Discography '70~

70-01. Ella Fitzgerald in Budapest / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( CD Pablo VICJ-60414 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Frank DeLarosa (b) Ed Thigpen (ds) 1970.5.20. Budapest, Hungary

①Crazy Rhythm ②This Guy’s in Love with You ( This Girl’s in Love with You ) ~ I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

③Open Your Window ④Satin Doll ⑤Spinning Wheel ⑥As Time Goes By ⑦You’d Better Love Me ⑧I’ll Never Fall in Love Again

⑨Hello, Young Lovers ⑩I Concentrate on You ~ You Go to My Head ⑪The Girl from Ipanema ⑫Cabaret ⑬Dancing in the Dark

⑭Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head ⑮The Lady Is a Tramp ⑯Summertime ⑰You’ll Have to Swing It ( Mr. Paganini ) ⑱Mack the Knife

⑲People


70-02. The Panther / Dexter Gordon

 ( Prestige 7829 )

Dexter Gordon (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Larry Ridley (b) Alan Dawson (ds) 1970.7.7. NYC

①The Panther ②Body and Soul ③Valse Robin ④Mrs. Miniver ⑤The Christmas Song ⑥The Blues Walk 

( Prestige 10030 )

The Complete Prestige Recordings

 ( Prestige 1844422 )

6-④The Panther (two versions) 6-⑤Body and Soul 6-⑥Valse Robin 6-⑦Mrs. Miniver 6-⑧The Christmas Song 6-⑨The Christmas Song (alt.)

7-①Blues Walk 7-②Valse Robin (alt.) 7-③Mrs. Miniver (alt.) 7-④Blues Walk (alt.)


70-03. Things Ain’t What They Used to Be / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( Reprise R56432 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Joe Sample (org, ep) Louis Bellson (ds) Modesto Duran (conga, bongo)

Francisco DeSouza (conga, bongo) Victor Feldman (vib) Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Dennis Budimir, Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Bobby Bryant,

Larry McGuire, Alex Rodriguez, Paul Hubinon, Harry Edison (tp) J.J. Johnson, Jimmy Cleveland, Mike Wimberly, Britt Woodman,

William Tole, Alexander Thomas, Thurman Green (tb) Harold Land, Ray Bojorquez (ts) Henry De Vega (as) Ernie Watts,

Anthony Ortega (fl, piccolo) Richard Aplanalp (bs) Marshall Royal (fl, cl, as) William Green (fl, piccolo) Arthur Maebe (frh, tuba)

Gerald Wilson (arr, cond) 1970.1.4,5,6,23,24. 11.6. 12.21,22. NYC

①Sunny ②Mas Que Nada ③A Man & a Woman ④The Days of Wine and Roses ⑤Black Coffee ⑥Tuxedo Junction

⑦I Heard It Through the Grapevine ⑧Don’t Dream of Anybody But Me (Li’l Darlin’) ⑨Things Ain’t What They Used to Be

⑩Willow Weep for Me ⑪Manteca ⑫Just When We’re Falling in Love (Robbins Nest)

Another reissued titles “ Ella / Things Ain’t What They Used To Be ” coupling with “ Ella ” ( Reprise R6534 )


71-01. The Lady Is a Tramp / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( CD Jazz Door 1268 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Frank DeLarosa (b) Ed Thigpen (ds) 1971.5.18

⑪Lullaby of Birdland ⑫Mood Indigo ~ Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me ~ It Don’t Mean a Thing ⑬The Days of Wine and Roses

⑭Something ⑮Summertime ⑯Mack the Knife ⑰Hello, Dolly ⑱Put a Little Love in Your Heart ⑲How High the Moon


71-02. Ella a Nice / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( Pablo 2308234 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Frank DeLarosa (b) Ed Thigpen (ds) 1971.7.21.

①Night and Day ②Get Out of Town ~ Easy to Love ~ You Do Something to Me ③Body and Soul ~ The Man I Love ~

Porgy ( I Loves You, Porgy ) ④The Girl from Ipanema ~ Fly Me to the Moon ~ O Nosso Amor ( Carnival Samba ) ~ Cielito Lindo ~

Magdalena ~ Agua De Beber ( Water to Drink ) ⑤Summertime ⑥They Can’t Take That Away from Me ⑦Mood Indigo ~

Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me ~ It Don’t Mean a Thing ⑧Something ⑨St. Louis Blues ⑩Close to You ⑪Put a Little Love in Your Heart 

( OJC-442 )


