Tommy Flanagan
Piano Solo on
Beauteous

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Tommy Flanagan contributes two choruses on piano, the fourth of 5 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium-up swing tempo of 176 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in B♭, the improvisation flows with assured, relaxed momentum. Tommy Flanagan contributes two refined piano choruses, and Elvin Jones closes with a dynamic drum solo that builds from subtle cross-rhythms to thunderous climaxes. Recorded for the album Paul Chambers Quintet in 1957, the performance captures Tommy Flanagan at 26 to 27 years old. Beauteous is an original composition by bassist Paul Chambers, written for his second Blue Note album as a leader, the Paul Chambers Quintet, recorded on May 19, 1957.

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