Junior Mance Special

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
Studio album / Live album by
Junior Mance
Released1989
RecordedSeptember 14, 1986, and November 30, 1988,
Cherry Beach Sound and Cafe des Copains, Toronto, Canada
GenreJazz
Length59:47
LabelSackville
SKCD 2-3043
ProducerJohn Norris and Bill Smith
Junior Mance chronology
Truckin' and Trakin'
(1983)		 Junior Mance Special
(1989)		 Here 'Tis
(1992)

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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
  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

References
  1. Junior Mance discography accessed August 16, 2016
  2. Wynn, Ron. Mance's Special Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
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