71-03. Ella Fitzgerald Stuttgart 1971 / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( CD Jorkerman 015 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Frank DeLarosa (b) Ed Thigpen (ds) 1971.4.29. Stuttgart, Germany

①Hello, Young Lovers ②I Concentrate on You ~ You Go to My Head ③The Girl from Ipanema ~ Fly Me to the Moon

Fitzgerald, Flanagan Duo

⑨Body and Soul

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Paul Cohen, Sonny Cohn, Pete Minger, Waymon Reed (tp) Al Grey, Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, John Watson (tb)

Curtis Peagler (as) Bobby Plater (as, fl) Eddie “ Lockjaw ” Davis (ts) Eric Dixon (ts, fl) Cecil Payne (bs, fl) Tommy Flanagan (p)

Freddie Green (g) Frank DeLaRosa, Norman Keenan (b) Harold Jones, Ed Thigpen (ds)

⑤St. Louis Blues ⑥Willow Weep for Me ⑦Close to You ⑭Li’l Darlin’ ⑮Manteca ~ A-Tisket A-Tasket

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Harry Edison, Sonny Cohn, Gene Goe, Waymon Reed (tp) Grover Mitchell, Bill Hughes, Mel Wanzo, Frank Hooks (tb)

Bobby Plater (as) Eric Dixon (ts, fl) Eddie “ Lockjaw ” Davis, Bill Adkins (ts) Cecil Payne (bs) Tommy Flanagan (p) Freddie Green (g)

Frank DeLaRosa, Norman Keenan (b) Harold Jones, Ed Thigpen (ds) 1971.4. Stuttgart, Germany

⑬Statin Doll


72-01. Ella Loves Cole / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( Atlantic SD 1931 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Harry Edison (tp) Victor Feldman (vib) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Ed Thigpen (ds) J.J. Jhonson (tb)

Harold Land (ts) and Nelson Riddle Orchestra, 1972.6.9. MGM Recording Studios, Hollywood CA

①I Get a Kick Out of You ②Down in the Depths ③At Long Last Love ④I’ve Got You under My Skin ⑤So Near and Yet So Far

⑥All of You ⑦Without Love ⑧My Heart Belongs to Daddy ⑨Love for Sale ⑩Just One of Those Things ⑪I Concentrate on You

⑫Anything Goes ⑬C’est Magnifique

Another title “ Dream Dancing ”

( “ Dream Dancing ” LP Pablo MTF 1097 )


72-02. Jazz at the Santa Monica Civic ‘72 / Various Artists

 ( Pablo 2625 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds) 1972.6.2. “ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium “, CA

3-⑥Night and Day (※) 3-⑦Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most 3-⑧Little White Lies (※) 3-⑨Madalena

Count Basie (p) and His Orchestra, Jimmy Forrest (ts) Eric Dixon (fl) Al Grey (tb) Curtis Peagler (as) Pete Minger (tp) Waymon Reed (tp)

add, Others Unknown, same date

3-①L-O-V-E (※) 3-②Begin the Beguine (※) 3-③Indian Summer (※) 3-④You’ve Got a Friend 3-⑤What’s Going on

3-⑩Shiny Stockings 3-⑪Too Darn Hot ~ It’s All Right with Me 3-⑫Sanford & Son Theme (Street Beater) 3-⑬I Can’t Stop Loving You 


72-03. All Star Swing Festival ‘72 / Various Artists

 ( DVD Toshiba Entertainment GNBJ-7001 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Freddie Waits (ds) 1972.10.23. “ Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center “, NYC

④Goody Goody ⑤Body and Soul


73-01. Ella Fitzgerald Newport Jazz Festival Live at Carnegie Hall / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( Columbia 32557 )

Roy Eldridge (tp) Al Grey (tb) Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Joe Pass (g) Keter Betts (b) Freddie Waits (ds) 1973.7.5.

“ Carnegie Hall “, NYC

1-⑬Somebody Loves Me (※) 1-⑭I Can’t Get Started ~ The Young Man with the Horn (The Man with the Horn) ~ ‘Round about Midnight

1-⑮Stardust 1-⑯Avalon (※) 2-①C Jam Blues

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Joe Pass (g) Keter Betts (b) Freddie Waits (ds), same date

2-③I’ve Gotta Be Me 2-④Down in the Depth (※) 2-⑤Good Morning Heartache 2-⑥What’s Goin on (※) 2-⑦Miss Ortis Regrets

2-⑩Any Old Blues 2-⑪Taking a Chance on Love 2-⑫I’m in the Mood for Love 2-⑬Lemon Drop 2-⑭A-Tisket A-Tasket

