Hot House Flowers (album)

1984 studio album by Wynton Marsalis

Hot House Flowers is an album by Wynton Marsalis that won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist in 1985.^[1] The album peaked at number 90 on the Billboard 200, number 53 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart, and number 1 on the Top Jazz Albums chart.^[2]

Track listing

Personnel

• Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
• Branford Marsalis – soprano and tenor saxophones
• Kent Jordan – alto flute
• Paul McCandless - oboe, English horn
• Andrew Schwartz - bassoon
• Peter Gordon - French horn
• Tony Price - tuba
• Kenny Kirkland – piano
• Ron Carter – double bass
• Jeff "Tain" Watts – drums
• Charles Libove (concertmaster), Ingrid Arden, Peter Dimitriades, Gayle Dixon, Guillermo Figueroa, Winterton Garvey, Harry Glickman, Regis Iandiorio, Ray Kunicki, Patmore Lewis, Diane Monroe, Louann Montesi - violins
• Al Brown, Theodore Israel, Mitsue Takayama, Harry Zaratzian - violas
• Seymour Barab, Richard Locker, Alvin McCall, Frederick Zlotkin - cellos
• Bob Freedman - arranger, orchestrator and conductor

References

1. "Hot House Flowers". AllMusic. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
2. "Hot House Flowers: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 131. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 950. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.