The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan

1981 studio album by Tommy Flanagan

The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan

Studio album by

Tommy Flanagan

Released

1981

Recorded

June 2–3, 1981

Genre

Jazz

Label

Progressive

Producer

Gus P. Statiras

Tommy Flanagan chronology

...And a Little Pleasure
(1981)

The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan
(1981)

Giant Steps
(1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[2]

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]

Recording and music

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]

Track listing

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

Personnel

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

References

^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott "Tommy Flanagan – The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan". AllMusic. Retrieved March 15, 2017.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 495. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
^ "Grammy Awards Final Nominations" (January 22, 1983) Billboard. p. 67.
^ Fitzgerald, Michael (October 2, 2011) "Tommy Flanagan Leader Entry". jazzdiscography.com.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, except where noted.

Albums
as leader
or co-leader

Overseas (1957)
Lonely Town (1959)
The Tommy Flanagan Trio (1960)
Solo Piano (1974)
The Tommy Flanagan Tokyo Recital (1975)
Trinity (1976)
Alone Too Long (1977)
Confirmation (1977–78)
Eclypso (1977)
Montreux '77 (1977)
Ballads & Blues (1978)
More Delights (1978)
Our Delights (1978)
Something Borrowed, Something Blue (1978)
The Super Jazz Trio (1978)
Together (and Kenny Barron, 1978)
Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen (1978)
Something Tasty (1979)
Super-Session (1980)
The Standard (1980)
You're Me (1980)
...And a Little Pleasure (1981)
The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan (1981)
Giant Steps (1982)
Thelonica (1982)
The Magic of 2 (and Jaki Byard, 1982)
Blues in the Closet (1983)
I'm All Smiles (and Hank Jones, 1983)
The Master Trio (and Ron Carter, Tony Williams, 1983)
Nights at the Vanguard (1986)
Jazz Poet (1989)
Beyond the Blue Bird (1990)
Flanagan's Shenanigans (1993)
Lady Be Good ... For Ella (1993)
Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones (1993)
Sea Changes (1996)
Sunset and the Mockingbird (1997)

With
Pepper
Adams

Motor City Scene (1960)
Encounter! (1968)
The Master (1980)
The Adams Effect (1985)

With
Kenny
Burrell

Introducing Kenny Burrell (1956)
Swingin' (1956)
Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)
All Day Long (1957)
Kenny Burrell (Prestige, 1957)
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958)
Weaver of Dreams (1960–61)
Bluesy Burrell (and Coleman Hawkins, 1962)

With
John
Coltrane

The Cats (no leader,1957)
Jazz Way Out (Wilbur Harden, 1958)
Mainstream 1958 (Wilbur Harden, 1958)
Tanganyika Strut (Wilbur Harden, 1958)
Giant Steps (Coltrane, 1959)

With
Art
Farmer

Art (1960)
Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra (1962)
The Many Faces of Art Farmer (1964)
Group Therapy (New York Jazz Sextet, 1965–66)

With
Ella
Fitzgerald

Ella at Juan-Les-Pins (1964)
Ella in Hamburg (1965)
Sunshine of Your Love (1968)
Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) (1969)
Ella in Budapest (1970)
Ella à Nice (1971)
Ella Loves Cole (1972)
Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 (1972)
Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall (1973)
Ella in London (1974)
Fine and Mellow (1974)
Montreux '75 (1975)
Montreux '77 (1977)

With
Curtis
Fuller

Jazz ...It's Magic! (1957)
Blues-ette (1959)
Sliding Easy (1959)
South American Cookin' (1961)

With
Coleman
Hawkins

At Ease with Coleman Hawkins (1960)
Coleman Hawkins All Stars (1960)
Night Hawk (and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1960)
Back in Bean's Bag (1962)
Desafinado (1962)
Good Old Broadway (1962)
Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (1962)
Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! (1962)
Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi (1962)
The Jazz Version of No Strings (1962)
Today and Now (1962)

With
Milt
Jackson

Bags & Flutes (1957)
Bags' Opus (1958)
Bean Bags (1958)
Vibrations (1960–61)
Invitation (1962)
Statements (1961)
Jazz 'n' Samba (1964)

With
J.J.
Johnson

J Is for Jazz (1956)
Blue Trombone (1957)
Dial J. J. 5 (1957)
First Place (1957)
J. J. in Person! (1958)
Pinnacles (1979)