2-⑮Some of These Days 2-⑯People 2-⑰A-Tisket A-Tasket


74-01. Fine and Mellow / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( Pablo 2310 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Clark Terry (tp, flh) Harry Edison (tp) Zoot Sims, Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts) Louis Bellson (ds) Joe Pass (g)

Tommy Flanagan (p) Ray Brown (b) 1974.1.8. NYC ( Clark Terry scats on “ I Can’t Give You Anything But Love ” )

①Fine and Mellow ②I’m a Just Lucky So and So ③Ghost of a Chance ④Rockin’ in Rhythm ⑤I’m in the Mood for Love

⑥’Round about Midnight ⑦I Can’t Give You Anything But Love ⑧The Man I Love ⑨Polka Dots and Moonbeams


74-02. Solo Piano / Tommy Flanagan

 ( CD Storyville 101-8387 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) 1974.2.25,26. Zurich, Switzerland

①Parisian Thoroughfare ②Wail ③Isn’t It Romantic ④A Sleeping Bee ⑤Yesterdays ⑥Stompin’ at the Savoy ⑦Passion Flower

~ Chelsea Bridge ~ Pretty Girl (Star Crossed Lovers) ~ U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group) ⑧Con Alma ⑨If You Could See Me Now

⑩Ruby, My Dear ⑪Lover ⑳All the Things You Are

( CD Storyville 1018491 )


74-03. Ella in London / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( Pablo 2310.711 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Joe Pass (g) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds) 1974.4.11. Ronnie Scott’s, London, England

①Sweet Georgia Brown ②They Can’t Take That Away from Me ③Everytime We Say Goodbye ④The Man I Love ⑤It Don’t Mean a Thing

⑥You’ve Got a Friend ⑦Lemon Drop ⑨Happy Blues 


74-04. Ella Fitzgerald in Koln 1974 / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( DVD Jazz Vip 136 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) 1974.4. Koln Germany

⑥How High the Moon

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Joe Pass (g) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds)

④The Man I Love ⑤Mr. Paganini

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Joe Pass (g) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds) Roy Eldridge (tp, scat) Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts)

①I Can’t Give You Anything But Love ⑩C Jam Blues

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Joe Pass (g) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds) Peter Herbolzheimer (cond, tb) Art Farmer,

Rick Kiefer, Ack van Rooyen, Palle Mikkeiborg (tp) Jiggs Whigham, Ake Persson, Rudi Fuesers, Eric van Lier (tb) Herb Geller (saxes, fl)

Sabu L. Martinez (conga)

②It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) ⑧Some of These Days 


74-05. TV Studio Sessions 1974 / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( DVD )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Joe Pass (g) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds) 1974.3.28. Holland

⑪Just One of Those Things ⑫Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most ⑬It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

⑭The Man I Love ⑮You Go to My Head ⑯The Girl from Ipanema

add Roy Eldridge (tp, scat) Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts)

⑰C Jam Blues

①~⑩ same as 74-04 “ Ella Fitzgerald in Koln 1974 ”


74-06. Live in Cologne 1974 / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( Jazline 78027 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Joe Pass (g) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durhum (ds) 1974.2.1. Sporthalle, Koln, Germany

①There Will Never Be Another You ②Good Morning Heartache ③It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing ④The Man I Love

⑤Lemon Drop ⑥Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You ⑦These Foolish Things ⑧The Girl from Ipanema ⑨Mack the Knife

Roy Eldridge (tp), Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts), add

⑩I’m Just a Lucky So and So ⑪Now’s the Time


75-01. The Tommy Flanagan Tokyo Recital / Tommy Flanagan

 ( Pablo 2310.724 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds) 1975.2.15. Tokyo, Japan

①All Day Long ②UMMG (Upper Manhattan Medical Group) ③Something to Live for ④Mainstem ⑤Daydream ⑥The Intimacy of the Blues

⑦Caravan ⑧Chelsea Bridge ⑨Take the A Train

Another title “ A Day in Tokyo ” on Polydor MW 2120

( “ A Day in Tokyo ” Pablo 2120 )


75-02. Buck Clayton Jam Session / Buck Clayton

 ( Chiaroscuro 143 )

Buck Clayton (arr, cond) Tommy Flanagan (p) Joe Newman, Money Johnson (tp) Vic Dickenson, George Masso (tb) Lee Konitz,

Earl Warren (as) Budd Johnson, Buddy Tate, Sal Nistico (ts) Milt Hinton (b) Mel Lewis (ds) 1975.6.6.

