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Mraz, G. Jazz poet, p1989. (piano)
New York Times, Nov. 19, 2001: (Tommy Flanagan, 71, jazz pianist; d. Nov. 16, 2001, Manhattan, N.Y.)
African American National Biography, accessed January 20, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Flanagan, Tommy; pianist, jazz musician; born 16 March 1930 in Detroit, Michigan, United States; served in the army during 1951-1953, was part part of the legacy of great Detroit jazz pianists (1950’s); worked with bassist Oscar Pettiford, trombonist J.J.Johnson, Miles Davis, trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, trombonist Tyree Glenn, tenor-saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, and guitarist Jim Hall (1956-1958); worked as Ella Fitzgerald’s accompanist, touring the world (1963, 1968-1978); as leader of trios, featured players as bassists George Mraz and Peter Washington and drummers Al Foster, Kenny Washington, and Lewis Nash; notable interpreter of other artists’ songs, especially the music of Billy Strayhorn, Thad Jones, and Thelonious Monk; honors include, the Jazzpar Prize in Denmark (1993); died 16 November 2001)