Junior Mance Special Explained

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]

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.juniormance.com/Junior_Mance_Disco.pdf Junior Mance discography