Tommy Flanagan
Piano Solo on
West Coast Blues

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Tommy Flanagan's piano solo is the closing of 2 solos on this recording, following Wes Montgomery's electric guitar. Spanning three choruses of the 12-bar Blues form at a medium-up 153 BPM with a waltz feel in B♭, the solo runs approximately 1:25. Tommy Flanagan follows with three choruses of piano improvisation, his playing sensitive to the unique rhythmic character of the piece. Tommy Flanagan was 29 to 30 years old at the time of this 1960 recording. The piece is a 12-bar blues in B-flat major set in 3/4 time, an unusual meter for the blues form that gives the composition a distinctive lilting, waltz-like swing feel.

Tommy Flanagan was 29 to 30 years old at the time.