Confirmation (Tommy Flanagan album) explained

Confirmation
Type:	Album
Artist:	Tommy Flanagan
Cover:	Confirmation (album).jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	February 4, 1977; November 15, 1978
Studio:	Sound Ideas Studios and Penthouse Studio, New York City
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	35:40
Label:	Enja 4014
Producer:	Horst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann
Chronology:	Tommy Flanagan
Prev Title:	Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	Ballads & Blues
Next Year:	1978

Confirmation is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan compiling unreleased tracks recorded in 1977 and 1978 at sessions that produced Eclypso and Ballads & Blues which was released on the Enja label in 1982.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

1. "Maybe September" (Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston) – 4:54
2. "Confirmation" [alternate take] (Charlie Parker) – 6:48
3. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) – 6:00
4. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 7:05
5. "Cup Bearers" [alternate take] (Tom McIntosh) – 4:05
6. "50-21" (Thad Jones) – 6:48

• Recorded at Sound Ideas Studios, NYC on February 4, 1977 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6) and Penthouse Studio, NYC on November 15, 1978 (tracks 3 & 4)

Personnel

• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• George Mraz – bass
• Elvin Jones – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6)

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/tommy-flanagan/catalog/#enja-4014 Tommy Flanagan Catalog
2. https://www.discogs.com/Tommy-Flanagan-Confirmation/master/489619 Discogs album entry