Tributaries: Reflections on Tommy Flanagan

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Tributaries: Reflections on Tommy Flanagan
Tributaries Reflections on Tommy Flanagan.jpg
Studio album by
Sir Roland Hanna
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2003
RecordedJune 2002
Studio SUNY Performing Arts Center, Purchase, NY
Genre Jazz
Length64:48
Label IPO
IPOC1004
Producer William F. Sorin
Sir Roland Hanna chronology
Everything I Love
(2002)		Tributaries: Reflections on Tommy Flanagan
(2003)		Après Un Rêve
(2003)

Tributaries: Reflections on Tommy Flanagan is a solo album by pianist Sir Roland Hanna performing compositions associated with Tommy Flanagan recorded in 2002 and released by IPO Recordings. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Tom Hull A− [6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]

In his "Jazz Consumer Guide" for The Village Voice , Tom Hull said of this collaboration: "All of Hanna's solo albums are thoughtful, but his fellow Detroiter sets the bar higher than ever." [8] In another commentary published on his website, he said "both were meticulous craftsmen, and were especially adroit accompanists. This is solo, of course. The subject and the extra care raise it a bit above Hanna's usual high standard." [6]

AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated "It is difficult to believe in listening to Tributaries: Reflections on Tommy Flanagan, a solo recital by Sir Roland Hanna, that the pianist passed away just five months later. Hanna's tribute to the recently deceased Flanagan is so full of life, creativity, and swing. ... every selection on this set is well worth hearing. There can be little doubt after hearing this highly recommended CD that Hanna was very much in his playing prime up until the end of his productive life". [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Tommy Flanagan except where noted

  1. "Sea Changes" – 4:22
  2. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) – 6:50
  3. "Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) – 8:28
  4. "Soon" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:43
  5. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington) – 5:29
  6. "Never Let Me Go" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans) – 7:00
  7. "The Cup Bearers" (Tom McIntosh) – 7:25
  8. "'Tis" (Jones) – 4:33
  9. "I Concentrate on You" (Cole Porter) – 6:37
  10. "Robin's Nest" (Illinois Jacquet, Bob Russell, Sir Charles Thompson) – 4:03
  11. "Delarna" – 5:18

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Encilopedia del Jazz: Roland Hanna, accessed June 13, 2019
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Roland Hanna discography, accessed June 13, 2019
  3. ↑ Selected Sir Roland Hanna Discography, accessed June 13, 2019
  4. ↑ IPO Recordings: album details, accessed June 13, 2019
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Roland Hanna: Tributaries: Reflections on Tommy Flanagan – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  6. 1 2 Hull, Tom (May 30, 2004). "May 2004 Notebook". Tom Hull - On the Web. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  7. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 647. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  8. ↑ Hull, Tom (July 1, 2004). "Jazz Consumer Guide (1): All True, More or Less". The Village Voice . Retrieved June 22, 2020– via tomhull.com.
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