FLANAGAN, TOMMY LEE

FLANAGAN, TOMMY LEE. Jazz pianist (16 March 1930 in Detroit, Michigan). His family encouraged his musical interests: his older brother and sister played piano and he began piano study with the same teacher when he was ten years old. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Detroit, Michigan, where he began clarinet study at the age of six. His early style development was influenced by Henry (Hank) Jones, Earl (Bud) Powell , and Art Tatum , whom he heard through...