The Tommy Flanagan Trio

{{Infobox album

| name = The Tommy Flanagan Trio

| type = Studio

| artist = Tommy Flanagan

| cover = The Tommy Flanagan Trio.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1960

| recorded = May 18, 1960

| venue =

| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

| genre = Jazz

| length = 33:35

| label = Moodsville
MVLP 9

| producer = Esmond Edwards

| chronology = Tommy Flanagan

| prev_title = Lonely Town

| prev_year = 1959

| next_title = Solo Piano

| next_year = 1974

}}

The Tommy Flanagan Trio is an album by jazz pianist Tommy Flanagan which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Moodsville label.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/prestige-records/catalog-moodsville-series/#mvlp-9 Prestige Records discography] accessed May 20, 2013

Reception

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz

| rev2Score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette |year=1992 |edition=1st |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-14-015364-4 |page=378}}

}}

The AllMusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Since this set (reissued on CD) was originally recorded for the Prestige subsidiary Moodsville, most of the selections are taken at slow tempoes... quietly and with taste".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/tommy-flanagan-trio-1960-mw0000340355 Allmusic listing] accessed May 20, 2013

Track listing

  1. "In the Blue of the Evening" (Tom Adair, Alfonso D'Artega) - 3:44
  2. "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 4:30
  3. "Velvet Moon" (Eddie DeLange, Josef Myrow) - 5:22
  4. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) - 3:38
  5. "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) - 4:24
  6. "Jes' Fine" (Tommy Flanagan) - 5:34
  7. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Irving Mills) - 6:39

Personnel

References