①Sidekick ②Change for a Buck ③The Duke We Knew ④Glassboro Blues (※) ⑤Glassboro Blues (Rehearsal) (※)

⑥The Duke We Knew (Rehearsal) (※)

( CD Chiaroscuro 143 )


75-03. JATP at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 / Various Artists

 ( Pablo 2310.748 )

Roy Eldridge (tp) Clark Terry (tp, flh) Benny Carter (as) Zoot Sims (ts) Joe Pass (g) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds)

1975.7.16. “ Montreux Jazz Festival “, “ Casino de Montreux “, Switzerland

①For You ②Autumn Leaves ③If I Had You ④I Never Knew 

also issued “ Jazz at the Philharmonic ‘75 ”

 ( DVD Eagle Vision 1168 )

Same personnel, same date

③Sunday


75-04. Dizzy at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 / Dizzy Gillespie

 ( Pablo 2310.749 )

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Eddie Lockjaw Davis, Johnny Griffin (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) Tommy Flanagan (p) Niels Pedersen (b) Mickey Roker (ds)

1975.7.16. “ Montreux Jazz Festival “, “ Casino de Montreux “, Switzerland

①Lover Come Back to Me ②I’ll Remember April (※) ③What’s New ④Cherokee

Another reissued title “ The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 ” ( Pablo OJCCD739-2 )


75-05. The Montreux Collection / Various Artists

 ( Pablo 2625.707 )

Roy Eldridge, Clark Terry (tp) Benny Carter (as) Zoot Sims (ts) Joe Pass (g) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds)

1975.7.16. “ Montreux Jazz Festival “, “ Casino de Montreux “, Switzerland

②Sunday

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds), same date

⑤The Man I Love

Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Johnny Griffin, Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts) Milt Jackson (vib) Tommy Flanagan (p) Niels Pedersen (b) Mickey Roker (ds),

same date

⑨I’ll Remember April 

( CD Pablo PACD-5306-2 )


75-06. At the Montreux Jazz Festival ‘75 / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( Pablo 2310.751 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds) 1975.7.17. “ Montreux Jazz Festival “,

“ Casino de Montreux “, Switzerland

①Caravan ②Satin Doll ③Teach Me Tonight ④Wave ⑤It’s All Right with Me ⑥Let’s Do It ⑦How High the Moon ⑧The Girl from Ipanema

⑨’T Ain’t Nobody’s Biz’ness If I Do



75-07. Grey’s Mood / Al Grey

 ( Classic Jazz 118 )

Al Grey (tb) Tommy Flanagan (p) Jimmy Forrest (ts) John Duke (b) Bobby Durham(ds) 1975.10.7. Paris, France

①Face It Here It Is ②Night Train (※) ③Catch Up with That ⑦Bedroom Eyes ⑩Mellow for Love ⑪Catch Up with That (alt.)

( CD Black & Blue 912 )


76-01. Sugar Roy / Roy Haynes

 ( Kitty MFK-1002 )

Roy Haynes (ds) Tommy Flanagan (p, elp-①) Ron Carter (b) 1976.1.29.~30. A &R Studio, NYC

①Receipt Please ②Moon and Sand ③Little Waltz ④Snap Crackle ⑤Well, You Needn’t ⑥First Trip

Another title “ R. Haynes, R. Carter, T. Flanagan ” on Polydor MKY 6006

( “ R. Haynes, R. Carter, T. Flanagan ” )


76-02. The King / Benny Carter

 ( Pablo 2310.768 )

Benny Carter (as) Joe Pass (g) Milt Jackson (vib) Tommy Flanagan (p) John B. Williams (b) Jake Hanna (ds) 1976.2.11.

RCA Studios, Los Angeles, CA

①A Walkin’ Things ②My Kind of Trouble Is You ③Easy Money ④Blue Star ⑤I Still Love Him So ⑥Green Wine ⑦Malibu

⑧Blues in D Flat


76-03. Feelings / Milt Jackson

 ( Pablo 2310.704 )

Milt Jackson (vib) Tommy Flanagan (p) Ray Brown (b) Jimmie Smith (ds) Paulinho Da Costa (perc) Hubert Laws (fl)

Jerome Richardson (fl, alto flute) Dennis Budimir (g) Catherine Gotthoffer (harp) and orchestra, 1976.4.12.~14. NYC

①Feelings ②If You Never Come to Me ③Trouble Is a Man ④Moody Blue ⑤The Day It Rained ⑥My Kind of Trouble Is You

