Wynton Marsalis - Hot House Flowers (1984) and 50 similar items

Catalog Number: FC-39530 Condition Details: Vinyl plays nicely; a few light hairlines (play-graded). Cover looks great; light scuffing, creasing (especially near front top right) and surface impressions (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (credits/photo/liner notes); three seams partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild wear. Minor shelf-wear along bottom-edge, heavier wear along bottom edge with developing split near center; some wear to corners. Opening has slight curling with signs of light use. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Stardust Lazy Afternoon For All We Know When You Wish Upon A Star Django Melancholia Hot House Flowers I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) About The Record: Hot House Flowers, by Wynton Marsalis, peaked at No. 90 on the Billboard 200, No. 53 on Billboard's R B Albums chart, and No. 1 on the Top Jazz Albums chart. According to a reviewer on allmusic.com, "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."