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Released
  
1989

Junior Mance Special (1986-88)
  
Here 'Tis (1992)

Release date
  
1989

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
59:47

Artist
  
Junior Mance

Label
  
Sackville

Producers
  
John Norris, Bill Smith

Recorded
  
September 14, 1986 and November 30, 1988 Cherry Beach Sound and Cafe des Copains, Toronto, Canada

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

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.

Contents

Reception

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".

Track listing

  1. "Yancey Special" (Meade Lux Lewis, Andy Razaf) - 5:15
  2. "Careless Love (Traditional) - 6:54
  3. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 3:50
  4. "[I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free]]" (Billy Taylor) - 6:03
  5. "Since I Lost My Baby I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 6:18
  6. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:54
  7. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) - 6:21
  8. "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:45
  9. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) - 7:14
  10. "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

  • Junior Mance - piano

    • Songs

    1Yancey Special5:16
    2Careless Love6:54
    3If You Could See Me Now3:51

    References

    Junior Mance Special Wikipedia
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