⑦If You Went Away ⑧Tears ⑨Blues for Edith ⑩You Don’t Know What Love Is 


76-04. Carter, Gillespie, Inc. / Benny Carter & Dizzy Gillespie

 ( Pablo 2310.781 )

Benny Carter (as) Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Joe Pass (g) Tommy Flanagan (p) Al McKibbon(b) Mickey Roker (ds, vo-⑤) 1976.4.27. NYC

①Sweet and Lovely ②Broadway ③The Courtship ④Constantinople ⑤Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen ⑥A Night in Tunisia

Another reissued title “ Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Inc. “ on OJCCD 682-2


76-05. Straight Ahead / Eddie Lockjaw Davis

 ( Pablo 2310.778 )

Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds) 1976.5.3. RCA Studios, Los Angeles, CA

①Lover ②Wave ③On a Clear Day ( You Can See Forever ) ④The Chef ⑤Gigi ⑥Last Train from Overbrook ⑦The Good Life

⑧I’ll Never Be the Same ⑨Watch What Happens


76-06. Commitment / Jim Hall

 ( Horizon 715 )

Jim Hall (g) Tommy Flanagan (p) Art Farmer (flh) Ron Carter (b) Allan Ganley (ds) 1976.6.21. NYC

⑧Indian Summer

Eroll Bennett (perc) Joan LaBarbara (vo) add, 1976.6.22. NYC

③Lament for a Fallen Matador

same personnel as 1st session, 1976.6.22. NYC

①Walk Soft

Hall (g), Flanagan (p) duo

⑥My One and Only Love

See 78-11 “ Condado Beach ”


76-07. Positive Intensity / Tommy Flanagan

 ( CBS Sony 25AP-447 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) Ron Carter (b) Roy Haynes (ds) 1976.10.4. NYC

②Smooth as the Wind ③Passion Flower ④Muffin’ ⑤Verdandi ⑥Ruby, My Dear

Same peronnel, 1976.11.10. NYC

①52nd Street Theme ⑦Bess, You Is My Woman Now ⑧Hustle Bustle

Flanagan (p) solo, 1976.10.18. NYC

⑨Torment (Lament)


76-08. Trinity / Tommy Flanagan

 ( Innner City IC 1084 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) solo, same date as before NYC

⑨Dalarna

( CD Music Heritage Society MHS 512684K )

Tommy Flanagan (p) Ron Carter (b) Roy Haynes (ds), same date as before NYC

⑫My Man’s Gone Now (※)

Tommy Flanagan (p) solo, same date as before NYC

⑪Tenderly (※)


76-09. The Main Man / Jo Jones

 ( Pablo 2310.799 )

Jo Jones (ds) Harry Edison, Roy Eldridge (tp) Vick Dickenson (tb) Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts) Freddie Green (g) Tommy Flanagan (p)

Sam Jones (b) 1976.11.29.~30. NYC

①Goin’ to Chicago (Blues) ②I Want to Be Happy ③Adlib ④Dark Eyes ⑤Metrical Portions ⑥Old Man River 


77-01. Eclypso / Tommy Flanagan

 ( Enja 2008 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) George Mraz (b) Elvin Jones (ds) 1977.2.4. Munchen, West Germany

①Oleo ②Denzil’s Best ③A Blue Time ④Relaxin’ at Camarillo ⑤Cup Bearers ⑥Eclypso ⑦Confirmation


77-02. Confirmation / Tommy Flanagan

 ( Enja 4041 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) George Mraz (b) Elvin Jones (ds) 1977.2.4. Munchen, West Germany

①Maybe September ②Confirmation(alt.) ⑤Cup Bearers (alt.) ⑥50-21

Flanagan (p) Mraz (b) 1978.11.15. Munchen, West Germany

③How High the Moon ④It Never Entered My Mind


77-03. 46th and 8th / Waymon Reed

 ( Artist House AH-10 )

Waymon Reed (tp, flh) Jimmy Forrest (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds) 1977.5.25. NYC

①Don’t Get around Much Anymore ②Au Privave ③46th and 8th ④But Beautiful ⑤Blue Monk 


77-04. Montreux ‘77 / Tommy Flanagan

 ( Pablo 2308.202 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds) 1977.7.13. “ Montreux Jazz Festival “,

“ Casino de Montreux “, Switzerland

①Barbados ②Some Other Spring ~ Easy Living ③Star Crossed Lovers ~ Jump for Joy ④Woody’n You ⑤Blue Bossa ⑥Heat Wave (※)