With
Sonny
Rollins

Saxophone Colossus (1956)
There Will Never Be Another You (1965)
Falling in Love with Jazz (1989)
Old Flames (1993)
Sonny Rollins + 3 (1995)

With
others

Tentets (Franco Ambrosetti, 1985)
Boss Tenor (Gene Ammons, 1960)
Big Brass (Benny Bailey, 1960)
Bash! (Dave Bailey, 1961)
Who Is Gary Burton? (Gary Burton, 1962)
Jazz Lab (Donald Byrd, 1957)
Carter, Gillespie Inc. (Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie, 1976)
Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
More Party Time (Arnett Cobb, 1960)
Movin' Right Along (Arnett Cobb, 1960)
Rhythm in Mind (Steve Coleman, 1991)
Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) (Sonny Criss, 1968)
Straight Ahead (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1976)
Collectors' Items (Miles Davis, 1956)
Quiet Kenny (Kenny Dorham, 1959)
The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album (1960 [1976])
Opening Remarks (Ted Dunbar, 1978)
Patented by Edison (Harry "Sweets" Edison, 1960)
The Book Cooks (Booker Ervin, 1960)
The Song Book (Booker Ervin, 1964)
Chromatic Palette (Tal Farlow, 1981)
The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 (1975)
Gettin' with It (Benny Golson, 1959)
Free (Benny Golson, 1962)
The Panther! (Dexter Gordon, 1970)
The Swingin'est (Bennie Green and Gene Ammons, 1958)
Grey's Mood (Al Grey, 1973–75)
It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961)
Can't Help Swinging (Jimmy Hamilton, 1961)
Drum Suite (Slide Hampton, 1962)
Out of the Afternoon (Roy Haynes and Roland Kirk, 1962)
Really Big! (Jimmy Heath, 1960)
New Picture (Jimmy Heath, 1985)
Porgy & Bess (Joe Henderson, released 1997)
The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard (1962)
Mirage (Bobby Hutcherson, 1991)
Bossa Nova Plus (Willis Jackson, 1962)
Desert Winds (Illinois Jacquet, 1962)
Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants (1960)
Let's Swing! (Budd Johnson, 1960)
Heart to Heart (Elvin Jones, 1980)
Blues for Dracula (Philly Joe Jones, 1958)
Detroit – New York Junction (Thad Jones, 1956)
Mad Thad (Thad Jones, 1956–57)
A Story Tale (Clifford Jordan and Sonny Red, 1961)
The Adventurer (Clifford Jordan, 1978)
Booker Little 4 and Max Roach (1958)
Booker Little (1960)
Vocalese (The Manhattan Transfer, 1985)
Flute Flight (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar, 1957)
Flute Soufflé (Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar, 1957)
Dusty Blue (Howard McGhee, 1960)
Reincarnation of a Lovebird (Charles Mingus, 1960)
De Lawd's Blues (Billy Mitchell, 1980)
Smooth as the Wind (Blue Mitchell, 1960–61)
The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960)
Jeru (Gerry Mulligan, 1962)
Jive at Five (Joe Newman, 1960)
Good 'n' Groovy (Joe Newman with Frank Foster, 1960)
Joe's Hap'nin's (Joe Newman, 1961)
Straight Life (Art Pepper, 1979)
The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi (1956)
Limbo Carnival (Dave Pike, 1962)
Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver! (Dave Pike, 1962)
Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962)
Keep Swingin' (Julian Priester, 1960)
Wisteria (Jimmy Raney, 1985)
Swingin' with Pee Wee (Pee Wee Russell, 1960)
Stable Mates (A. K. Salim, 1957)
Here Comes Louis Smith (Louis Smith, 1958)
Roots (Idrees Sulieman, 1957)
Tate-a-Tate (Buddy Tate, 1960)
Color Changes (Clark Terry, 1960)
Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again (1965)
Stan "The Man" Turrentine (1960)
ZT's Blues (Stanley Turrentine, 1961)
The Frank Wess Quartet (1960)
Southern Comfort (Frank Wess, 1962)
California Soul (Gerald Wilson, 1968)
Pairing Off (Phil Woods, 1956)
Rights of Swing (Phil Woods, 1961)

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