Blue Mance
| Blue Mance | ||||
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| Studio album by The Junior Mance Trio | ||||
| Released | April 25, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | May 18, 1994 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 71:20 | |||
| Label | Chiaroscuro CR(D) 331 | |||
| Producer | Hank O'Neal | |||
| Junior Mance chronology | ||||
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Blue Mance is an album by the jazz pianist Junior Mance, recorded in 1994 and released on the Chiaroscuro label the following year.[1][2]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [4] |
AllMusic noted that "this CD finds Mance and his colleagues in excellent form on well-known standards as well as some lesser-known gems".[3]
Track listing[edit]
- "Falling in Love with Love" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:36
- "Head Start" (Keter Betts) - 5:12
- "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) - 8:10
- "Teach Me Tonight" (Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn) - 5:21
- "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) - 9:31
- "Blue Mance" (Junior Mance) - 7:35
- "Shepherd of the Night Flock" (Duke Ellington) - 5:42
- "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) - 5:52
- "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" (Billy Taylor) - 8:52
- "Jazzspeak" - 9:07
Personnel[edit]
- Junior Mance - piano
- Keter Betts - bass
- Jackie Williams - drums
References[edit]
- ^ Chiaroscuro caltalog album entry Archived 2019-03-29 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 16, 2016
- ^ Junior Mance discography Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 16, 2016
- ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Blue Mance 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.