( “ Some Other Spring ” and “ Star Crossed Lovers ” are piano solo by Flanagan )

Another title “ Tommy Flanagan Trio at Montreux ‘77 ” ( Pablo MTF-1806 )

On Laser Disc, title “ The Piano Master ” ( Pablo Pioneer SMO65-3312,LD. )

On DVD, title “ Tommy Flanagan Trio ‘77 ” ( Eagle Vision VABG-1164 )

( “ Tommy Flanagan Trio at Montreux ‘77 ” )

Laser Disc, title “ The Piano Master ” ( Pablo Pioneer SMO65-3312,LD. )

DVD, title “ Tommy Flanagan Trio ‘77 ” ( Eagle Vision VABG-1164 )


77-05. Montreux ‘77 / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( Pablo 2308.206 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Bobby Durham (ds) 1977.7.14. “ Montreux Jazz Festival “,

“ Casino de Montreux “, Switzerland

①Too Close for Comfort ②I Ain’t Got Nothin’ But the Blues ③My Man ④Come Rain or Come Shine ⑤Day by Day ⑥Ordinary Fool

⑦One Note Samba ⑧I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart ⑨Billie’s Bounce ⑩You Are the Sun Shine of My Life

Another title “ Ella at Montreux ‘77 ” (Pablo MTF-1813)

On DVD, title “ Ella Fitzgerald & The Tommy Flanagan Trio ‘77 ” (Eagle Vision VABG-1209)

( “ Ella at Montreux ‘77 ” )


77-06. I Remember Bebop / Various Artists

 ( Columbia C2-35381 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) 1977.11.3.~5. NYC

2-⑧Strictly Confidential 2-⑨Dance of the Infidels 2-⑩Bouncing with Bud 2-⑪I’ll Keep Loving You

See 78-11 “ Condado Beach ”


77-07. They All Played Bebop / Various Artists

 ( Columbia C2-38039 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) 1977.11.3. NYC

⑪So Sorry Please

See 78-11 “ Condado Beach ”

( CBS SONY 25AP 2781 )


77-08. Alone too Long / Tommy Flanagan

 ( Denon CO CY-3795 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) 1977.12.8. NYC

①Parisian Thoroughfare ②In Your Own Sweet Way ③Just Like a Butterfly That’s Caught in the Rain ④Here’s That Rainy Day

⑤Alone Too Long ⑥Maybe September ⑦Strollin’ ⑧Glad to Be Unhappy ~ No More ~ That Old Devil Called Love

⑨Bean and the Boys (※) ~ In Walked Bud (※) ⑩Ultima Thule (※) ⑪The Very Thought of You (※) ⑫Dignified Appearance (※)

⑨~⑫ were first released as “ Dignified Appearance ” 

 ( “ Dignified Appearance “ Denon YX-7406-ND )


77-09. Jivin’ with the Refugees from Hastings Street / Eddie Locke

 ( Chiaroscuro CR 2007 )

Eddie Locke (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Major Holly (b) Oliver Jackson (ds) Dan Morganstern (police siren) 1977.

①Hit That Jive Jack ②Last Call for Alcohol ③Laughing in Rhythm ④Fish for Supper ⑤Straighten Up and Fly Right

⑥Bring Another Drink ⑦Route 66 ⑧The Joint Is Jumping ⑨Frim Fram Sauce ⑩Call the Police ! 


78-01. Opening Remarks / Ted Dunbar

 ( Xanadu 155 )

Ted Dunbar (g) Tommy Flanagan (p) Sam Jones (b) Leroy Williams (ds) 1978.1.24. NYC

①Enterance / Two Areas ②Hang in There ③Lazy Lane ④Never Again ⑤Tonal Search ⑥Grand Mal-Petit Mal / Exit


78-02. Our Delights / Tommy Flanagan & Hank Jones

 ( Galaxy GXY-5113 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) Hank Jones (p) 1978.1.28. Berkeley, CA

①Our Delight ②Autumn Leaves ③Robbins Nest ④Jordu ⑤Confirmation ⑥A Child Is Born ⑦Lady Bird ⑧Robbins Nest (alt. ※)


78-03. More Delights / Tommy Flanagan & Hank Jones

 ( Galaxy GXY-5152 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) Hank Jones (p) 1978.1.28. Berkeley, CA

①Robbins Nest (alt.) ②’Round about Midnight ③Lady Bird (alt.) ④Jordu (alt.) ⑤Our Delight (alt.) ⑥A Child Is Born (alt.)

