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]
| Hot House Flowers | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | December 18, 1984 | |||
| Recorded | May 30–31, 1984 | |||
| Studio | RCA Studio A, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:33 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | George Butler, Steven Epstein | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |   [4] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stardust" | Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Lazy Afternoon" | Jerome Moross, John Latouche | 5:03 |
| 3. | "For All We Know" | John Frederick Coots, Sam M. Lewis | 6:15 |
| 4. | "When You Wish upon a Star" | Ned Washington, Leigh Harline | 4:40 |
| 5. | "Django" | John Lewis | 4:52 |
| 6. | "Melancholia" | Duke Ellington | 5:46 |
| 7. | "Hot House Flowers" | Wynton Marsalis | 5:46 |
| 8. | "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" | Al J. Neiburg, Doc Daugherty, Ellis Reynolds | 5:41 |
Personnel
edit- 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
edit- ^ "Hot House Flowers". AllMusic. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ "Hot House Flowers: Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. U.S.: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 131. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 950. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.