Wynton Marsalis - Hot House Flowers (rel.1984)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Wynton Marsalis Title Hot House Flowers Length 41:50 Discs: 1 Tracks: 8 Format CD Packaging Sleeve Label Sony Cat. Number N/A Style General Jazz Rating N/A

Track list

01 Stardust 04:09 02 Lazy Afternoon 05:06 03 For All We Know 06:18 04 When You Wish Upon A Star 04:44 05 Django 04:53 06 Melancholia 05:12 07 Hot House Flowers 05:48 08 I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) 05:40

Notes

AMG Review (3): Wynton Marsalis, very much in his Miles Davis period, plays quite melodically throughout this ballad-dominated outing with strings. Branford Marsalis (on tenor and soprano), flutist Kent Jordan, pianist Kenny Kirkland, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jeff Watts are strong assets but it is Wynton's subtle creativity on such songs as "Stardust," "When You Wish Upon a Star," Duke Ellington's "Melancholia" and "I'm Confessin'" that makes this recording special. The arrangements by Robert Freedman generally keep the strings from sounding too sticky and Wynton's tone is consistently beautiful. — Scott Yanow