Pianist
Tommy Flanagan's playing seems to be more direct, edited and stronger as he gets older; certainly his reemergence in the mid-'70s as a solo artist produced his strongest work.
Giant Steps, was a Feb. '82 tribute to
John Coltrane with super backing from bassist
George Mraz and drummer
Al Foster...This set was particularly inventive; it was
Coltrane's music, but it drinks of its own spirit. You won't listen for the familiar
Trane solos, but you will listen! ~ Bob Rusch, Cadence