Tommy Flanagan - Solo Piano

Tommy Flanagan spent a good part of his career accompanying Ella Fitzgerald between 1965 and 1978, so few jazz fans had an idea how capable a pianist he was until he went out on his own in 1978. These previously unissued solo performances (recorded in Zurich in 1974) are a welcome addition to his discovery, mixing bop favorites with a few standards. The bop material includes a pair each of compositions by Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, along with an elegant treatment of Dizzy Gillespie's "Con Alma." But a problem came up in the assembly of this CD. Read More