Tommy Flanagan
Piano Solo on
Minor Run-Down

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Tommy Flanagan closes the solo sequence with four choruses on piano, the final of 4 solos on the recording. Taken at an up-tempo swing tempo of 198 BPM over the 16-bar form in C, the improvisation flows with assured, relaxed momentum. Donald Byrd contributes four trumpet choruses of lyrical directness, and Tommy Flanagan closes the solo sequence with four piano choruses of elegant precision. Recorded for the album Paul Chambers Quintet in 1957, the performance captures Tommy Flanagan at 26 to 27 years old. Minor Run-Down is a hard bop composition by Benny Golson, written for the Paul Chambers Quintet album recorded on May 19, 1957 for Blue Note Records.

Tommy Flanagan was 26 to 27 years old at the time.