Tommy Flanagan was an American jazz pianist. His appearances on record date from 1956 to 2001 and include more than 30 albums under his own name and more than 200 as a sideman.
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Year released | Personnel/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Overseas | Prestige | 1958 | Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Elvin Jones (drums) | |
| 1957 | The Cats | New Jazz | 1959 | The Prestige All Stars: Also with Idrees Sulieman (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor sax), Kenny Burrell (guitar), Doug Watkins (bass), Louis Hayes (drums) | |
| 1959 | Lonely Town | Blue Note | 1979 | Trio, with Joe Benjamin (bass), Elvin Jones (drums)[1] | |
| 1960 | The Tommy Flanagan Trio | Moodsville | 1960 | Trio, with Tommy Potter (bass), Roy Haynes (drums) | |
| 1974 | Solo Piano | Storyville | 2005 | Solo | |
| 1975 | The Tommy Flanagan Tokyo Recital | Pablo | 1975 | Trio, with Keter Betts (bass), Bobby Durham (drums) | |
| 1976 | Trinity | Inner City | 1980 | Trio, with Ron Carter (bass), Roy Haynes (drums) | |
| 1977 | Eclypso | Enja | 1980 | Trio, with George Mraz (bass), Elvin Jones (drums) | |
| 1977 | Montreux '77 | Pablo | 1977 | Trio, with Keter Betts (bass) Bobby Durham (drums); in concert | |
| 1977 | Alone Too Long | Denon | 1978 | Solo | |
| 1978 | Our Delights | Galaxy | 1979 | Duo, with Hank Jones (piano) | |
| 1978 | More Delights | Galaxy | 1985 | Duo, with Hank Jones (piano) | |
| 1978 | Something Borrowed, Something Blue | Galaxy | 1978 | Trio, with Keter Betts (bass), Jimmie Smith (drums) | |
| 1978 | Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen | Trio | 1979 | Trio, with George Mraz (bass), Connie Kay (drums); Helen Merrill (vocals) added on one track | |
| 1977–78 | Confirmation | Enja | 1982 | Some tracks trio, with George Mraz (bass), Elvin Jones (drums); some tracks duo, with Mraz | |
| 1978 | Ballads & Blues | Enja | 1978 | Duo, with George Mraz (bass) | |
| 1978 | The Super Jazz Trio | Baystate | 1978 | Trio, with Reggie Workman (bass), Joe Chambers (drums) | |
| 1978 | Together | Denon | 1979 | Duo, with Kenny Barron (piano) | |
| 1979 | Something Tasty | Baystate | 1979 | Quartet, with Art Farmer (flugelhorn), Reggie Workman (bass), Joe Chambers (drums) | |
| 1979 | Communication: Live at Fat Tuesday's New York, Vol. 1 | Paddle Wheel | 1980 | Trio, with Jerry Dodgion (alto sax, soprano sax), Red Mitchell (bass); in concert | |
| 1979 | Communication: Live at Fat Tuesday's New York, Vol. 2 | Paddle Wheel | 1981 | Trio, with Jerry Dodgion (alto sax, soprano sax), Red Mitchell (bass); in concert | |
| 1980 | Super-Session | Enja | 1980 | Trio, with Red Mitchell (bass), Elvin Jones (drums) | |
| 1980 | The Standard | Baystate | 1980 | Trio, with Reggie Workman (bass), Joe Chambers (drums) | |
| 1980 | You're Me | Phontastic | 1980 | Duo, with Red Mitchell (bass) | |
| 1981 | ...And a Little Pleasure | Uptown | 1981 | Duo, with J. R. Monterose (tenor sax, soprano sax) | |
| 1981 | The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan | Progressive | 1981 | Trio, with George Mraz (bass), Al Foster (drums) | |
| 1982 | Giant Steps | Enja | 1982 | Trio, with George Mraz (bass), Al Foster (drums) | |
| 1982 | The Magic of 2 | Resonance | 2013 | Most tracks duo, with Jaki Byard (piano); some tracks solo; in concert | |
| 1982 | Thelonica | Enja | 1983 | Trio, with George Mraz (bass), Art Taylor (drums) | |
| 1983 | I'm All Smiles | MPS | 1984 | Duo, with Hank Jones (piano); in concert | |
