Music
Pianist Tommy Flanagan looks surprisingly fit for someone who went through some serious assaults on his physical well-being during the past year.
Oct. 11, 1991
If the name of Tommy Flanagan is less celebrated than that of, say, Harry Connick Jr., the reasons have nothing to do with comparative talent.
Sept. 21, 1990
Entertainment & Arts
Tommy Flanagan breezed into town Thursday to open at the Loa, where he closes Sunday.
Feb. 20, 1988
Tommy Flanagan is the pianist most likely to be named a personal idol by other jazz pianists, whether they be swing veterans or avant-gardists.
Jan. 26, 1992
Tommy Flanagan, a jazz pianist of considerable elegance and grace thought by many critics to be among the finest in the business, has died.
Nov. 18, 2001
Pianist Tommy Flanagan, appearing through Sunday at Catalina’s, has been described as poetic, graceful and eloquent--adjectives not usually attached to a committed bebopper.
Oct. 3, 1991
UCLA Sports
Former Santa Margarita pitcher Ethan Flanagan had Tommy John surgery in high school and is finally healthy and ready to pitch for UCLA.
March 3, 2022
Pianist Cedar Walton has replaced Tommy Flanagan at Catalina Bar & Grill and will be there through Sunday, leading his own trio with Tony Dumas on bass and Roy McCurdy on drums.
Oct. 1, 1993
Playing for a full house liberally sprinkled with admiring fellow pianists, Tommy Flanagan opened Friday (and closed Sunday) at the Loa.
Aug. 14, 1989
Employing the majestic lyrical sense and not-one-note-wasted fluid style of improvisation that has been mesmerizing audiences for years, pianist Tommy Flanagan stole into town over the weekend.
Sept. 24, 1990