Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones

Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan featuring compositions by Thad Jones recorded in 1993 for the Enja label.[1][2]

Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones
Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedApril 4, 1993
StudioFocus Studio, Denmark
GenreJazz
Length58:47
LabelEnja
8040
ProducerDiana Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan chronology
Flanagan's Shenanigans
(1993)
Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones
(1993)
Lady Be Good ... For Ella
(1993)

Reception

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

AllMusic gave the album 4½ stars with Scott Yanow's review stating: "Congratulations are due Tommy Flanagan for putting together a consistently swinging and tasteful salute to Thad Jones, a very talented composer".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Thad Jones.

  1. "Let's" – 5:32
  2. "Mean What You Say" – 5:39
  3. "To You" – 3:34
  4. "Bird Song" – 5:28
  5. "Scratch" – 5:23
  6. "Thadrack" – 4:38
  7. "A Child Is Born" – 6:19
  8. "Three in One" – 6:03
  9. "Quietude" – 5:12
  10. "Zec" – 3:50
  11. "Elusive" – 7:09

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Tommy Flanagan Catalog accessed August 8, 2016
  2. ^ Discogs album entry, accessed August 8, 2016
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 456. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.