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Tommy Flanagan: Ballads & Blues

In December 1978, “Enja” label released “Ballads & Blues”, the 16th Tommy Flanagan album. It was recorded in 1978, at “Penthouse Studio” in New York City, and was produced by Matthias Winckelman and Horst Weber.

Personnel:

  • Tommy Flanagan – piano
  • George Mraz – bass
  • Davud Baker – recording
  • Chip Stokes – recording assistant
  • John Kilgore – recording assistant
  • Christa Brüggemann – lacquer cut
  • Matthias Winckelman, Horst Weber – design
  • Adelhard Roidinger – front cover photography
  • Giuseppe Pino – back cover photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tommy Flanagan, except where noted.

  1. Blue Twenty
  2. Scrapple from the Apple – Charlie Parker
  3. With Malice Towards None – Tom McIntosh
  4. Blues for Sarka – George Mraz
  5. Star Eyes – Gene de Paul, Don Raye
  6. They Say It’s Spring – Bob Haymes, Marty Clark
  7. Birks’ Works – Dizzy Gillespie