Ballads & Blues

• Artist: Tommy Flanagan
• Rating:
• Release Date: November 15, 1978
• Total Time: 43:39
• Genre: Jazz

Review

For the CD reissue of this session, two selections were added to the original seven-song LP release. Pianist Tommy Flanagan and bassist George Mraz do not really stick to the plot of the title, playing a few bop standards that are neither blues nor ballads (such as "Scrapple from the Apple," "Star Eyes" and "How High the Moon"), in addition to some blues and ballads (most notably Tom McIntosh's haunting "With Malice Toward None"). The intimate and mostly lightly swinging music is fine, but one does miss the momentum that would have been provided by a drummer. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi

Previous:	Ballads & Blues (1960 Album by Josh White)
Next:	Ballads & Blues (1997 Album by Joe Henderson)