Junior Mance Special is a solo album by jazz pianist Junior Mance recorded in the studio and live and released on the Sackville label in 1989.[1]
| Junior Mance Special | ||||
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| Studio album / Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | September 14, 1986, and November 30, 1988, Cherry Beach Sound and Cafe des Copains, Toronto, Canada | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 59:47 | |||
| Label | Sackville SKCD 2-3043 | |||
| Producer | John Norris and Bill Smith | |||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars, noting: "While he's best at blues-tinged material, Mance shows the versatility necessary to do other material and doesn't substitute clichés and gimmicks for ideas and substance".[2]
Track listing
edit- "Yancey Special" (Meade Lux Lewis, Andy Razaf) - 5:15
- "Careless Love (Traditional) - 6:54
- "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 3:50
- "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" (Billy Taylor) - 6:03
- "Since I Lost My Baby I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 6:18
- "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:54
- "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) - 6:21
- "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:45
- "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) - 7:14
- "Flat on Your Face" (Junior Mance) - 5:08
- Recorded at Cherry Beach Sound in Toronto, Canada on September 14, 1986 (tracks 1-5), and Cafe des Copains, Toronto, Canada on November 30, 1988 (tracks 6-10)
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ Junior Mance discography accessed August 16, 2016
- ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Mance's Special Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 928. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.