Tommy Flanagan

Tommy Flanagan

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Although Tommy Flanagan began by learning several instruments, including double bass, clarinet, saxophone and vibraphone, he settled on the piano, making his mark at an early age alongside the likes of Dexter Gordon, Oscar Pettiford and Jay Jay Johnson. Recognized and appreciated for his sensitivity as an accompanist, he took Ella Fitzgerald's privileged position as pianist in 1963, staying with her for five years. From then on, other big names of the bebop jazz era called on him: saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, trumpeters Miles Davis, Thad Jones and Kenny Dorham, participating in the recordings of some of the most memorable sessions of the era. In later years, he would be called upon again for special appearances, as on the occasion of a tribute to Thad Jones recorded in Denmark in 1993.

Top tracks

02
Sunshine of Your Love
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
03:19
Writer: Eric Clapton - Jack Bruce - Peter Brown / Composers: Eric Clapton - Jack Bruce - Peter Brown
03
Angel Eyes (Studio)
Tommy Flanagan
Master Trio
05:49
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
03
If I Had You (live at the Montreux Jazz Festival)
Benny Carter
Jazz At The Philharmonic: At The Montreux Jazz Festival, 1975
12:14
Writer: James Campbell - Reginald Connelly - Ted Shapiro / Composers: James Campbell - Reginald Connelly - Ted Shapiro
03
Velvet Moon
Tommy Flanagan
The Tommy Flanagan Trio - Moodsville, Vol. 9
05:22
Composers: De Lange - Myrow
04
I Never Knew (That Roses Grew) (live at the Montreux Jazz Festival)
Benny Carter
Jazz At The Philharmonic: At The Montreux Jazz Festival, 1975
08:02
Writer: Gus Kahn - Ted Fiorito / Composers: Gus Kahn - Ted Fiorito
04
Blues for Sarka
Tommy Flanagan
Ballads & Blues
06:17
Composers: George Mraz
01
Hey Jude
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
03:50
Writer: Paul McCartney - John Lennon / Composers: Paul McCartney - John Lennon
02
Minor Mishap (Remastered)
Tommy Flanagan
The Cats (Remastered)
07:26
Composers: Flanagan
07
Useless Landscape
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
05:10
Writer: Aloysio de Oliveira - Ray Gilbert / Composers: Antonio Carlos Jobim
11
Trouble Is a Man
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
04:11
Writer: Alec Wilder / Composers: Alec Wilder
05
Alright Okay You Win
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
03:48
Writer: Mayme Watts / Composers: Mayme Watts
04
Watch What Happens
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
03:57
Writer: Norman Gimbel - Jacques Demy / Composers: Michel Legrand
09
Don'cha Go Way Mad
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
03:34
Writer: James Mundy / Composers: Al Stillman
13
In the Night
Norman Mapp
Essential Jazz Masters
04:37
03
What's New
Bobby Jaspar
Clarinescapade
03:45
03
A Blue Time
Tommy Flanagan
Eclypso
06:14
Composers: Tadd Dameron
10
A House Is Not a Home
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
04:11
Writer: Hal David / Composers: Burt Bacharach
08
Old Devil Moon
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
04:17
Writer: Edgar "Yip" Harburg / Composers: Burton Lane
01
For You (live at the Montreux Jazz Festival)