| 1983 | The Master Trio | Baybridge | 1983 | Trio, with Ron Carter (bass), Tony Williams (drums) | |
| 1983 | Blues in the Closet | Baybridge | 1984 | Trio, with Ron Carter (bass), Tony Williams (drums) | |
| 1986 | Nights at the Vanguard | Uptown | 1987 | Trio, with George Mraz (bass), Al Foster (drums); in concert | |
| 1989 | Jazz Poet | Timeless | 1989 | Trio, with George Mraz (bass), Kenny Washington (drums) | |
| 1990 | Beyond the Blue Bird | Timeless | 1991 | Quartet, with Kenny Burrell (guitar), George Mraz (bass), Lewis Nash (drums) | |
| 1993 | Flanagan's Shenanigans | Storyville | 1995 | Nonet, with Jesper Thilo (tenor sax), Steen Hansen (horn), Vincent Nilsson (baritone horn), Jan Zum Vohrde (alto sax, bass clarinet), Uffe Markussen (tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet), Flemming Madsen (bass clarinet), Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Lewis Nash (drums); in concert | |
| 1993 | Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones | Enja | 1993 | Trio, with Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Lewis Nash (drums) | |
| 1993 | Lady Be Good ... For Ella | Groovin' High | 1994 | Trio, with Peter Washington (bass), Lewis Nash (drums) | |
| 1996 | Sea Changes | Alfa Jazz | 1996 | Trio, with Peter Washington (bass), Lewis Nash (drums) | |
| 1997 | Sunset and the Mockingbird | Blue Note | 1998 | Trio, with Peter Washington (bass), Lewis Nash (drums); in concert |
| Year recorded | Leader | Title | Label | Personnel/ Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Piano Playhouse '90 | Absord | |||
| 1993 | Piano Playhouse '93, Vol. 1 | Absord | |||
| 1993 | Piano Playhouse '93, Vol. 2 | Absord | |||
| 1960 | Motor City Scene | Bethlehem | and Donald Byrd | ||
| 1968 | Encounter! | Prestige | |||
| 1980 | The Master... | Muse | |||
| 1985 | The Adams Effect | Uptown | |||
| 1984 | All Right with Me | Invitation | |||
| 1986 | My One and Only Love | CBS/Sony | |||
| 1998 | Day Dream | BMG | |||
| 1985 | Tentets | Enja | |||
| 1960 | Boss Tenor | Prestige | |||
| 1960 | Big Brass | Candid | |||
| 1961 | Bash! | Jazzline | Reissued as Kenny Dorham Osmosis (Black Lion, 1990) and Tommy Flanagan Trio And Sextet (Onyx/Xanadu, 1973) | ||
| 1994 | Marcus Belgrave with Detroit's Jazz Piano Legacy, Vol. 1 | Detroit Jazz Musicians Co-Op | |||
| 1965 | The Movie Song Album | Columbia | |||
| 1960 | , Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Charlie Persip | Gretsch Drum Night at Birdland | Roulette | ||
| 1960 | , Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Charlie Persip | Gretsch Drum Night at Birdland, Vol. 2 | Roulette | ||
| 1965 | Feelin' Good! | Prestige | |||
| 1987 | Evening Star | Contemporary | |||
| 1962 | Ray Brown with the All Star Big Band | Verve | |||
| 1956 | Jazzmen Detroit | Savoy | |||
| 1956 | Introducing Kenny Burrell | Blue Note | |||
| 1956 | Swingin' | Blue Note | |||
| 1956 | Kenny Burrell | Blue Note | This album (BLP 1543) is also known as Volume 2 | ||
| 1957 | All Day Long | Prestige | Credited to "The Prestige All Stars" | ||
| 1957 | Kenny Burrell | Prestige | (PRLP 7088) | ||
| 1958 | , John Coltrane | Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane | New Jazz | ||
| 1960–61 | Weaver of Dreams | Columbia | |||
| 1962 | Bluesy Burrell | Moodsville | Also features Coleman Hawkins | ||
| 1962 | Who Is Gary Burton? | RCA | |||
| 1957 | Jazz Lab | Columbia | Also features Gigi Gryce | ||
| 1976 | The King | Pablo | |||
