The Cats (album)

The Cats is a jazz album by Tommy Flanagan and jointly credited to Flanagan, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, and Idrees Sulieman, released in 1959 on New Jazz, a subsidiary label of Prestige Records.[3] It was issued after Coltrane's Prestige contract had ended.

The Cats
Studio album by Tommy Flanagan
Released	1959
Recorded	April 18, 1957
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre	Jazz, hard bop
Label	New Jazz/Prestige NJ-8217
Producer	Bob Weinstock
Tommy Flanagan chronology
Overseas (1957) The Cats (1959) Lonely Town (1959)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz	[2]

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 Tune" – 11:58

Personnel

• Idrees Sulieman – trumpet
• John Coltrane – tenor saxophone
• Tommy Flanagan – piano - trio track 2
• Kenny Burrell – guitar
• Doug Watkins – bass
• Louis Hayes – drums

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

References

1. "The Cats - Tommy Flanagan, John Coltrane, Kenny Burrell, Idrees Sulieman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1996). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (3rd ed.). Penguin. p. 454. ISBN 978-0-14-051368-4.
3. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (September 7, 1959). "Reviews of This Week's LP's". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books.

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