''Sunset and the Mockingbird'' (subtitled ''The Birthday Concert'') is a live album by pianist
Tommy Flanagan recorded at the
Village Vanguard in 1997 on his 67th birthday and released on the
Blue Note label.
Reception
AllMusic gave the album 4 stars with Ken Dryden's review calling it a "memorable set".
In ''
JazzTimes'', Bill Bennett wrote: "This is one of those recordings that defines the art of the piano trio in jazz. Tommy Flanagan's musical wisdom shines through at every juncture of these performances". On
All About Jazz, Jack Bowers said "As he nears 70, Tommy Flanagan, like fine wine, becomes more pleasurable and venerated with each passing day. He plays with warmth, vigor, soul, an unerring sense of rhythm and dynamics, and any other ingredient one could wish for in a Jazz pianist".
[Bowers, J]
All About Jazz Review
October 1, 1998
Track listing
# "Birdsong" (
Thad Jones) – 9:16
# "With Malice Toward None" (
Tom McIntosh
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) – 10:26
# "Let's" (Jones) – 7:19
# "I Waited for You" (
Gil Fuller
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I ...
,
Dizzy Gillespie
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) – 5:27
# "Tin Tin Deo" (Fuller,
Chano Pozo
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) – 14:34
# "Sunset and the Mockingbird" (
Duke Ellington
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) – 5:52
# "The Balanced Scales/The Cupbearers" (Mcintosh) – 12:42
# "
Good Night My Love" (
Mack Gordon,
Harry Revel) – 4:08
Personnel
*
Tommy Flanagan –
piano
*
Peter Washington
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–
bass
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*
Lewis Nash –
drums
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References
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1998 live albums
Tommy Flanagan live albums
Blue Note Records live albums
Albums recorded at the Village Vanguard