Jazz Bop Cool
Recorded: January 1981, Soundmixers, New York, New York
Tal Farlow (guitar); Tommy Flanagan (piano); Gary Mazzaroppi (bass).
This album is most notable for the interplay between veteran guitarist Tal Farlow and pianist Tommy Flanagan. With bassist Gary Mazzaroppi completing the trio, the musicians perform Tal's "Blue Art, Too" (based on a blues), plus seven superior standards, including "Nuages," "If I Were a Bell" and "St. Thomas." In general, the music is on the relaxed side but there is plenty of inner heat to be felt on the fine set. ---Scott Yanow, allmusic
Includes liner notes by Art Vincent |