Benny Carter
Jazz At The Philharmonic: At The Montreux Jazz Festival, 1975
09:44
Writer: Al Dubin - Joseph A. Burke / Composers: Al Dubin - Joseph A. Burke
02
Denzil's Best
Tommy Flanagan
Eclypso
05:31
Composers: Denzil Best
02
Autumn Leaves (live at Montreux Jazz Festival)
Benny Carter
Jazz At The Philharmonic: At The Montreux Jazz Festival, 1975
18:07
Writer: Johnny Mercer - Jacques Prévert / Composers: Joseph Kosma
05
Something to Live For (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Jazz Piano Panorama: The Best of Piano Jazz on Resonance
04:57
Composers: Billy Strayhorn
04
Delarna (Take 2)
Tommy Flanagan
Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957
04:36
Composers: Flanagan
04
Relaxin' at Camarillo
Tommy Flanagan
Keyboard Virtuoso
03:18
Composers: Parker
06
Verdandi
Tommy Flanagan
Keyboard Virtuoso
02:13
Composers: Flanagan
12
Eclypso
Tommy Flanagan
Keyboard Virtuoso
06:17
Composers: Flanagan
10
Make Someone Happy
Coleman Hawkins
The Best Of Coleman Hawkins
03:07
Composers: Betty Comden - Adolph Green - Jule Styne
03
This Girl's in Love with You
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
04:27
Writer: Hal David / Composers: Burt Bacharach
02
You Go To My Head
Tommy Flanagan Trio
Tommy Flanagan Trio
04:30
Writer: Haven Gillespie - J. Fred Coots / Composers: Haven Gillespie - J. Fred Coots
04
Come Sunday
Tommy Flanagan
The Tommy Flanagan Trio - Moodsville, Vol. 9
03:38
Composers: Ellington
02
Over The Rainbow
Tommy Flanagan
Plays The Music Of Harold Arlen
04:20
58
Chelsea Bridge
Tommy Flanagan
Top 100 Jazz
03:42
Composers: William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn
05
Star Eyes
Tommy Flanagan
Ballads & Blues
06:32
Composers: DePaul/ Raye
01
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Tommy Flanagan
Plays The Music Of Harold Arlen
05:46
07
Milestones (Studio)
Tommy Flanagan
Master Trio
04:40
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
01
All Day Long (Album Version)
Kenny Burrell
All Day Long
18:19
Composers: Kenny Burrell
07
Confirmation
Tommy Flanagan
Eclypso
06:07
Composers: Charlie Parker
08
My Shining Hour
Tommy Flanagan
Plays The Music Of Harold Arlen
05:15
06
Eclypso
Tommy Flanagan
Eclypso
12:28
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
10
Vocu Abuso
Tommy Flanagan
Jazz Poet
04:48
Composers: Ivan Lins
02
Lament
Tommy Flanagan
Jazz Poet
05:09
Composers: J.J. Johnson
03
Peace (Instrumental)
Tommy Flanagan
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
06:13
Composers: Horace Silver
02
Central Park West
Tommy Flanagan
Giant Steps
05:38
Composers: John Coltrane
01
Mr. P.C.
Tommy Flanagan
Giant Steps
06:38
Composers: John Coltrane
10
Bluebird After Dark
Tommy Flanagan
Beyond the Blue Bird
06:50
Composers: Burrell
06
Jes' Fine
Tommy Flanagan Trio
Jazz For Lovers
05:32
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
01
Raincheck
Tommy Flanagan
Jazz Poet
05:00
Composers: Billy Strayhorn
01
Bird Song (Instrumental)
Tommy Flanagan
Something Borrowed, Something Blue
04:47
Composers: Thad Jones

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  • Discography
Albums
Cool Cats
2024 Jazzlife
15-03-2024
Cool Cats
01
Relaxin' at Camarillo
Tommy Flanagan
Cool Cats
03:21
Composers: Charlie Parker
02
How Long Has This Been Going On?
