Alone Too Long (album)

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Alone Too Long
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Studio album by
Tommy Flanagan
Released1977
RecordedDecember 8, 1977
StudioSound Ideas Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
LabelDenon
ProducerYoshio Ozawa
Tommy Flanagan chronology
Montreux '77
(1977)
Alone Too Long
(1977)
Our Delights
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 stars[2]

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.[3] The recording was by Nippon Columbia.[1] The compositions are a mix of standards, other jazz pieces, and three pieces by Flanagan.[1]

Releases[]

The album was released in Japan in 1977.[4] It was subsequently released on CD in the United States by Denon Records.[1]

Track listing[]

  1. "Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell)
  2. "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck)
  3. "Like a Butterfly" (Tommy Flanagan)
  4. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen)
  5. "Alone Too Long" (Shorty Rogers, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
  6. "Maybe September" (Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston)
  7. "Strollin'" (Kenny Clarke)
  8. "Glad to Be Unhappy/No More/That Ole Devil Called Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
  9. "Bean and Boys/In Walked Bud" (Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk)
  10. "Ultima Thule" (Flanagan)
  11. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble)
  12. "Dignified Appearance" (Flanagan)

Personnel[]

  • Tommy Flanagan – piano

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Dryden, Ken " Tommy Flanagan – Alone Too Long". AllMusic. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, Michael (October 2, 2011) "Tommy Flanagan Leader Entry". jazzdiscography.com.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin. p. 495. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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