The Cats (album)

The Cats is a jazz album released in December 1959 on New Jazz, a subsidiary label of Prestige Records.[1][2]It is credited to pianist Tommy Flanagan, saxophonist John Coltrane, guitarist Kenny Burrell, and trumpeter Idrees Sulieman. It was issued after Coltrane's Prestige contract had ended.

The Cats
Studio album by
Tommy Flanagan
ReleasedDecember 1959 (1959-12)[1][2]
RecordedApril 18, 1957
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
GenreJazz, hard bop
LabelNew Jazz/Prestige NJ-8217
ProducerBob Weinstock
Tommy Flanagan chronology
Overseas
(1957)		 The Cats
(1959)		 Lonely Town
(1959)
John Coltrane chronology
Soultrane
(1958)		 The Cats
(1959)		 Giant Steps
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Tommy Flanagan except where noted.

  1. "Minor Mishap" – 7:26
  2. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George and Ira Gershwin) – 5:58
  3. "Eclypso" – 7:57
  4. "Solacium" – 9:10
  5. "Tommy's Time" – 11:58

Personnel

On "How Long Has This Been Going On" Sulieman, Coltrane and Burrell do not play.

References
  1. Editorial Staff, Cash Box (December 12, 1959). "December Album Releases" (PDF). The Cash Box. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
  2. DeVito, Chris; Fujioka, Yasuhiro; Schmaler, Wolf; Wild, David (2013). Porter, Lewis (ed.). The John Coltrane Reference. New York/Abingdon: Routledge. p. 462. ISBN 9780415634632. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. "The Cats - Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Idrees Sulieman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.

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