Ballads & Blues (Tommy Flanagan album)

Ballads & Blues is a studio album by pianist Tommy Flanagan with bassist George Mraz, recorded in 1978 for the Enja label.Tommy Flanagan Catalog accessed August 8, 2016Enja Records album entry, accessed August 8, 2016

Reception

Scott Yanow's review in AllMusic stated: "The intimate and mostly lightly swinging music is fine, but one does miss the momentum that would have been provided by a drummer".

Track listing All compositions by Tommy Flanagan except where noted. "Blue Twenty" – 5:59 "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) – 4:32 "With Malice Towards None" (Tom McIntosh) – 8:58 "Blues for Sarka" (George Mraz) – 6:17 "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 6:32 "They Say It's Spring" (Bob Haymes, Marty Clark) – 5:28 "Birks' Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 5:56 "Fifty-Twenty One" (Thad Jones) – 6:34 Bonus track on CD "Toward None" – 8:51 Bonus track on CD

Personnel Tommy Flanagan – piano George Mraz – bass

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