Tommy Flanagan
Cool Cats
05:56
Composers: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin
03
Eclypso
Tommy Flanagan
Cool Cats
06:00
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
04
Solacium
Tommy Flanagan
Cool Cats
09:07
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
05
Beats Up
Tommy Flanagan
Cool Cats
04:22
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
06
Little Rock
Tommy Flanagan
Cool Cats
07:08
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
Keyboard Virtuoso
2022 Whispering Grass
11-02-2022
Keyboard Virtuoso
01
Skal Brothers
Tommy Flanagan
Keyboard Virtuoso
02:32
Composers: Flanagan
02
Dalarna
Tommy Flanagan
Keyboard Virtuoso
04:39
Composers: Flanagan
03
Minor Mishap
Tommy Flanagan
Keyboard Virtuoso
07:27
Composers: Flanagan
04
Relaxin' at Camarillo
Tommy Flanagan
Keyboard Virtuoso
03:18
Composers: Parker
05
Club Car
Tommy Flanagan
Keyboard Virtuoso
07:18
Composers: Fuller
06
Verdandi
Tommy Flanagan
Keyboard Virtuoso
02:13
Composers: Flanagan
07
Beats Up
Tommy Flanagan
Keyboard Virtuoso
04:22
Composers: Flanagan
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Teapot
2022 Tommy Flanagan
11-02-2022
Teapot
01
Payphone Booth
Tommy Flanagan
Teapot
03:33
Writer: Tommy Flanagan / Composers: Tommy Flanagan
02
Clarity
Tommy Flanagan
Teapot
03:50
Writer: Tommy Flanagan / Composers: Tommy Flanagan
03
Some Nights
Tommy Flanagan
Teapot
03:23
Writer: Tommy Flanagan / Composers: Tommy Flanagan
04
Keeping Me Around
Tommy Flanagan
Teapot
02:42
Writer: Tommy Flanagan / Composers: Tommy Flanagan
05
Like It That Way
Tommy Flanagan
Teapot
04:04
Writer: Tommy Flanagan / Composers: Tommy Flanagan
06
Fool No More
Tommy Flanagan
Teapot
03:57
Writer: Tommy Flanagan / Composers: Tommy Flanagan
07
What's Real and What Is Not
Tommy Flanagan
Teapot
03:16
Writer: Tommy Flanagan / Composers: Tommy Flanagan
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The Art of the Piano, Vol. 6
â„— 2020 Intense Media GmbH
10-09-2021
The Art of the Piano, Vol. 6
01
Relaxin' at Camarillo
Tommy Flanagan
The Art of the Piano, Vol. 6
03:18
Composers: Charlie Parker
02
Chelsea Bridge
Tommy Flanagan
The Art of the Piano, Vol. 6
03:46
Composers: Billy Strayhorn
03
Eclypso
Tommy Flanagan
The Art of the Piano, Vol. 6
06:17
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
04
Beat's Up
Tommy Flanagan
The Art of the Piano, Vol. 6
04:22
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
05
Skål Brothers
Tommy Flanagan
The Art of the Piano, Vol. 6
02:32
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
06
Little Rock
Tommy Flanagan
The Art of the Piano, Vol. 6
07:04
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
07
Verdandi
Tommy Flanagan
The Art of the Piano, Vol. 6
02:13
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
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Tommy's Time
2021 Mentirosa
19-03-2021
Tommy's Time
01
Tommy's Time
Tommy Flanagan
Tommy's Time
11:59
Composers: Flanagan
02
How Long Has This Been Going On
Tommy Flanagan
Tommy's Time
05:59
Composers: Gershwin
03
Solacium
Tommy Flanagan
Tommy's Time
09:11
Composers: Flanagan
04
Minor Mishap
Tommy Flanagan
Tommy's Time
07:27
Composers: Flanagan
05
Eclypso
Tommy Flanagan
Tommy's Time
07:59
Composers: Flanagan
Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein
2020 From The Valley
11-12-2020
Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein
01
Getting to Know You
Tommy Flanagan
Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein
04:04
Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
02
My Lord and Master
Tommy Flanagan
Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein
04:15
Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
03
Shall We Dance
Tommy Flanagan
Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein
06:10
Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
04
Something Wonderful (Alternative Version)
Tommy Flanagan
Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein
02:34
Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
05
We Kiss in a Shadow
Tommy Flanagan
Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein
05:26
Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
06
I Have Dreamed
Tommy Flanagan
Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein
