Tommy Flanagan

Tommy Flanagan p
Jesper Lundgaard b
Lewis Nash dr

1. Let 's 05:32
2. Mean What You Say 05:39
3. To You 03:34
4. Bird Song 05:28
5. Scratch 05:23
6. Thadrack 04:38
7. A Child Is Born 06:19
8. Three In One 06:03
9. Quietude 05:12
10. Zec 03:50
11. Elusive 07:09

Total time: 58'47

Recorded at Focus Studio , Denmark on April 4th, 1993.


This relatively little-known trio set by pianist Tommy Flanagan (with bassist Jesper Lundgaard and drummer Lewis Nash) is a minor classic. Flanagan performs 11 of cornetist Thad Jones's compositions, the majority of which had never been played by a piano trio before. Easily the best-known selection is "A Child Is Born" with "Mean What You Say," "Three in One" and "Quietude" being the closest of the other songs to being standards. But, despite their relative obscurity, this body of work is quite diverse and flexible enough to be covered by other jazz musicians. Congratulations are due Tommy Flanagan for putting together a consistently swinging and tasteful salute to Thad Jones, a very talented composer. Scott Yanow