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Super Session (Tommy Flanagan album)

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Released
  
1980

Length
  
36:46

Artist
  
Tommy Flanagan

Label
  
Enja Records Horst Weber

Recorded
  
February 4, 1980

Super-Session (1980)
  
The Standard (1980)

Release date
  
1980

Genre
  
Jazz

Studio
  
Sound Ideas Studios, New York City

Producer
  
Horst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann

Similar
  
Tommy Flanagan albums, Jazz albums

Super-Session is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Red Mitchell, and drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1980 for the Enja label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "the musicians communicate quite well (Flanagan and Jones had played together back in the mid-'50s in Detroit) and often think as one. Fine straight-ahead music".

Track listing

All compositions by Tommy Flanagan except where noted.

  1. "Django" (John Lewis) - 6:05
  2. "Minor Perhaps" - 6:43
  3. "Too Late Now" (Burton Lane) - 9:38
  4. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 7:03
  5. "Rachel's Rondo" - 6:03
  6. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Johnny Mercer) - 6:24

Personnel

  • Tommy Flanagan - piano
  • Red Mitchell - bass
  • Elvin Jones - drums
  • Songs

    1Django6:03
    2Minor Perhaps6:42
    3Too Late Now9:38

    References

    Super-Session (Tommy Flanagan album) Wikipedia