Sunset and the Mockingbird (subtitled The Birthday Concert) is a live album by pianist Tommy Flanagan recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1997 on his 67th birthday and released on the Blue Note label.[1][2]
| Sunset and the Mockingbird | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1998 | |||
| Recorded | March 16, 1997 | |||
| Venue | Village Vanguard, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 133:39 | |||
| Label | Blue Note 7243 4 93155 2 | |||
| Producer | Diana Flanagan | |||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
AllMusic gave the album 4 stars with Ken Dryden's review calling it a "memorable set".[3] In JazzTimes, Bill Bennett wrote: "This is one of those recordings that defines the art of the piano trio in jazz. Tommy Flanagan's musical wisdom shines through at every juncture of these performances".[5] On All About Jazz, Jack Bowers said "As he nears 70, Tommy Flanagan, like fine wine, becomes more pleasurable and venerated with each passing day. He plays with warmth, vigor, soul, an unerring sense of rhythm and dynamics, and any other ingredient one could wish for in a Jazz pianist".[6]
Track listing
edit- "Birdsong" (Thad Jones) – 9:16
- "With Malice Toward None" (Tom McIntosh) – 10:26
- "Let's" (Jones) – 7:19
- "I Waited for You" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) – 5:27
- "Tin Tin Deo" (Fuller, Chano Pozo) – 14:34
- "Sunset and the Mockingbird" (Duke Ellington) – 5:52
- "The Balanced Scales/The Cupbearers" (Mcintosh) – 12:42
- "Good Night My Love" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 4:08
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ Tommy Flanagan Catalog accessed August 8, 2016
- ^ Blue Note Records album entry, accessed August 8, 2016
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Sunset and the Mockingbird – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 495. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Bennett, B. JazzTimes Review, April 1999
- ^ Bowers, J. All About Jazz Review, October 1, 1998