower Jazz.......2002-11-20

This album is much slower than Marsalis' other albums. Many of his other pieces are vibrant and enthusiastic. I personally prefer livelier jazz, which you could call afternoon blues, but this album was still a nice break from what I normally hear. Definitely quality music.

Music: