Tommy Flanagan - The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan

The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan is an album by jazz pianist Tommy Flanagan, with bassist George Mraz, and drummer Al Foster. Flanagan was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist, for the album.^[3]

The album was recorded on June 2 and 3, 1981, in New York City.^[4] Seven of the tracks are standards, and the eighth is "Blueish Grey", by Thad Jones.^[1]

The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan Review by Scott Yanow

The title of this set is not an overstatement. Tommy Flanagan has long been one of the top bop-based jazz pianists and, although he was somewhat neglected during his stints with Ella Fitzgerald's group, he has been a steady poll-winner since finally going out on his own. This trio session with bassist George Mraz and drummer Al Foster (featuring seven standards and Thad Jones's "Blueish Grey") is as tasteful and consistently swinging as one would expect from players of this caliber.   AllMusic 

 

Tommy Flanagan       The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan

1. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill)
2. "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham)
3. "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
4. "Just in Time" (Betty Comden)
5. "Old Devil Moon" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Burton Lane)
6. "Ev'rything I Love" (Cole Porter)
7. "Change Partners" (Irving Berlin)
8. "Blueish Grey" (Thad Jones)

• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• George Mraz – bass
• Al Foster – drums