title: The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan
text: # The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan
  
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  The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan is an album by jazz pianist Tommy Flanagan, with bassist George Mraz, and drummer Al Foster. Flanagan was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist, for the album.
  
  ## Recording and music
  
  The album was recorded on June 2 and 3, 1981, in New York City. Seven of the tracks are standards, and the eighth is "Blueish Grey", by Thad Jones.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill)
  * "Good Morning Heartache" (Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher, Irene Higginbotham)
  * "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne)
  * "Just in Time" (Betty Comden)
  * "Old Devil Moon" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Burton Lane)
  * "Ev'rything I Love" (Cole Porter)
  * "Change Partners" (Irving Berlin)
  * "Blueish Grey" (Thad Jones)
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Tommy Flanagan – piano
  * George Mraz – bass
  * Al Foster – drums
  