Hot House Flowers (album)

Hot House Flowers is an album by Wynton Marsalis 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.

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