Tommy Flanagan
Piano Solo on
Syeeda's Song Flute

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Tommy Flanagan's piano solo is the second of 3 solos on this recording, following John Coltrane's tenor sax and before Paul Chambers's closing acoustic bass statement. Spanning two choruses of the 40-bar AABAC form at an up-tempo 188 BPM with a swing feel in G, the solo runs approximately 1:42. Tommy Flanagan follows with two choruses of piano, his solo more assured here than on the album's more harmonically treacherous tracks. Tommy Flanagan was 28 to 29 years old at the time of this 1959 recording.

Tommy Flanagan was 28 to 29 years old at the time.