| 1976 | , Dizzy Gillespie | Carter, Gillespie Inc. | Pablo | ||
| 1999 | Samba for Felix | Slider | |||
| 1957 | Paul Chambers Quintet | Blue Note | |||
| 1956 | Kenny Clarke Meets the Detroit Jazzmen | Savoy | |||
| 1975 | A Buck Clayton Jam Session, Vol. 2 | Chiaroscuro | |||
| 1960 | More Party Time | Prestige | |||
| 1960 | Movin' Right Along | Prestige | |||
| 1991 | Rhythm in Mind | BMG Novus | |||
| 1959 | Giant Steps | Atlantic | |||
| 1968 | Sonny's Dream (Birth of the New Cool) | Prestige | |||
| 1976 | Straight Ahead | Pablo | |||
| 1956 | Collectors' Items | Prestige | |||
| 1994 | Doldinger in New York | Bluemoon | |||
| 1959 | Quiet Kenny | New Jazz | |||
| 1960 | The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album | Xanadu | |||
| 1964 | Trompeta Toccata | Blue Note | |||
| 1978 | Opening Remarks | Xanadu | |||
| 1960 | Patented by Edison | Roulette | |||
| 1985 | Art Ellefson Quartet Featuring Tommy Flanagan | Unisson | |||
| 1960 | The Book Cooks | Bethlehem | |||
| 1964 | The Song Book | Prestige | |||
| 1981 | Chromatic Palette | Concord | |||
| 1960 | Art | Argo | |||
| 1962 | Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra | Mercury | |||
| 1964 | The Many Faces of Art Farmer | Scepter | |||
| 1965–66 | Group Therapy | Scepter | Issued as by "The New York Jazz Sextet", with Tom McIntosh, James Moody and Albert Heath | ||
| 1964 | Ella at Juan-Les-Pins | Verve | With Roy Eldridge | ||
| 1965 | Ella in Hamburg | Verve | |||
| 1969 | Sunshine of Your Love | Verve | |||
| 1969 | Ella Fitzgerald: Live at Montreux 1969 [DVD] | Eagle Vision | |||
| 1970 | Ella in Budapest | Pablo | |||
| 1970 | Things Ain't What They Used to Be | Reprise | |||
| 1971 | Ella à Nice | Pablo | |||
| 1972 | Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72 | Pablo | |||
| 1972 | Ella Loves Cole | Pablo | |||
| 1973 | Pablo | ||||
| 1974 | Ella in London | Pablo | |||
| 1974 | Fine and Mellow | Pablo | |||
| 1975 | Montreux '75 | Pablo | |||
| 1977 | Montreux '77 | Pablo | |||
| 1957 | Jazz ...It's Magic! | Regent | |||
| 1959 | Sliding Easy | United Artists | |||
| 1959 | Blues-ette | Savoy | |||
| 1961 | South American Cookin' | Epic | |||
| 1993 | Blues-ette Part II | Savoy | |||
| 1975 | The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7 | Pablo | |||
| 1993 | Soul Connection | Enja | |||
| 1993 | Soul Connection, Volume II | Enja | |||
| 1959 | Gettin' with It | New Jazz | |||
| 1962 | Free | Argo | |||
| 1970 | The Panther! | Prestige | |||
| 1958 | The Swingin'est | Vee-Jay | |||
| 1975 | Grey's Mood | Black and Blue | |||
| 1976 | Commitment | A&M/Horizon | |||
| 1961 | It's About Time | Swingville | |||
| 1961 | Can't Help Swinging | Swingville | |||
| 1979 | The Grand Appearance | Progressive | |||
| 1996 | After Hours | Concord | |||
| 1960 | Silver Vibes | Columbia | |||
| 1962 | Drum Suite | Epic | |||
| 1958 | Mainstream 1958 | Savoy | And John Coltrane | ||
| 1958 | Jazz Way Out | Savoy | And John Coltrane | ||
| 1958 | Tanganyika Strut | Savoy | And John Coltrane | ||
| 1958 | The King and I | Savoy | |||
| 1960 | Coleman Hawkins All Stars | Storyville | |||
| 1960 | At Ease with Coleman Hawkins | Moodsville | |||
| 1960 | Night Hawk | Swingville | |||
| 1962 | Good Old Broadway | Moodsville | |||
| 1962 | The Jazz Version of No Strings | Moodsville | |||
| 1962 | , Roy Eldridge, Johnny Hodges | Hawkins! Eldridge! Hodges! Alive! At the Village Gate! | Verve | ||
| 1962 | Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate | Verve | |||
