Nights at the Vanguard

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Nights at the Vanguard
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Live album by
Released1987
RecordedOctober 18–19, 1986
Venue Village Vanguard, New York City, U.S.
Genre Jazz
Label Uptown
Producer Rudy Van Gelder
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Nights at the Vanguard is an album by jazz pianist Tommy Flanagan, with bassist George Mraz and drummer Al Foster.

Contents

Recording and music

The album was recorded on October 18–19, 1986, in concert at the Village Vanguard in New York City. [3] Most of the material is not widely recorded, but it includes "More than You Know" and "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm". [1]

Track listing

  1. Introduction – 1:52
  2. "San Francisco Holiday" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:54
  3. "Goodbye Mr. Evans" (Phil Woods) – 6:36
  4. "Mark One" (Will Davis) – 6:16
  5. "More Than You Know" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 5:33
  6. "Out of the Past" (Benny Golson) – 7:26
  7. "A Biddy Ditty" (Thad Jones) – 8:46
  8. "While You Are Gone" (Lucky Thompson) – 4:23
  9. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper) – 4:34
  10. "I'll Keep Loving You" (Bud Powell) – 4:52
  11. "Like Old Times" (Jones) – 6:34

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott "Tommy Flanagan – Nights at the Vanguard". AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2017.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 496. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Fitzgerald, Michael (October 2, 2011) "Tommy Flanagan Leader Entry". jazzdiscography.com.