Sunset and the Mockingbird

Sunset and the Mockingbird
Live album by Tommy Flanagan
Released	1998
Recorded	March 16, 1997 Village Vanguard, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	133:39
Label	Blue Note 7243 4 93155 2
Producer	Diana Flanagan
Tommy Flanagan chronology
Sea Changes (1996) Sunset and the Mockingbird (1997)

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.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Allmusic gave the album 4 stars with Ken Dryden's review calling it a "memorable set".^[3] 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".^[4] 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".^[5]

Track listing

1. "Birdsong" (Thad Jones) - 9:16
2. "With Malice Toward None" (Tom McIntosh) - 10:26
3. "Let's" (Jones) - 7:19
4. "I Waited for You" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:27
5. "Tin Tin Deo" (Fuller, Chano Pozo) - 14:34
6. "Sunset and the Mockingbird" (Duke Ellington) - 5:52
7. "The Balanced Scales/The Cupbearers" (Mcintosh) - 12:42
8. "Good Night My Love" (Harry Revel, Mack Gordon) - 4:08

Personnel

• Tommy Flanagan - piano
• Peter Washington - bass
• Lewis Nash - drums

References

1. Tommy Flanagan Catalog accessed August 8, 2016
2. Blue Note Records album entry, accessed August 8, 2016
3. Dryden, Ken. Sunset and the Mockingbird – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 8, 2016.
4. Bennett, B. JazzTimes Review, April 1999
5. Bowers, J. All About Jazz Review, October 1, 1998