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Himes, Geoffrey (February 2012) "Gary Smulyan: Baritone Believer"
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907:. Transcript of WKCR radio interview. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
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Wilson, John S. (July 2, 1981) "Film: Profile of a Guitarist"
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Wilson, John S. (November 24, 1978) "Jazz: Flanagan at Piano"
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Berger, Edward; Martin, Henry; Morgenstern, Dan (eds.) (2007)
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Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It)
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Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920–60
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1791:American Musicians: Fifty-Six Portraits in Jazz
1260:"Art Farmer: Art Farmer's New York Jazz Sextet"
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2570:Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall
1780:Collected Works: A Journal of Jazz 1954–2000
835:"T. Flanagan, 71; Jazz Pianist, Accompanist"
470:The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery
3672:Dave Pike Plays the Jazz Version of Oliver!
1622:"Flanagan's Piano Leads Instead of Follows"
1405:"Marian McPartland on Piano Jazz, Part Two"
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2465:Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra
1744:Espeland, Pamela (September 17, 2011)
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1828:The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
1690:"Grammy Nominations Announced Today"
1609:Considering Genius: Writings on Jazz
1289:Feather, Leonard (January 26, 1992)
507:In 1962, Flanagan was asked by jazz
332:band. Flanagan then played jazz and
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1590:Feather, Leonard (August 14, 1989)
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2221:Let's Play the Music of Thad Jones
2033:Something Borrowed, Something Blue
1663:Hunter Jr, Al (February 20, 1998)
1540:. p. 606. Oxford University Press.
1538:Visions of Jazz: The First Century
1291:"Stop and Bop with Tommy Flanagan"
833:Thurber, John (November 18, 2001)
803:Fordham, John (November 20, 2001)
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1620:Stewart, Zan (February 19, 1988)
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1961:The Tommy Flanagan Tokyo Recital
1403:Jackson, Grant (March 25, 2011)
1142:The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz
536:The Tommy Flanagan Tokyo Recital
415:Flanagan also first accompanied
3356:The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard
3148:The Kenny Dorham Memorial Album
2931:There Will Never Be Another You
2484:(New York Jazz Sextet, 1965–66)
1866:article on Flanagan's lifestyle
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1814:. University of Michigan Press.
1579:"Tommy Flanagan: Pure Artistry"
1455:Sutro, Dirk (October 11, 1991)
1118:"Tommy Flanagan: Poet of Piano"
2752:The Jazz Version of No Strings
2562:Jazz at Santa Monica Civic '72
2109:The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan
1858:Detailed discography as leader
1611:. p. 335. Basic Civitas Books.
721:The Magnificent Tommy Flanagan
599:quadruple bypass heart surgery
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3119:(Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1976)
965:Annual Review of Jazz Studies
2676:At Ease with Coleman Hawkins
2473:The Many Faces of Art Farmer
1120:. (July 16, 2008) npr radio.
476:Flanagan was with trumpeter
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3907:American male jazz pianists
3552:Reincarnation of a Lovebird
3444:Detroit – New York Junction
1795:. Oxford University Press.
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379:Detroit – New York Junction
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2237:Sunset and the Mockingbird
1835:Nicholson, Stuart (1993).
1787:Balliett, Whitney (1986).
1360:Living with Jazz: A Reader
875:Retrieved August 20, 2013.
780:Tommy Flanagan discography
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300:1945–1955 – Around Detroit
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3212:The Dizzy Gillespie Big 7
2939:Falling in Love with Jazz
2684:Coleman Hawkins All Stars
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2101:...And a Little Pleasure
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343:After basic training in
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1945:The Tommy Flanagan Trio
1860:, by Michael Fitzgerald
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1138:"Flanagan, Tommy"
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2054:Kenny Barron
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2025:Our Delights
2023:
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2001:Montreux '77
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1985:Confirmation
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1768:Bibliography
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1581:. JazzTimes.
1573:
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1497:Dryden, Ken
1493:
1484:Dryden, Ken
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808:
767:Kenny Barron
755:Roland Hanna
751:Barry Harris
748:
741:
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725:
719:
713:
700:Tom McIntosh
692:Benny Golson
684:Tadd Dameron
680:
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660:
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627:
615:
593:veterans or
584:
572:Red Mitchell
563:
557:
534:
531:
527:Tony Bennett
520:
512:Norman Granz
506:
500:and bassist
478:Harry Edison
475:
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431:and drummer
414:
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365:Yusef Lateef
342:
338:Toledo, Ohio
314:Pepper Adams
303:
277:Teddy Wilson
270:
258:Barry Harris
250:
235:
226:
211:
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186:Teddy Wilson
173:
172:
160:Years active
109:(2001-11-16)
36:
3897:2001 deaths
3892:1930 births
3873:Discography
3848:Pairing Off
3781:Clark Terry
3764:Tate-a-Tate
3745:Louis Smith
3733:A. K. Salim
3709:Jimmy Raney
3521:Herbie Mann
3425:Elvin Jones
3336:New Picture
3329:Jimmy Heath
3324:Really Big!