| 1962 | Coleman Hawkins Plays Make Someone Happy from Do Re Mi | Moodsville | |||
| 1962 | Desafinado | Impulse! | |||
| 1962 | Today and Now | Impulse! | |||
| 1962 | Back in Bean's Bag | Columbia | |||
| 1962 | Out of the Afternoon | Impulse! | Also features Roland Kirk | ||
| 1976 | Sugar Roy | Kitty | |||
| 1960 | Really Big! | Riverside | |||
| 1985 | New Picture | Landmark | |||
| 1960 | Please Send Me Someone to Love | Vee-Jay | |||
| 1997 | Porgy & Bess | Verve | |||
| 1989 | Freddie Freeloader | Denon | |||
| 1997 | The Duo Album | Classical Action | |||
| 1962 | The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard | Impulse! | With Curtis Fuller and John Gilmore | ||
| 1991 | Mirage | Landmark | |||
| 1957 | Bags & Flutes | Atlantic | |||
| 1958 | Bean Bags | Atlantic | With Coleman Hawkins | ||
| 1958 | Bags' Opus | United Artists | With Art Farmer and Benny Golson | ||
| 1960–61 | Vibrations | Atlantic | With Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Heath | ||
| 1962 | Invitation | Riverside | With Kenny Dorham and Jimmy Heath | ||
| 1962 | Statements | Impulse! | With Jimmy Heath | ||
| 1964 | Jazz 'n' Samba | Impulse! | With Jimmy Heath | ||
| 1976 | Feelings | Pablo | |||
| 1962 | Bossa Nova Plus | Prestige | |||
| 1964 | Desert Winds | Argo | |||
| 1956 | Clarinescapade | Columbia | |||
| 1960 | Newport Rebels | Candid | |||
| 1975 | At the Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 | Pablo | |||
| 1957 | Jazz Eyes | Regent | Collaborative album, also features Donald Byrd, 1978 reissue as Byrd's Star Eyes (Savoy) | ||
| 1960 | Budd Johnson and the Four Brass Giants | Riverside | |||
| 1960 | Let's Swing! | Swingville | |||
| 1957 | J Is for Jazz | Columbia | |||
| 1957 | Blue Trombone | Columbia | With Max Roach or Elvin Jones | ||
| 1957 | First Place | Columbia | With Max Roach | ||
| 1957 | Dial J. J. 5 | Columbia | With Elvin Jones | ||
| 1958 | J. J. in Person! | Columbia | |||
| 1979 | Pinnacles | Milestone | |||
| 1980 | Heart to Heart | Denon | |||
| 1960 | Vamp 'til Ready | Everest | |||
| 1976 | The Main Man | Pablo | |||
| 1958 | Blues for Dracula | Riverside | |||
| 1981 | My Funny Valentine | Timeless | |||
| 1956 | Detroit – New York Junction | Blue Note | |||
| 1957 | Mad Thad | Period | |||
| 1957 | The Magnificent Thad Jones, Vol. 3 | Blue Note | |||
| 1959 | Motor City Scene | United Artists | |||
| 1961 | A Story Tale | Jazzland | |||
| 1978 | The Adventurer | Muse | |||
| 1962 | Michel Legrand Plays Richard Rodgers | Philips | |||
| 1962 | Diggin' the Chicks | Argo | |||
| 1958 | Booker Little 4 and Max Roach/The Defiant Ones | United Artists | Flanagan (and Roach) present for the first six tracks only. | ||
| 1960 | Booker Little | Time | Flanagan present on half of the album only | ||
| 1985 | Vocalese | Atlantic | |||
| 1957 | Flute Flight | Prestige | |||
| 1957 | Flute Soufflé | Prestige | |||
| 1960 | Dusty Blue | Bethlehem | |||
| 1997–98 | Just Friends | Concord | |||
| 1960 | Reincarnation of a Lovebird | Candid | |||
| 1959 | The Soft Land of Make Believe | Bethlehem | |||
| 1980 | De Lawd's Blues | Xanadu | |||
| 1960–61 | Smooth as the Wind | Riverside | |||
| 1959 | Straight Ahead | Xanadu | |||
| 1960 | The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery | Riverside | |||
| 1960–61 | Moody with Strings | Argo | |||
| 1992 | You Must Believe in Spring | Antilles | Two tracks: one solo and one duet | ||
| 1962 | Jeru | Columbia | |||
| 1960 | Jive at Five | Swingville | |||
