Confirmation (Tommy Flanagan album)

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Confirmation
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Studio album by
Released1982
RecordedFebruary 4, 1977; November 15, 1978
StudioSound Ideas Studios and Penthouse Studio, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length35:40
Label Enja
4014
Producer Horst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann
Tommy Flanagan chronology
Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen
(1978)
Confirmation
(1982)
Ballads & Blues
(1978)

Confirmation is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan compiling unreleased tracks recorded in 1977 and 1978 at sessions that produced Eclypso and Ballads & Blues which was released on the Enja label in 1982. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Maybe September" (Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston) – 4:54
  2. "Confirmation" [alternate take] (Charlie Parker) – 6:48
  3. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) – 6:00
  4. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 7:05
  5. "Cup Bearers" [alternate take] (Tom McIntosh) – 4:05
  6. "50-21" (Thad Jones) – 6:48

Personnel

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References

  1. Tommy Flanagan Catalog accessed August 8, 2016
  2. Discogs album entry, accessed August 8, 2016
  3. 1 2 Confirmation – Listing at AllMusic . Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 379. ISBN   978-0-14-015364-4.