I Believe to My Soul (album)

I Believe to My Soul is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was released on the Atlantic label in 1968.

I Believe to My Soul
Studio album by Junior Mance
Released	February 1968
Recorded	September 12, 1966, and August 3 & 4, 1967 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:04
Label	Atlantic SD 1496
Producer	Joel Dorn
Junior Mance chronology
Harlem Lullaby (1966) I Believe to My Soul (1968) The Good Life (1967)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Dave Nathan stating, "Mance never ventures far from that jazzy soulfulness which characterized his playing. This is a good representative recording by an artist who was never able to raise himself to the top tier of jazz pianists".

Track listing

All compositions by Junior Mance except where indicated

1. "I Believe to My Soul" (Ray Charles) – 5:11
2. "A Time and a Place" (Jimmy Heath) – 5:07
3. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) – 3:13
4. "Golden Spur" – 5:06
5. "Don't Worry 'Bout It" – 2:08
6. "Home on the Range" (Traditional) – 6:47
7. "Sweets for My Sweet" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 5:41
8. "My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:51

Personnel

• Junior Mance – piano
• Melvin Lastie (track 5), Joe Newman (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Jimmy Owens (tracks 1 & 7) – trumpet
• David Newman (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Frank Wess (track 5) – tenor saxophone
• Hubert Laws – tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1 & 7)
• Bobby Capers (tracks 1 & 7), Haywood Henry (track 5) – baritone saxophone
• Bob Cunningham (tracks 3 & 4), Richard Davis (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8) – bass
• Jimmy Tyrell – electric bass (tracks 1 & 7)
• Alan Dawson (tracks 3 & 4), Ray Lucas (tracks 1 & 7), Freddie Waits (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8) – drums
• Ray Barretto – congas (track 7)
• Sylvia Shemwell – vocals (tracks 1 & 7)
• Uunidentified string section conducted by Gene Orloff (track 6)