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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 · Prestige The Cats 1959 · New Jazz Trio & Sextet 1973 · Onyx Records The Tokyo Recital 1975 · Pablo Positive Intensity 1976 Eclypso 1977 · enja Ballads & Blues 1978 · enja Something Borrowed, Something Blue 1978 · Galaxy Lonely Town 1979 · Blue Note Together 1979 · DENON

You're Me 1980

The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan 1981 · Progressive Records A Dream Comes True 1982 · Soul Note Giant Steps (In Memory of John Coltrane) 1982 · enja More Delights 1985 · Galaxy Nights at the Vanguard 1987 · Live · Uptown Records Thelonica 1987 · enja Jazz Poet 1989 · Timeless Records Beyond the Bluebird 1990 · Timeless Records Plays the Music of Rodgers & Hammerstein 1990 · Savoy Jazz Records Super Session 1991 · enja Our Delights 1992 · Original Jazz Classics Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones 1993 Alone Too Long 1994 · DENON Lady Be Good ... for Ella 1994 · Groovin’ High Plays the Music of Harold Arlen 1998 · Gitanes Jazz Productions Sunset and the Mockingbird: The Birthday Concert 1998 · Live · Blue Note Confirmation 1999 · enja Solo Piano 2005 · Storyville Records

The Trio 2005

Live in Marciac 1993 2009 · Live · Groovin’ High The Magic of 2 2013 · Resonance Records Someday Soon 2019 · Nagel Heyer Records Beats up in Stockholm! Tommy Flanagan, August 1957 2020 · Down Home In His Own Sweet Time 2020 · Live · Solid Records Tommy's Time 2021 · Mentirosa Cool Cats 2024 · [no label]

Also plays on

Albums where Tommy Flanagan is credited as a sideman

1956	Collectors’ Items — Miles Davis	piano
1956	Jazzmen: Detroit — Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Paul Chambers, Kenny Clarke	piano
1956	Kenny Burrell — Kenny Burrell	piano
1956	Introducing Kenny Burrell — Kenny Burrell	piano
1956	Detroit-New York Junction — Thad Jones	piano
1956	The Magnificent, Volume 3 — Thad Jones	piano
1957	Saxophone Colossus — Sonny Rollins	piano
1957	Jazz Lab — Don Byrd – Gigi Gryce	piano
1957	First Place — J.J. Johnson	piano
1957	Dial J.J. 5 — J.J. Johnson	piano
1957	Blue Trombone — J.J. Johnson	piano
1957	All Day Long — Kenny Burrell	piano
1957	Kenny Burrell — Kenny Burrell	piano
1957	Paul Chambers Quintet — Paul Chambers	piano
1957	Flute Flight — Herbie Mann and Bobby Jaspar	piano
1957	Flute Soufflé — Herbie Mann / Bobby Jaspar	piano
1957	Mad Thad — Thad Jones	piano
1957	Jazz Eyes — John Jenkins, Donald Byrd, Curtis Fuller, Tommy Flanagan, Doug Watkins, Art Taylor	piano
1958	Blues for Dracula — Philly Joe Jones	piano
1958	Jazz...It's Magic! — Curtis Fuller, Sonny Redd, Tommy Flanagan, George Tucker, Louis Hayes	piano
1958	The Swingin'est — Bennie Green & Gene Ammons	piano
1959	Bags & Flutes — Milt Jackson with Frank Wess & Bobby Jaspar	piano
1959	Bean Bags — Milt Jackson	piano
1959	Bags' Opus — Milt Jackson	piano
1959	Booker Little 4 & Max Roach — Booker Little 4 & Max Roach	piano
1959	Blues-ette — Curtis Fuller	piano
1959	Motor City Scene — Thad Jones	piano
1959	Winchester Special — Lem Winchester & Benny Golson	piano
1960	Giant Steps — John Coltrane	piano
1960	Color Changes — Clark Terry	piano