Confirmation (Tommy Flanagan album)

Confirmation
Studio album by Tommy Flanagan
Released	1982
Recorded	February 4, 1977; November 15, 1978
Studio	Sound Ideas Studios and Penthouse Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	35:40
Label	Enja 4014
Producer	Horst Weber and Matthias Winckelmann
Tommy Flanagan chronology
Tommy Flanagan Plays the Music of Harold Arlen (1978) Confirmation (1982) Ballads & Blues (1978)

Confirmation is an album by pianist Tommy Flanagan compiling unreleased tracks recorded in 1977 and 1978 at sessions that produced Eclypso and Ballads & Blues which was released on the Enja label in 1982.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[4]

AllMusic awarded the album 3 stars.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Maybe September" (Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston) – 4:54
2. "Confirmation" [alternate take] (Charlie Parker) – 6:48
3. "How High the Moon" (Morgan Lewis, Nancy Hamilton) – 6:00
4. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 7:05
5. "Cup Bearers" [alternate take] (Tom McIntosh) – 4:05
6. "50-21" (Thad Jones) – 6:48

• Recorded at Sound Ideas Studios, NYC on February 4, 1977 (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6) and Penthouse Studio, NYC on November 15, 1978 (tracks 3 & 4)

Personnel

• Tommy Flanagan – piano
• George Mraz – bass
• Elvin Jones – drums (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6)

References

1. Tommy Flanagan Catalog accessed August 8, 2016
2. Discogs album entry, accessed August 8, 2016
3. Confirmation – Listing at AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (1st ed.). Penguin. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-14-015364-4.