More Delights

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More Delights
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Studio album by
Released1985
RecordedJanuary 28, 1978
Studio Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California
Genre Jazz
Label Galaxy
GXY 5152
Producer Ed Michel
Tommy Flanagan chronology
Our Delights
(1978)
More Delights
(1985)
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
(1978)
Hank Jones chronology
Our Delights
(1978)
More Delights
(1978)
Milestones
(1978)

More Delights is a studio album by pianists Tommy Flanagan and Hank Jones, recorded in 1978 for the Galaxy label and released in 1985. [1] [2] The album features alternate takes of the piano duets released on Our Delights .

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Reception

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Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars, stating: "These "new" performances (plus duo versions of "'Round Midnight" and "If You Could See Me Now") are as tasteful and as enjoyable as the "older" ones". [3]

Track listing

  1. "Robbins Nest" [Alternate Take] (Illinois Jacquet, Charles Thompson) - 7:28
  2. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) - 5:46
  3. "Lady Bird" [Alternate Take] (Tadd Dameron) - 3:55
  4. "Jordu" [Alternate Take] (Duke Jordan) - 3:57
  5. "Our Delight" [Alternate Take] (Dameron) - 4:03
  6. "A Child Is Born" [Alternate Take] (Thad Jones) - 5:47
  7. "Autumn Leaves" [Alternate Take] (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) - 5:44
  8. "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron) - 5:36

Personnel

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References

  1. Tommy Flanagan Catalog accessed August 5, 2015
  2. Galaxy Album Discography, accessed August 5, 2015
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. More Delights – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 5, 2015.