Wynton Marsalis - Hot House Flowers (Vinyl LP | EU Reissue | 1984)

Wynton Marsalis – Hot House Flowers is an album by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis on which he plays ballads and standards such as "Stardust", "Django" and "When You Wish Upon A Star" with a string orchestra. The arrangements were written and conducted by Robert Freedman; the album was recorded digitally on May 30 and 31, 1984 at RCA Studio A in New York and produced by Steve Epstein. It came out in 1984 and won Marsalis the 1985 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist. This copy is the 1984 European CBS edition (cat. no. CBS 26145, made in Holland) with its original inner sleeve.

Pressing details

• Label / Cat. no.: CBS 26145
• Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Stereo
• Pressing: EU reissue
• Country: Europe
• Year of this pressing: 1984 (original: 1984)
• Genre: Jazz, Post Bop, Contemporary Jazz
• Extras: Original inner sleeve

Condition

• Condition: Second hand
• Media: VG+
• Cover: VG+

Graded to Goldmine standard (see Vinyl Grading). The images are our own scans of the actual copy for sale.

Tracklist

Side A

1. Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael/Mitchell Parish)
2. Lazy Afternoon (Jerome Moross/John La Touche)
3. For All We Know (J. Fred Coots/Sam M. Lewis)
4. When You Wish Upon A Star (Leigh Harline/Ned Washington)

Side B

1. Django (John Lewis)
2. Melancholia (Duke Ellington)
3. Hot House Flowers (Wynton Marsalis)
4. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) (Neiburg/Dougherty/Reynolds)

Personnel

Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Branford Marsalis (tenor and soprano saxophone), Kenny Kirkland (piano), Ron Carter (double bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts (drums), Kent Jordan (alto flute), Paul McCandless (oboe, English horn), Peter Gordon (French horn), Tony Price (tuba), Andrew Schwartz (bassoon), plus a string orchestra led by concertmaster Charles Libove.

Arranged and conducted by Robert Freedman. Producer: Steve Epstein, executive producer: George Butler, engineer: Tim Geelan, liner notes: Stanley Crouch.

FAQ

Is this the original pressing?
The album was first released in 1984 in the US on Columbia. This record is the European CBS edition from the same year, made in Holland and often listed as a reissue. So it is not a later reissue but a contemporary pressing.

What kind of music is on this record?
Not a hard bop session but ballads and standards with a jazz quintet, woodwinds and strings. Alongside the well-known songs, the title track is a Wynton Marsalis composition.

What does Media VG+ / Cover VG+ mean?
VG+ (Very Good Plus) means the record and sleeve show light signs of use and the record plays through cleanly. All grades are explained on our Vinyl Grading page.

Do you have more Wynton Marsalis records?
Yes, for example Wynton Marsalis – Think Of One. From his brother we have Branford Marsalis – Scenes In The City, among others. More titles are in our Jazz collection.