Released 1964 Artist Junior Mance Producer Dave Cavanaugh Genre Jazz | Length 28:14 Release date 1964 Label CAPITOL RECORDS | |
Recorded September 13, 14 & 15, 1964
Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA Straight Ahead!
(1964) That's Where It Is!
(1965) Junior Mance albums Get Ready - Set - Jump!!!, Happy Time, Harlem Lullaby, Live at the Top | ||
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Straight Ahead! is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance, recorded in 1964 and released on the Capitol label.
Contents
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars, with reviewer Dave Nathan stating, "Combining Mance's natural blues-inflected piano with a big horn sound is a true aural treat. The result is a musical conversation with each side taking turns playing on or over the melody line. ... Usually a large-ensemble format doesn't allow for much diversion from the charts. Here it's clear that the band stayed with the charts, but Mance was allowed a good deal of leeway in his playing. He could respond to the call of the band as he saw fit. The result is a dynamic session combining the best of a disciplined brass assembly with the unfettered play of a top jazz improvisor".
Track listing
- "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 2:28
- "Hannah Strikes Again" (Hank Lentz) -1:45
- "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 4:52
- "Diane" (Lew Pollack, Erno Rapee) - 2:43
- "Happy Time" (Junior Mance) - 2:35
- "The Late, Late Show" (Roy Alfred, Murray Berlin) - 2:07
- "Fine Brown Frame" (Guadalupe Cartiero, J. Mayo Williams) - 2:08
- "Señor Mance" (Mance, Bob Bain) - 2:11
- "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Andy Razaf) - 2:57
- "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) - 2:18
- "The J. A. M. F." (Lentz) - 2:10
Personnel
Songs
1In a Mellow Tone2:33
2Hannah Strikes Again1:46
3Li'l Darlin'4:55