- published: 15 Feb 2014
- views: 135025
Thomas Lee Flanagan (16 March 1930 – 16 November 2001, New York City) was an American jazz pianist born in Detroit, Michigan, particularly remembered for his work with Ella Fitzgerald. Flanagan played on a number of critically acclaimed recordings, such as John Coltrane's Giant Steps,Sonny Rollins' Saxophone Colossus,The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery, and Art Pepper's Straight Life.
As a small boy he received a clarinet as a gift for Christmas but could only think about one instrument, the piano. According to Flanagan "we always had a piano in our house" and he began playing it at the age of five.
The Tommy Flanagan Trio (with bassist Wilbur Little and drummer Elvin Jones) released their first album, Tommy Flanagan Trio Overseas, in 1957. As an accompanist, Flanagan worked with Ella Fitzgerald from 1963 to 1965 and 1968 to 1978. Beginning in 1975, Flanagan began once again to perform and record as a leader. He continued to work with other players, however, forming a trio with Tal Farlow and Red Mitchell, among other projects.
Actors: Kjell Bergqvist (actor), Jessica Ask (producer), Danny Boushebel (actor), Viking Almquist (actor), Åsa Mossberg (editor), Alex Kruz (actor), Per Fly (director), Rob Morgan (actor), Kicki Ilander (costume designer), Sverrir Gudnason (actor), Silvana Jakich (actress), Lillie Aleksandrov (miscellaneous crew), Cecilia Ljung (actress), Jonas Rydergren (miscellaneous crew), Rikard Andersson (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: "Monica Z" is a biopic about the Swedish singer and actress Monica Zetterlund focusing on her journey from a job as a telephone operator in a small town in Sweden to stardom in the clubs of New York and Stockholm. During her career, Zetterlund recorded numerous jazz albums and appeared in 10 films. In 1963 she represented Sweden in the Eurovision song contest and in 1972 won Sweden's national film prize - a Guldbagge - for best supporting actress for her role in "The Emigrants" ("Utvandrarna"). Scoliosis forced Zetterlund to retired from performing in 1999. She died six years later after a fire in her apartment in Stockholm.
Keywords: 1960s, balancing-family-and-career, biopic, double-bass, ella-fitzgerald, eurovision-song-contest, father-daughter-relationship, female-singer, mother-daughter-relationship, nightclub