Well, the British Summer has arrived at last. It’s raining. The weather reminded me of little number I posted some time ago by Tommy Flanagan, one of the most consistently enjoyable but underrated Jazz pianists of all time. So naturally I decided to post it again. Tommy Flanagan (who died in 2001) was probably best known as the long-time accompanist of Ella Fitzgerald but he also played on a number of really important Jazz albums with Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, to name just two. He also loved to play within the classic Jazz piano trio format with George Mraz (bass) and Kenny Washington (drums). Here they are playing a nice tune by the great Billy Strayhorn, called Raincheck…
Follow @telescoperArchive for Raincheck
Raincheck
Posted in Jazz with tags George Mraz, Jazz, Kenny Washington, Raincheck, Tommy Flanagan on July 20, 2015 by telescoperTommy Flanagan
Posted in Jazz with tags Raincheck, Tommy Flanagan on April 8, 2009 by telescoperI’ve only got time for a quick post today so I thought I’d put up a clip of someone I think is one of the most consistently enjoyable but underrated Jazz pianists of all time. He was probably best known as the long-time accompanist of Ella Fitzgerald but he also played on a number of really important Jazz albums with Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, to name just two. He also loved to play within the classic Jazz trio format of piano, bass and drums as represented here.
This is the marvellous Tommy Flanagan playing yet another tune by the great Billy Strayhorn; this one’s called Raincheck.
In the Dark 