Alone Too Long (album) explained

Alone Too Long
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Tommy Flanagan
Cover:	Alone Too Long (album).jpg
Released:	1977
Recorded:	December 8, 1977
Studio:	Sound Ideas Studios, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Denon
Producer:	Yoshio Ozawa
Chronology:	Tommy Flanagan
Prev Title:	Montreux '77
Prev Year:	1977
Next Title:	Our Delights
Next Year:	1978

Alone Too Long is a solo piano album by Tommy Flanagan.

Recording and music

The album was recorded on December 8, 1977, at Sound Ideas Studios, New York City. The recording was by Nippon Columbia. The compositions are a mix of standards, other jazz pieces, and three pieces by Flanagan.

Releases

The album was released in Japan in 1977.^[1] It was released on CD in the United States by Denon Records in 1978.^[2]

Critical reception

In 1986, the Los Angeles Times wrote that "solo piano at its best is performed by one of the few former boppers who can bring a touch of two-handed elegance to his music."^[3]

Track listing

1. "Parisian Thoroughfare" (Bud Powell)
2. "In Your Own Sweet Way" (Dave Brubeck)
3. "Like a Butterfly" (Tommy Flanagan)
4. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen)
5. "Alone Too Long" (Shorty Rogers, Sidney Keith 'Bob' Russell)
6. "Maybe September" (Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston)
7. "Strollin (Kenny Clarke)
8. "Glad to Be Unhappy/No More/That Ole Devil Called Love" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers)
9. "Bean and Boys/In Walked Bud" (Coleman Hawkins, Thelonious Monk)
10. "Ultima Thule" (Flanagan)
11. "The Very Thought of You" (Ray Noble)
12. "Dignified Appearance" (Flanagan)

Personnel

• Tommy Flanagan – piano

Notes and References

1. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. Penguin. p. 495. .
2. Web site: Fitzgerald . Michael . October 2, 2011 . Tommy Flanagan Leader Entry . July 23, 2022 . JazzDiscography.com .
3. News: Heckman . Don . CDs: Best of the Didgies . Los Angeles Times . 12 Jan 1986 . Calendar . 72.