3317:Roland Kirk
3264:Grey's Mood
3136:Quiet Kenny
3129:Miles Davis
3109:Sonny Criss
3077:Arnett Cobb
3041:Donald Byrd
3029:Gary Burton
3016:Dave Bailey
2993:Gene Ammons
2882:First Place
2546:Ella à Nice
2432:Giant Steps
2229:Sea Changes
2117:Giant Steps
1937:Lonely Town
1852:Discography
774:Discography
737:Sea Changes
726:Giant Steps
618:Ben Ratliff
576:George Mraz
548:Gerald Ford
502:Percy Heath
465:Giant Steps
455:Giant Steps
443:Tyree Glenn
433:Elvin Jones
388:Miles Davis
361:Donald Byrd
330:Count Basie
213:Giant Steps
198:Miles Davis
3886:Categories
3853:Phil Woods
3829:Frank Wess
3804:ZT's Blues
3769:Buddy Tate
3645:Art Pepper
3613:Joe Newman
3583:, 1960–61)
3540:Dusty Blue
3449:Thad Jones
3313:Roy Haynes
3296:Drum Suite
3271:, 1973–75)
3205:Tal Farlow
3161:Ted Dunbar
2988:Boss Tenor
2947:Old Flames
2825:Statements
2817:Invitation
2809:Vibrations
2793:Bags' Opus
2712:Desafinado
2692:Night Hawk
2635:Blues-ette
2497:Fitzgerald
2278:The Master
2270:Encounter!
2170:Ron Carter
2158:Hank Jones
2138:Jaki Byard
1953:Solo Piano
1830:. Penguin.
1718:Bjorn 2001
1094:Bjorn 2001
1030:Bjorn 2001
997:Bjorn 2001
951:Bjorn 2001
936:Bjorn 2001
785:References
763:Helen Sung
696:Thad Jones
622:Lewis Nash
568:Tal Farlow
564:Piano Jazz
517:Art Farmer
509:impresario
384:Thad Jones
353:Korean War
289:Bud Powell
232:Early life
164:1940s–2001
151:Instrument
86:1930-03-16
71:Birth name
3665:Dave Pike
3473:Sonny Red
3000:Big Brass
2898:Pinnacles
2812:(1960–61)
2801:Bean Bags
2362:(1960–61)
2189:Jazz Poet
2125:Thelonica
2093:You're Me
1988:(1977–78)
1919:as leader
1759:Down Beat
1678:Billboard
1652:Billboard
1639:Billboard
1527:. p. E28.
1512:Down Beat
1446:. p. C19.
1431:Down Beat
1420:. p. C17.
1394:. p. C14.
731:Thelonica
638:Manhattan
273:Art Tatum
266:Sonny Red
182:Art Tatum
3704:Wisteria
3504:Vocalese
3456:Mad Thad
3036:Jazz Lab
2396:The Cats
2387:Coltrane
2319:Swingin'
2049:Together
1929:Overseas
1826:(2008).
1778:(2000).
1761:. p. 82.
1694:DownBeat
1680:. p. 79.
1654:. p. 78.
1641:. p. 67.
1553:. p. A4.
1514:. p. 18.
1433:. p. 46.
1335:. p. 14.
1322:. p. 27.
1275:. p. 18.
1249:. p. 29.
603:aneurysm
498:Jim Hall
490:Jo Jones
438:Overseas
349:Missouri
204:' album
133:hard bop
118:New York
97:Michigan
3855:, 1956)
3843:, 1968)
3831:, 1962)
3811:, 1961)
3783:, 1960)
3771:, 1960)
3759:, 1957)
3747:, 1958)
3735:, 1957)
3723:, 1960)
3711:, 1985)
3699:, 1960)
3687:, 1962)
3667:, 1962)
3647:, 1979)
3627:, 1960)
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3571:, 1980)
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3547:, 1960)
3527:, 1957)
3511:, 1985)
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3439:, 1958)
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3395:, 1962)
3383:, 1962)
3371:, 1991)
3331:, 1960)
3319:, 1962)
3303:, 1962)
3283:, 1961)
3269:Al Grey
3247:, 1970)
3227:, 1959)
3207:, 1981)
3187:, 1960)
3175:, 1960)
3163:, 1978)
3151:(1960 )
3143:, 1959)
3131:, 1956)
3111:, 1968)
3099:, 1991)
3079:, 1960)
3059:, 1976)
3043:, 1957)
3031:, 1962)
3018:, 1961)
3007:, 1960)
2995:, 1960)
2983:, 1985)
2976:Tentets
2914:Rollins
2849:Johnson
2776:Jackson
2699:, 1960)
2667:Hawkins
2665:Coleman
2411:, 1958)
2374:, 1962)
2302:Burrell
2176:, 1983)
2160:, 1983)
2140:, 1982)
2056:, 1978)
1993:Eclypso
1969:Trinity
1348:. p. 8.
1015:. p. 2.
246:Georgia
200:and on
93:Detroit
3819:(1960)
3799:(1960)
3791:(1965)
3655:(1956)
3591:(1960)
3499:(1960)
3491:(1958)
3403:(1960)
3364:Mirage
3359:(1962)
3215:(1975)
3067:(1957)
2968:others
2958:(1995)
2950:(1993)
2942:(1989)
2934:(1965)
2926:(1956)
2901:(1979)
2893:(1958)
2885:(1957)
2877:(1957)
2869:(1957)
2861:(1956)
2836:(1964)
2828:(1961)
2820:(1962)
2804:(1958)
2796:(1958)
2788:(1957)
2763:(1962)
2755:(1962)
2747:(1962)
2739:(1962)
2731:(1962)
2723:(1962)
2715:(1962)
2707:(1962)
2687:(1960)
2679:(1960)
2654:(1961)
2646:(1959)
2638:(1959)
2630:(1957)
2618:Fuller
2616:Curtis
2605:(1977)
2597:(1975)
2589:(1974)
2581:(1974)
2573:(1973)
2565:(1972)
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