| 1961 | Good 'n' Groovy | Swingville | |||
| 1961 | Joe's Hap'nin's | Swingville | |||
| 1959 | A Girl and Her Guitar | Warwick | |||
| 1982 | Good Girl | Soul Note | |||
| 1979 | Straight Life | Galaxy | |||
| 1956 | The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi | ABC | |||
| 1962 | Limbo Carnival | New Jazz | |||
| 1962 | Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver! | Moodsville | |||
| 1962 | Pony's Express | Epic | with Eric Dolphy, Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Heath, Clifford Jordan and Phil Woods | ||
| 1960 | Keep Swingin' | Riverside | with Jimmy Heath and Elvin Jones | ||
| 1985 | Wisteria | Criss Cross | |||
| 1980 | Shades of Blue | Philadelphia International | |||
| 1996 | Stomp, Look and Listen | Exclusive Arts | |||
| 1977 | 46th and 8th | Artists House | |||
| 1994 | Hi-Fly | Milestone | |||
| 1957 | Red Rodney 1957 | Signal | |||
| 1956 | Saxophone Colossus | Prestige | With Max Roach | ||
| 1965 | There Will Never Be Another You | Impulse! | |||
| 1989 | Falling in Love with Jazz | Milestone | |||
| 1993 | Old Flames | Milestone | |||
| 1995 | Sonny Rollins + 3 | Milestone | |||
| 1995 | Music Is Forever | DRG | |||
| 1960 | Swingin' with Pee Wee | Prestige | With Buck Clayton | ||
| 1957 | Stable Mates | Savoy | Album split with Yusef Lateef | ||
| 1980 | Home Cooking | Phontastic | |||
| 1997 | A Lady Must Live | After 9 | |||
| 1982 | Cross Roads | Discovery | |||
| 1987 | But Not for Me | CBS/Sony | |||
| 1958 | Here Comes Louis Smith | Blue Note | With "Buckshot La Funke" (Cannonball Adderley) | ||
| 1991 | Homage | Criss Cross | |||
| 1960 | Gemini | Jazzland | |||
| 1957 | Roots | Prestige | Billed as by "The Prestige All Stars" | ||
| 1960 | with Clark Terry | Tate-a-Tate | Swingville | ||
| 1960 | Color Changes | Candid | with Yusef Lateef | ||
| 1999 | One on One | Chesky | |||
| 1982 | A Dream Comes True | Soul Note | |||
| 1965 | Lucky Thompson Plays Happy Days Are Here Again | Prestige | |||
| 1978 | City - Hidefumi Toki and the Super Jazz Trio | Baystate | |||
| 1960 | Stan "The Man" Turrentine | Time | |||
| 1961 | ZT's Blues | Blue Note | |||
| 1956 | After Hours Jazz | Epic | |||
| 1977 | I Remember Bebop | Columbia | |||
| 1977 | They All Played Bebop | Columbia | |||
| 1982 | AJF '82 All Star Jam | Eastworld | |||
| 1982 | Live Special | Eastworld | |||
| 2001 | A Great Night in Harlem | Playboy/Concord | His final recording, September 24, 2001, a trio performance of "Sunset and The Mockingbird", with Albert "Tootie" Heath and Peter Washington | ||
| 2001 | (and Billy VerPlanck) | Speaking of Love | Audiophile | ||
| 1980 | The Free Will | Enja | |||
| 1998 | Bennie Wallace | AudioQuest | |||
| 1988 | Then and Now | Columbia | |||
| 1960 | The Frank Wess Quartet | Prestige | |||
| 1962 | Southern Comfort | Prestige | |||
| 1981 | Flute Juice | Progressive | |||
| 1995 | 7th Ave. Stroll | Verve | |||
| 2000–01 | September Songs | HighNote | |||
| 1968 | California Soul | World Pacific | |||
| 1959 | Winchester Special | New Jazz | |||
| 1956 | Pairing Off | Prestige | |||
| 1961 | Rights of Swing | Candid | |||
| 1981 | Three for All | Enja | |||
| 1988 | Here's to My Lady | Chesky | |||
| 1960 | The Biggest Voice in Jazz | Warwick | |||
| 1996 | I Remember Clifford | Denon | |||
| 1995 | Two by Two – Piano–Bass Duets, Volume 1 | Justin Time | |||
| 1995 | Side by Side – Piano–Bass Duets, Volume 3 | Justin Time | |||
| 1999 | The Last Recordings | Enja |
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