04:46
Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
07
I Whistle a Happy Tune
Tommy Flanagan
Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein
04:12
Composers: Rodgers - Hammerstein
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Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957
2020 Down Home
29-10-2020
Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957
01
Verdandi
Tommy Flanagan
Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957
02:15
Composers: Flanagan
02
Delarna
Tommy Flanagan
Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957
04:44
Composers: Flanagan
03
Willow Weep for Me
Tommy Flanagan
Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957
06:29
Composers: Ronell
04
Delarna (Take 2)
Tommy Flanagan
Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957
04:36
Composers: Flanagan
05
Verdandi (Take 2)
Tommy Flanagan
Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957
02:11
Composers: Flanagan
06
Willow Weep for Me (Take 1)
Tommy Flanagan
Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957
06:18
Composers: Ronell
07
Relaxin' at Camarillo
Tommy Flanagan
Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957
03:21
Composers: Parker
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In His Own Sweet Time
â„— 2020 enja records Matthias Winckelmann GmbH
05-02-2020
In His Own Sweet Time
01
Smooth as the Wind
Tommy Flanagan
In His Own Sweet Time
06:20
Composers: Tadd Dameron
02
If You Could See Me Now
Tommy Flanagan
In His Own Sweet Time
06:53
Composers: Tadd Dameron
03
Untired Blues
Tommy Flanagan
In His Own Sweet Time
05:25
Composers: Tommy Flanagan
04
Some Other Spring
Tommy Flanagan
In His Own Sweet Time
04:37
Composers: Arthur Herzog
05
How Long Has This Been Going On
Tommy Flanagan
In His Own Sweet Time
04:46
Composers: George Gershwin
06
Who Can I Turn To
Tommy Flanagan
In His Own Sweet Time
04:23
Composers: Alec Wilder
07
Just Squeeze Me
Tommy Flanagan
In His Own Sweet Time
04:37
Composers: Duke Ellington
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The Enja Heritage Collection: Confirmation
1982 ALFI Records
23-03-2018
The Enja Heritage Collection: Confirmation
01
Maybe September
Tommy Flanagan
The Enja Heritage Collection: Confirmation
04:57
02
Confirmation
Tommy Flanagan
The Enja Heritage Collection: Confirmation
06:53
03
How High the Moon
Tommy Flanagan
The Enja Heritage Collection: Confirmation
06:07
04
It Never Entered My Mind
Tommy Flanagan
The Enja Heritage Collection: Confirmation
07:10
05
Cup Bearers
Tommy Flanagan
The Enja Heritage Collection: Confirmation
04:09
06
50-21
Tommy Flanagan
The Enja Heritage Collection: Confirmation
06:48
Sunshine of Your Love
â„— 2014 Edel Germany GmbH
31-01-2014
Sunshine of Your Love
01
Hey Jude
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
03:50
Writer: Paul McCartney - John Lennon / Composers: Paul McCartney - John Lennon
02
Sunshine of Your Love
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
03:19
Writer: Eric Clapton - Jack Bruce - Peter Brown / Composers: Eric Clapton - Jack Bruce - Peter Brown
03
This Girl's in Love with You
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
04:27
Writer: Hal David / Composers: Burt Bacharach
04
Watch What Happens
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
03:57
Writer: Norman Gimbel - Jacques Demy / Composers: Michel Legrand
05
Alright Okay You Win
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
03:48
Writer: Mayme Watts / Composers: Mayme Watts
06
Give Me the Simple Life
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
02:01
Writer: Harry Ruby / Composers: Rube Bloom
07
Useless Landscape
Ella Fitzgerald
Sunshine of Your Love
05:10
Writer: Aloysio de Oliveira - Ray Gilbert / Composers: Antonio Carlos Jobim
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The Magic of 2 (Live at Keystone Korner)
2013 Resonance Records
09-04-2013
The Magic of 2 (Live at Keystone Korner)
01
Introduction by Todd Barkan (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
The Magic of 2 (Live at Keystone Korner)
00:48
Writer: Todd Barkan
02
Scrapple from the Apple (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
The Magic of 2 (Live at Keystone Korner)
07:21
Writer: Charlie Parker
03
