''Hot House Flowers'' is an album by
Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Award ...
that won the
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist in 1985.
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.
Track listing
Personnel
* Wynton Marsalis – trumpet
*
Branford Marsalis – soprano and tenor saxophones
*
Kent Jordan – alto flute
*
Paul McCandless
Paul Brownlee McCandless Jr. (born March 24, 1947) is an American multi-instrumentalist and founding member of the American jazz group Oregon. He is one of the few jazz oboists. He also plays bass clarinet, English horn, flute and soprano saxoph ...
- oboe, English horn
* Andrew Schwartz - bassoon
* Peter Gordon - French horn
* Tony Price - tuba
*
Kenny Kirkland
Kenneth David Kirkland (September 28, 1955 – November 12, 1998) was an American pianist and keyboardist.
Biography Early life
Born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, Kirkland was six when he first sat down at a piano keyboard. After years ...
– piano
*
Ron Carter – double bass
*
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts (born January 20, 1960) is a jazz drummer who has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Betty Carter, Michael Brecker, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, and others.
Biography
Watts got the nickname "Tain" from Kenny ...
– 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
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1984 albums
Albums produced by George Butler (record producer)
Columbia Records albums
Wynton Marsalis albums