| Ballads & Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1978 | |||
| Recorded | November 15, 1978 | |||
| Studio | Penthouse Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 59:07 | |||
| Label | Enja 3031 | |||
| Producer | Horst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann | |||
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Ballads & Blues is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan with bassist George Mraz recorded in 1978 for the Enja label. [1] [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "The intimate and mostly lightly swinging music is fine, but one does miss the momentum that would have been provided by a drummer". [3]
All compositions by Tommy Flanagan except where noted.
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