Just One of Those Things (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
The Magic of 2 (Live at Keystone Korner)
09:50
Writer: Cole Porter / Composers: Cole Porter
04
Satin Doll (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
The Magic of 2 (Live at Keystone Korner)
05:28
Writer: Edward Kennedy Ellington
05
Something to Live For (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
The Magic of 2 (Live at Keystone Korner)
04:57
Writer: Billy Strayhorn - Edward Kennedy Ellington / Composers: Billy Strayhorn - Edward Kennedy Ellington
06
Send One Your Love (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
The Magic of 2 (Live at Keystone Korner)
04:55
Writer: Stevie Wonder
07
Our Delight (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
The Magic of 2 (Live at Keystone Korner)
05:42
Writer: Tadd Dameron
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Live in Marciac 1993
Groovin'High Records
01-01-2009
Live in Marciac 1993
01
Intro (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Live in Marciac 1993
00:55
Composers: Andre Francis
02
Con Man (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Live in Marciac 1993
08:22
Composers: Dizzy Reece
03
I Waited for You (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Live in Marciac 1993
06:29
Composers: Dizzy Gillespie
04
Tin Tin Deo (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Live in Marciac 1993
15:51
Composers: Dizzy Gillespie - Chano Pozo
05
Epistrophy (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Live in Marciac 1993
08:03
Composers: Thelonious Monk
06
Speak Low (Live)
Hank Jones
Live in Marciac 1993
08:29
Composers: Kurt Weill
07
Polkadots & Moonbeams (Live)
Hank Jones
Live in Marciac 1993
07:43
Composers: Burke - vanHeusen
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Beyond the Blue Bird
(P) 1999 Timeless Records
10-12-2008
Beyond the Blue Bird
01
Bluebird
Tommy Flanagan
Beyond the Blue Bird
05:41
Composers: Parker
02
Yesterdays
Tommy Flanagan
Beyond the Blue Bird
09:00
Composers: Kern
03
50-21
Tommy Flanagan
Beyond the Blue Bird
07:14
Composers: JONES
04
Blues In My Heart
Tommy Flanagan
Beyond the Blue Bird
07:15
Composers: Carter
05
Barbados
Tommy Flanagan
Beyond the Blue Bird
06:11
Composers: Parker
06
Beyond The Bluebird
Tommy Flanagan
Beyond the Blue Bird
04:45
Composers: Flanagan
07
Nascimento
Tommy Flanagan
Beyond the Blue Bird
07:50
Composers: Harris
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Solo Piano
(P) 2021 Storyville Records
01-01-2005
Solo Piano
01
Parisian Thoroughfare
Tommy Flanagan
Solo Piano
03:33
Composers: Bud Powell
02
Wail
Tommy Flanagan
Solo Piano
02:35
Composers: Bud Powell
03
Isn't It Romantic
Tommy Flanagan
Solo Piano
03:34
Composers: Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart
04
Sleepin' Bee
Tommy Flanagan
Solo Piano
04:43
Composers: Truman Capote - Harold Arien
05
Yesterdays
Tommy Flanagan
Solo Piano
03:26
Composers: Jerome Kern - Otto Harbach
06
Stompin' At The Savoy
Tommy Flanagan
Solo Piano
04:39
Composers: Benny Goodman - Razaf Andy - Edgar M Sampson - William Webb
07
Strayhorn Medley
Tommy Flanagan
Solo Piano
11:47
Composers: Billy Strayhorn
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Sunset And The Mockingbird
â„— 1998 Blue Note Records
01-01-1998
Sunset And The Mockingbird
01
Birdsong (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Sunset And The Mockingbird
09:16
Composers: Thad Jones
02
With Malice Toward None (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Sunset And The Mockingbird
10:27
Composers: Tom McIntosh
03
Let's (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Sunset And The Mockingbird
07:20
Composers: Thad Jones
04
I Waited For You (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Sunset And The Mockingbird
05:27
Composers: Dizzy Gillespie - Gil Fuller
05
Tin Tin Deo (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Sunset And The Mockingbird
14:35
Writer: Chano Pozo - Gil Fuller / Composers: Chano Pozo - Gil Fuller
06
Sunset And The Mockingbird (Live)
Tommy Flanagan
Sunset And The Mockingbird
05:52
Composers: Duke Ellington
07
The Balanced Scales/The Cupbearers (Live / Medley)
Tommy Flanagan
Sunset And The Mockingbird
12:43
Composers: Tom McIntosh
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