Tommy Flanagan - Live in rome 1981

[lobbyman]

Hi folks,

i have just received the last record from Tommy flanagan.

I was amazed cause some of the content haven't been issued before like the medley and the tribute to bill evans.

You can check it out here: [link removed]

Have a nice day.

[Gheorghe]

I heard him only once it 1985, so that was four years later. I loved that concert and still remember it very well, and he had a fantastic trio with George Mraz and Art Taylor.

[lobbyman]

I heard him only once it 1985, so that was four years later. I loved that concert and still remember it very well, and he had a fantastic trio with George Mraz and Art Taylor.

Dear Georges,

Lucky you !

I didn't have the chance to assist to one of his concerts !

God bless him..

[AllenLowe]

Tommy was a nice man and great pianist.

[mjzee]

I saw him once at Bradley's, in a duo with George Mraz. I was fortunate to sit close to the stage, because the crowd was conversing so loudly that I could barely hear the music. Why go to a place like that when all you want to do is talk?

[AllenLowe]

that was a good gig, though. Tommy played there, Barry Harris played there, Jaki Byard was the Sunday pianist in the '70s. Everybody played well. As a matter of fact, one day I was listening to Jaki and in walked Mingus and Monk - together.

[TedR]

Tommy was a nice man and great pianist.

I sure think so too. I saw him play with a trio (Winard Harper was the drummer IIRC) at the University of Virginia and developed a much greater appreciation for his playing after hearing him in concert. He also took part in a pre concert panel discussion. The next day I ran into him and his wife at the Charlottesville airport. I told him how much I enjoyed his playing and asked if he'd sign my Downbeat critics poll issue that listed him as winner of the piano category. He was a man of few words but was very gracious to me and, though unaware of the poll results, he seemed genuinely pleased that he was voted top pianist that year.

[Larry Kart]

Sorry -- but again this looks like a bootleg; see forum rule 7. Thus I'm removing the link in the first post.