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Junior (Junior Mance album)

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Released
  
1959

Artist
  
Junior Mance

Producer
  
Norman Granz

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
44:44

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Universal Music LLC

Recorded
  
April 9, 1959New York City

Junior Mance albums
  
Harlem Lullaby, Live at the Top, The Soulful Piano of Junior Ma

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Junior is the debut album led by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label. Norman Granz offered Mance the opportunity to record his own album after working on the sessions that produced Dizzy Gillespie's Have Trumpet, Will Excite!.

Contents

Junior mance trio jubilation


Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.

Track listing

All compositions by Junior Mance except where noted.

  1. "A Smooth One" (Benny Goodman, Ernie Royal) – 3:29
  2. "Miss Jackie's Delight" (Gene Wright) - 3:54
  3. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) - 4:22
  4. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 4:26
  5. "Lilacs in the Rain" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) - 3:42
  6. "Small Fry" (Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser) - 4:08
  7. "Jubilation" - 3:31
  8. "Birk's Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:45
  9. "Blues for Beverlee" - 7:54
  10. "Junior's Tune" - 3:33

Personnel

  • Junior Mance - piano
  • Ray Brown - bass
  • Lex Humphries - drums

    • Songs

    1A Smooth One3:27
    2Miss Jackie's Delight3:53
    3Whisper Not4:20

    References

    Junior (Junior Mance album) Wikipedia
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