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Pianists · 1930–2001

Tommy Flanagan

American jazz pianist (1930-2001)

Born: 16 March 1930
Detroit
Died: 16 November 2001
New York City
Country: United States
Record labels: Blue Note, Enja Records
Discography: 37 albums

Biography

Tommy Flanagan was a jazz musician who played piano. Tommy Flanagan was born on 16 March 1930 in Detroit and died on 16 November 2001 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Blue Note and Enja Records. The discography here lists 37 albums, from “Overseas” (1958) to “Cool Cats” (2024). Honours include NEA Jazz Masters.

Thomas Lee Flanagan (March 16, 1930 – November 16, 2001) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He grew up in Detroit, initially influenced by such pianists as Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, and Nat King Cole, and then by bebop musicians. Within months of moving to New York in 1956, he had recorded with Miles Davis and on Sonny Rollins' album Saxophone Colossus. Recordings under various leaders, including Giant Steps of John Coltrane, continued well into 1962, when he became the full-time accompanist to Ella Fitzgerald. He worked with Fitzgerald for three years until 1965, and then in 1968 returned to be her pianist and musical director, this time for a decade. After leaving Fitzgerald in 1978, Flanagan attracted praise for the elegance of his playing, which was principally in trio settings when under his own leadership.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Overseas 1958

The Cats 1959

Trio & Sextet 1973

The Tokyo Recital 1975

Positive Intensity 1976

Eclypso 1977

Ballads & Blues 1978

Something Borrowed, Something Blue 1978

Lonely Town 1979

Together 1979

You're Me 1980

The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan 1981

A Dream Comes True 1982

Giant Steps (In Memory of John Coltrane) 1982

More Delights 1985

Nights at the Vanguard 1987 · Live

Thelonica 1987

Jazz Poet 1989

Beyond the Bluebird 1990

Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein 1990

Super Session 1991

Our Delights 1992

Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones 1993

Alone Too Long 1994

Lady Be Good ... for Ella 1994

Plays the Music of Harold Arlen 1998

Sunset and the Mockingbird: The Birthday Concert 1998 · Live

Confirmation 1999

Solo Piano 2005

The Trio 2005

Live in Marciac 1993 2009 · Live

The Magic of 2 2013

Someday Soon 2019

Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957 2020

In His Own Sweet Time 2020 · Live

Tommy's Time 2021

Cool Cats 2024

Also plays on

Albums where Tommy Flanagan is credited as a sideman

1956	Collectors’ Items — Miles Davis	piano
1960	Giant Steps — John Coltrane	piano
1966	Movie Song Album — Tony Bennett	piano
1978	“Fine and Mellow”: Ella Fitzgerald Jams — Ella Fitzgerald	piano