Tommy Flanagan discusses his time with the Duke Ellington Orchestra

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Tommy Flanagan discusses his early days in music

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Tommy Flanagan discusses live versus studio recording

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Q: “Would you rather make live albums than studio ones, or do you like to have the chance at having a second crack at a tune?”

A: “I don't know. It's something about making live records, you know, let's say the atmosphere and I don't ... I think I don't know. I think when you … seeing it at that particular time and hearing it right there, I don't think they can capture it on the record. They probably can capture it on the film, you know, the video tape. The way they're doing it now, you can capture it there, but the live records, I don't know.”