The Tommy Flanagan Trio

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The Tommy Flanagan Trio
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Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedMay 18, 1960
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length33:35
Label Moodsville
MVLP 9
Producer Esmond Edwards
Tommy Flanagan chronology
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(1974)

The Tommy Flanagan Trio is an album by jazz pianist Tommy Flanagan which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Moodsville label. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Since this set (reissued on CD) was originally recorded for the Prestige subsidiary Moodsville, most of the selections are taken at slow tempoes... quietly and with taste". [2]

Track listing

  1. "In the Blue of the Evening" (Tom Adair, Alfonso D'Artega) - 3:44
  2. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 4:30
  3. "Velvet Moon" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) - 5:22
  4. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 3:38
  5. "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 4:24
  6. "Jes' Fine" (Tommy Flanagan) - 5:34
  7. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 6:39

Personnel

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References

  1. Prestige Records discography accessed May 20, 2013
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed May 20, 2013
  3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 378. ISBN   978-0-14-015364-4.