Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones

Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones
Studio album by Tommy Flanagan
Released	1993
Recorded	April 4, 1993
Studio	Focus Studio, Denmark
Genre	Jazz
Length	58:47
Label	Enja 8040
Producer	Diana Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan chronology
Flanagan's Shenanigans (1993) Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones (1993) Lady Be Good ... For Ella (1993)

Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan featuring compositions by Thad Jones recorded in 1993 for the Enja label. ^{[1] [2]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

AllMusic gave the album 4½ stars with Scott Yanow's review stating: "Congratulations are due Tommy Flanagan for putting together a consistently swinging and tasteful salute to Thad Jones, a very talented composer". ^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Thad Jones.

1. "Let's" – 5:32
2. "Mean What You Say" – 5:39
3. "To You" – 3:34
4. "Bird Song" – 5:28
5. "Scratch" – 5:23
6. "Thadrack" – 4:38
7. "A Child Is Born" – 6:19
8. "Three in One" – 6:03
9. "Quietude" – 5:12
10. "Zec" – 3:50
11. "Elusive" – 7:09

Personnel

• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• Jesper Lundgaard – bass
• Lewis Nash – drums

References

1. Tommy Flanagan Catalog accessed August 8, 2016
2. Discogs album entry, accessed August 8, 2016
3. Yanow, Scott. Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 8, 2016.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 456. ISBN   978-0-14-051368-4.