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1977 studio album by Tommy Flanagan
Alone Too Long
Released 1977 Recorded December 8, 1977 Studio Sound Ideas Studios, New York City
Genre
Jazz
Label
Denon
Producer Yoshio Ozawa
Alone Too Long is a solo piano album by
Tommy Flanagan .
Recording and music
The 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
The 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
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
"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
References
^
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.
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