Ballads & Blues (Tommy Flanagan album)

Ballads & Blues
Studio album by Tommy Flanagan
Released	1978
Recorded	November 15, 1978 Penthouse Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:07
Label	Enja 3031
Producer	Horst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann
Tommy Flanagan chronology
Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen (1978) Ballads & Blues (1978) Confirmation (1977-78)

Ballads & Blues is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan with bassist George Mraz recorded in 1978 for the Enja label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "The intimate and mostly lightly swinging music is fine, but one does miss the momentum that would have been provided by a drummer".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Tommy Flanagan except as indicated

1. "Blue Twenty" - 5:59
2. "Scrapple from the Apple" (Charlie Parker) - 4:32
3. "With Malice Towards None" (Tom McIntosh) - 8:58
4. "Blues for Sarka" (George Mraz) - 6:17
5. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 6:32
6. "They Say It's Spring" (Bob Haymes, Marty Clark) - 5:28
7. "Birk's Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:56
8. "Fifty-Twenty One" (Thad Jones) - 6:34 Bonus track on CD
9. "Toward None" - 8:51 Bonus track on CD

Personnel

• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• George Mraz - bass

References