Flanagans Shenanigans / Tommy Flanagan

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This new release is the first in a series of three presenting Jazzpar winners, a prestigious Danish jazz award. Tommy Flanagan grew up in Detroit,...

This new release is the first in a series of three presenting Jazzpar winners, a prestigious Danish jazz award. Tommy Flanagan grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by the newer bebop musicians. Within months of moving to New York in 1956, he had recorded with Miles Davis and on Sonny Rollins' landmark Saxophone Colossus. Recordings under various leaders, including the historically important Giant Steps of John Coltrane, and The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery, continued well into 1962, when he became vocalist Ella Fitzgerald's full-time accompanist. He worked with Fitzgerald for three years until 1965, and then in 1968 returned to be her pianist and musical director, this time for a decade. Tommy Flanagan won the Jazzpar award in 1993.



Product Description:


  • Release Date: March 13, 2020


  • UPC: 717101847228


  • Catalog Number: SVL1018472


  • Label: Storyville Records


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: Jazz


  • Composer: Tommy Flanagan, Walter Fuller, Jimmy van Heusen, Quincy Jones, Thad Jones, Ole Kock Hansen, Tom McIntosh, Chano Pozo, James Williams


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Tommy Flanagan Trio


  • Performer: Tommy Flanagan, Steen Hansen, Flemming Madsen, Uffe Markussen, Jesper Thilo, Jan zum Vohrde, Henrik Bolberg, Vincent Nilsson, Jesper Lundgaard, Lewis Nash