Ballads & Blues (Tommy Flanagan album)
Ballads & Blues | ||||
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Studio album by Tommy Flanagan | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded |
November 15, 1978 Penthouse Studio, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 59:07 | |||
Label |
Enja 3031 | |||
Producer | Horst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann | |||
Tommy Flanagan chronology | ||||
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Ballads & Blues is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan with bassist George Mraz recorded in 1978 for the Enja label.[1][2]
Reception
Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "The intimate and mostly lightly swinging music is fine, but one does miss the momentum that would have been provided by a drummer".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Tommy Flanagan except as indicated
- "Blue Twenty" - 5:59
- "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) - 4:32
- "With Malice Towards None" (Tom McIntosh) - 8:58
- "Blues for Sarka" (George Mraz) - 6:17
- "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 6:32
- "They Say It's Spring" (Bob Haymes, Marty Clark) - 5:28
- "Birk's Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:56
- "Fifty-Twenty One" (Thad Jones) - 6:34 Bonus track on CD
- "Toward None" - 8:51 Bonus track on CD
Personnel
References
- ↑ Tommy Flanagan Catalog accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ Enja Records album entry, accessed August 8, 2016
- 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Ballads & Blues – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
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