⑦Autumn Leaves (alt.) ⑧If You Could See Me Now 


78-04. Something Borrowed, Something Blue / Tommy Flanagan

 ( Galaxy GXY-5110 )

Tommy Flanagan (p, electric piano-②,⑤) Keter Betts (b) Jimmie Smith (ds) 1978.1.30. Berkeley, CA

①Bird Song ②Good Bait ③Peace ④Friday the 13th ⑤Something Borrowed, Something Blue ⑥West Coast Blues ⑦Groovin’ High


78-05. The Grand Appearance / Scott Hamilton

 ( Progresive KUX-81-G )

Scott Hamilton (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) George Mraz (b) Connie Kay (ds) 1978.2.8. NYC

⑤I Thought about You ⑥You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to ⑦Out of Nowhere ⑧Cheek to Cheek ⑨New York Blizzard Blues 

( Progresive 7026 )


78-06. The Adventurer / Clifford Jordan

 ( Muse MR-5163 )

Clifford Jordan (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Bill Lee (b) Grady Tate (ds) 1978.2.9. NYC

①Quasimodo ③He’s a Hero ⑤Adventurer ⑥I’ll Be Around

Jordan (fl, as), same personnel

④Blues for Muse

Jordan (ts) Flanagan (p) duo

②No More


78-07. AFS & All That Global Jazz / Eddie Locke & His Friends

 ( AFS 9999 )

Eddie Locke (ds) Roy Eldridge (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Budd Johnson (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p) Major Holly (b) 1978.5.20.

①Blues for My Friends (※) ②Oh, Lady, Be Good ⑦Satin Doll ⑧Caravan ⑨Take the A Train (※)

Eldridge (tp), Dickenson (tb) out

③Yesterdays

Johnson (ts) out, Dickenson (tb) back

④Manhattan

Dickenson (tb) out, Eldridge (tp) back

⑤There Is No Greater Love

Eldridge (tp) out

⑥Like Someone in Love

Another reissued title “ Roy Eldridge & Vic Dickenson ” including

①Blues for My Friends ⑨Take the A Train

( CD “ Roy Eldridge & Vic Dickenson “ Storyville STCD 8239)


78-08. City / Toki Hidefumi

 ( Baystate RVJ-6027 )

Toki Hidefumi (as) Tommy Flanagan (p) Reggie Workman (b) Joe Chambers (ds) 1978.7.6. NYC

①Speak Low ③I Loves You, Porgy ⑤Children, Children ⑥Pumpkin Doll

Toki (ss), others same

②Memories ④City

( Baystate RJL-2603 )


78-09. Plays the Music of Harold Arlen / Tommy Flanagan

 ( DIW 25030 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) George Mraz (b) Connie Kay (ds) 1978 9.30,10.2. NYC

①Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea ②Over the Rainbow ③A Sleepin’ Bee ④Ill Wind ⑤Out of This World ⑥One for My Baby

⑦Get Happy ⑧My Shining Hour

Helen Merrill (vo) Flanagan (p) duo,

⑨Last Night When We Were Young 

( Inner City IC 1071 )


78-10. Ballads and Blues / Tommy Flanagan

 ( Enja 3031 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) George Mraz (b) 1978.11.15. Munchen, West Germany

①Blue Twenty ②Scrapple from the Apple ③With Malice towards None ④Blues for Sarka ⑤Star Eyes ⑥They Say It’s Spring

⑦Birk’s Works ⑧50-21 (※)


78-11. The Super Jazz Trio / The Super Jazz Trio

 ( Baystate RVJ-6063 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) Reggie Workman (b) Joe Chambers (ds) 1978.11.21. NYC

①Pent Up House ②Condado Beach ③Let’s Call This ④So Sorry Please ⑤Ballad ⑥Milestones

Another title “ Condado Beach ” including “ My One and Only Love ” (see 76-06)

“ Strictly Confidential ” “ Dance of the Infidels ” “ Bouncing with Bud ”

“ I’ll Keep Loving You ” (see 77-06) “ So Sorry, Please ” (see 77-07)

( CD "Condado Beach" Jazzrow 656 )


78-12. Together / Tommy Flanagan & Kenny Barron

 ( Denon CO CY-3796 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) Kenny Barron (p) 1978.12.6. Sound Ideas Studios, NYC

①Dig ②If I Should Lose You ③Stella by Starlight ④I Can’t Get Started ⑤Darn That Dream ⑥The Way You Look Tonight


78-13. Carnegie Hall 1978 / Tommy Flanagan

 ( CD 2000GFRR 1080 )

Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Jimmie Smith (ds) 1978.6.24. “ Carnegie Hall “, NYC

①The Intimacy of the Blues ②All the Things You Are ③Body and Soul ⑤Friday the 13th ⑥Blue Bossa ⑦Groovin’ High


78-14. With Tommy Flanagan Trio Carnegie Hall 1978 / Ella Fitzgerald

 ( CD 2000GFRR 1341 )

Ella Fitzgerald (vo) Tommy Flanagan (p) Keter Betts (b) Jimmie Smith (ds) 1978.6.24. “ Carnegie Hall “, NYC

①Too Close for Comfort ②Satin Doll ③Dream Dancing ④Angel Eyes ⑤Ain’t Misbehavin’ ~ Keepin’ Out of Mischief Now

⑥I Cried for You ⑦That’s My Desire ⑧Nobody Does It Better ⑨One Note Samba ⑩St. Louis Blues ⑪Stompin’ at the Savoy

⑫How High the Moon ⑬Mack the Knife


79-01. Something Tasty / The Super Jazz Trio with Art Farmer

 ( Baystate RVJ-6056 )

Art Farmer (flh) Tommy Flanagan (p) Reggie Workman (b) Joe Chambers (ds) 1979.5.25. Media Studio, Tokyo, Japan

①Au Privave ②Blame It on My Youth ③My Heart Skips a Beat ④Here’s That Rainy Day ⑥It Might as Well Be Spring

Farmer (flh) out, same date

⑤Stablemates


79-02. Pinnacles / J. J. Johnson

 ( Milestone M-9093 )

J. J. Johnson (tb) Oscar Brashear (tp) Joe Henderson (ts) Tommy Flanagan (p, electric piano-①②③) Ron Carter (b) Billy Higgins (ds)

1979.9.17.~19. NYC

②Deak ③Cannonball Junction

Kenneth Nash (perc) replace Henderson (ts)

⑤See See Rider ⑥Mr. Clean

Henderson (ts) back, Brashear (tp) and Nash (perc) out

①Night Flight ④Pinnacles


79-03. Straight Life / Art Pepper

 ( Galaxy GXY-5127 )

Art Pepper (as) Tommy Flanagan (p) Red Mitchell (b) Billy Higgins (ds) 1979.9.21. Berkeley, CA

①Surf Ride ②Nature Boy ③Straight Life ④September Song ⑥Long Ago and Far Away (※)

Kenneth Nash (perc) add,

⑤Make a List 


79-04. Art Pepper the Complete Galaxy Recordings / Art Pepper

 ( CD Galaxy 16GCD-1016 / VDJ-34001~16 )

( CD VDJ-34001~16 )

Art Pepper (as) Tommy Flanagan (p) Red Mitchell (b) Billy Higgins (ds) 1979.9.21. Berkeley, CA

9-①Nature Boy(alt.)


79-05. Communication Live at Fat Tuesday’s vol. 1 / Red Mitchell

 ( Paddle Wheel GP-3224 )

Red Mitchell (b) Jerry Dodgion (as, ss) Tommy Flanagan (p) 1979.11.14.~17. “ Fat Tuesday’s “, NYC

①Softly as in a Morning Sunrise ②In a Sentimental Mood ③There Is No Greater Love ④My One and Only Love ⑤Communication


79-06. Communication Live at Fat Tuesday’s vol. 2 / Red Mitchell

 ( Paddle Wheel K38P-6056 )

Red Mitchell (b) Jerry Dodgion (as) Tommy Flanagan (p) 1979.11.14.~17. “ Fat Tuesday’s “, NYC

①Billie’s Bounce ②Waltz New ③Lady Bird ④These Foolish Things ⑤Scrapple from the Apple



79-07. Live in Osaka 1979 / Tommy Flanagan & Art Farmer

 ( CD Couriers of Jazz COJ-013 )

Art Farmer (flh) Tommy Flanagan (p) Reggie Workman (b) Joe Chambers(ds) 1979.5.17. Recorded Live at Kouseinenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan

1-④Namely You 1-⑤Change Partners 1-⑥Yesterday’s Thoughts 1-⑦Oleo 2-④Cherokee Sketches 2-⑤He’s Funny That Way

2-⑥Sing Me Softly of the Blues 2-⑦Au Privave

Farmer (flh) out, same date

1-①Confirmation 1-②Body and Soul 1-③Woody’n You 2-①Pent Up House 2-②If You Could See Me Now 2-③Eclypso