Flanagan on Lexington

a poem by Albert Fried-Cassorla

 

    (On seeing the Tommy Flanagan Trio at the Jazz Standard, 27th Street, Manhattan, January 2, 2000. Last updated 9/10/01)

    Here's how it wuz…

    Why write? ..Cuz...

    Walking towards Flanagan, that mythical jazz pianist trippin' on the

    Manhattan crust.