Alone Too Long is a solo piano album by Tommy Flanagan.
Alone Too Long | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1977 | |||
Recorded | December 8, 1977 | |||
Studio | Sound Ideas Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | Denon | |||
Producer | Yoshio Ozawa | |||
Tommy Flanagan chronology | ||||
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Recording and music
editThe album was recorded on December 8, 1977, at Sound Ideas Studios, New York City.[1] The recording was by Nippon Columbia.[2] The compositions are a mix of standards, other jazz pieces, and three pieces by Flanagan.[2]
Releases
editThe album was released in Japan in 1977.[3] It was released on CD in the United States by Denon Records[2] in 1978.[1]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [4] |
In 1986, the Los Angeles Times wrote that "solo piano at its best is performed by one of the few former boppers who can bring a touch of two-handed elegance to his music."[5]
Track listing
edit- "Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell)
- "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck)
- "Like a Butterfly" (Tommy Flanagan)
- "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen)
- "Alone Too Long" (Shorty Rogers, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
- "Maybe September" (Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston)
- "Strollin'" (Kenny Clarke)
- "Glad to Be Unhappy/No More/That Ole Devil Called Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
- "Bean and Boys/In Walked Bud" (Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk)
- "Ultima Thule" (Flanagan)
- "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble)
- "Dignified Appearance" (Flanagan)
Personnel
edit- Tommy Flanagan – piano
References
edit- ^ a b Fitzgerald, Michael (October 2, 2011). "Tommy Flanagan Leader Entry". JazzDiscography.com. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Dryden, Ken " Tommy Flanagan – Alone Too Long". AllMusic. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin. p. 495. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.
- ^ Heckman, Don (12 Jan 1986). "CDs: Best of the Didgies". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 72.