hero of yesterday's program was an excellent pianist, a musician who has recorded many albums under his own name, but most know him as an excellent sideman and a man who leads the whole mass of rhythmic sections of famous jazz recordings. During the forty-year presence on the scene has recorded over 20 solo albums. This musician is Tommy Flanagan.
Tommy Flanagan was born in 1930, the first studio recordings made in 1956 with the Thad Jones big band. In the same year he recorded a CD with Kenny Burrell. His first personal album released a year later (Overseas). He remained an active musician, proper to the last days of life. He died in November 2001.
After many years of recording with John Coltrane Giant Steps Tommy Flanagan recalled his musically probably the most important recordings. In addition to the leader on piano, playing George Mraz on bass and Al Foster on drums.
* Tommy Flanagan - Giant Steps - Giant Steps: In Memory Of John Coltrane
To play without the compositions of John Coltrane's saxophone is a big challenge, but probably easier if you know them somehow from the inside. The recording comes from recorded for Enja label album in 1982, Tommy Flanagan John Coltrane compositions comprising the majority of those in which the composer of the music was accompanied by our today's hero. Such an important position in the history of jazz can not be ignored. So now the original from the album Giant Steps - will play John Coltrane - tenor saxophone, Tommy Flanagan - piano, Paul Chambers - bass and Arthur Taylor - drums. How to convince to be listening to this recording, those of you who do not remember the exact CD Giant Steps, John Coltrane, and recall those who later in the week it did not listen, Tommy Flanagan does not occur only in the role of conducting the rhythm section. He gets quite a lot of time on his own solo.
* John Coltrane - Giant Steps - Giant Steps
It is hard to write about this album as Giant Steps, John Coltrane, has been written about it all and done it the biggest critics and connoisseurs of jazz. So to our canon in the May issue of JazzPRESSu chose a lesser known but no less interesting record, John Coltrane'az involving Tommy Flanagan. This CD is a recording of John Coltrane and common Kenny Burrell - Kenny Burrell enigmatically named & John Coltrane. The order of the names probably chose the alphabet, or draw, or contractual considerations. With this CD, which actually found three musicians playing solos equal - John Coltrane. Kenny Burrell and Tommy Flanagan Tommy Flanagan chose the theme - Freight Trane. Complement the rhythm section here Paul Chambers (bass) and Jimmy Cobb (drums).
* Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane - Freight Trane - Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane
last longer record of the canon with Tommy Flanagan on May JazzPRESS issue is another giant plate, which has made his musical Threepenny Tommy Flanagan - Saxophone Colossus Sonny Rollins. Saxophone Colossus begins with something that certainly can be called one of the jazz hits of all time. It is casually written by the leader on this record and also played on St. lightly. Thomas. It's catchy, remaining for long in the memory of the melody, saxophone and gourmet great, as always melodic, but after her frugal in the sounds of Tommy Flanagan on piano. Section of the form this time, Doug Watkins (bass) and Max Roach (drums).
* Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas - Saxophone Colossus
Tommy Flanagan also worked with Miles Davis - one example is the beautiful ballad of Dave Brubeck - In Your Own Sweet Way album with Collector's Items. They play Miles Davis (trumpet), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Sonny Rollins (tenor saxophone), Paul Chambers (bass) and Art Taylor (drums).
* Miles Davis - In Your Own Sweet Way - Collector's Items
If you're at trębaczach, can not overlook the participation of Tommy Flanagan on Freddie Hubbard's recording sessions. One of my favorite CDs Freddie Hubbard, who along with Lee Morgan creates against the major trumpeters honor the sixties, is The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard. Here, too, plays an important role in getting a place on every track superb solo Tommy Flanagan. Against the major trumpeters of the sixties, of course, Miles Davis complement (Clifford Brown died before the beginning of this decade, in 1956), but Miles is above all the greatest wizard of jazz trumpeter and afterwards. From the album, The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard listen to Duke Ellington's Caravan theme - a set of complementary Curtis Fuller (trombone), John Gilmore (tenor saxophone), Art Davis (bass) and Louis Hayes (drums).
* Freddie Hubbard - Caravan - The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard
One of the best instrumental configuration in which they failed to ask Tommy Flanagan is in my opinion duo with the guitar. You can not ignore, therefore, quote from the disc, for which Tommy Flanagan personally appreciate very much. This The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery. With this album filled with guitar - piano ballads that sound as if they were arranged long and thoughtful, to choose one of the older jazz standards, Polka Dots And Moonbeams Wes Montgomery performed (guitar), Tommy Flanagan (piano), Percy Heath (bass), and Albert Heath (drums).
* Wes Montgomery - Polka Dots And Moonbeams - The Incredible Jazz Guitar Of Wes Montgomery
's move to a slightly more contemporary times. The year is 1997. Joe Henderson recorded an excellent album Porgy And Bess, a rather unexpected surprise of the composition of musicians and unconventional approach to ogranych Yet in all subjects. For the record serves both the musicians who remember the golden period for jazz of the sixties and those slightly younger. On the piano will play the hero, and acoustic guitar in a totally unexpected way for listeners John Scofield. In addition, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette. In this song Tommy Flanagan's solo is not, however, leads a master section.
* Joe Henderson - I Loves You, Porgy - Porgy And Bess
Supplement, which is what we did not manage to fit in an hour broadcast:
This the board itself will also find an instrumental duo of Joe Henderson and Tommy Flanagan. Although the common recording saxophonists with no rhythm section pianists are not something extremely rare, this duo is quite extraordinary beauty.
* Joe Henderson & Tommy Flanagan - Bess, You Is My Woman Now - Porgy And Bess
On this record, there is also the vocal section with Chaka Khan and Sting, but maybe another time ...
Tommy Flanagan worked with younger musicians . In 1995 he participated in the recording of Mark Whitfield - 7th Ave. Stroll. On this album you will find a lot of young guitarist nienajgorszych composition. For us it is important to Tommy Flanagan, listen to this CD so our hero's duet with the leader in the composition of Vernon Duke - Autumn In New York.
* Mark Whitfield - Autumn In New York - 7th Ave Stroll
unfortunately could not fit any recordings Tommy Flanagan with Ella Fitzgerald, but that is the subject of a separate broadcast which will inevitably happen one day.
And next week we will be an extraordinary artist, coming from Azerbaijan. Aziza Mustafa Zadeh is an extraordinary figure, difficult to describe her music is a synthesis of jazz, classical music and folklore of Georgia and Azerbaijan. With equal ease, and the technical skill plays Chopin's compositions and Thelonious Monk. On her CD plays duets al. Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Bill Evans (saxophonist), Omar Hakim Toots Thielemans, Philip Catherine and others. Aziza Mustafa Zadeh is a virtuoso of the piano, singing jazz standards and unknown in Europe, the songs of their people. It occurs in concert halls and jazz clubs. He admires his stage charisma and beauty, and fitness workshops, and knowledge of the musical material of almost the entire world.
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