Super-Session (Tommy Flanagan album)

1980 studio album by Tommy Flanagan, Red Mitchell and Elvin Jones
Super-Session
Studio album by
Tommy Flanagan, Red Mitchell and Elvin Jones
Released1980
RecordedFebruary 4, 1980
StudioSound Ideas Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length36:46
LabelEnja
3059
ProducerHorst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann
Tommy Flanagan chronology
Something Tasty
(1979) 		Super-Session
(1980) 		The Standard
(1980)

Super-Session is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Red Mitchell, and drummer Elvin Jones recorded in 1980 for the Enja label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars, stating: "the musicians communicate quite well (Flanagan and Jones had played together back in the mid-'50s in Detroit) and often think as one. Fine straight-ahead music."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Tommy Flanagan except where noted.

  1. "Django" (John Lewis) – 6:05
  2. "Minor Perhaps" – 6:43
  3. "Too Late Now" (Burton Lane) – 9:38
  4. "I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 7:03
  5. "Rachel's Rondo" – 6:03
  6. "Things Ain't What They Used to Be" (Mercer Ellington, Ted Persons) – 6:24

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Tommy Flanagan Catalog accessed August 8, 2016
  2. ^ Enja Records album entry, accessed August 8, 2016
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Super Session – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.
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