Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard explained

Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard is a live album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer wrote that the album was inferior to The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance, because it lacked emotion and individuality. The AllMusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating: "Mance's many fans have no reason to despair though for, in addition to a boppish rendition of "Girl of My Dreams", the pianist does perform a generous amount of blues and soulful pieces".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Junior Mance except where noted.

1. "Looptown" - 5:05
2. "Letter from Home" - 4:50
3. "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) - 4:01
4. "63rd Street Theme" (Johnny Griffin) - 6:17
5. "Smokey Blues" - 6:36
6. "" (William Engvick, Earle Warren) - 5:10
7. "Bingo Domingo" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) - 4:41
8. "You Are Too Beautiful" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:30

Personnel

• Junior Mance - piano
• Larry Gales - bass
• Ben Riley - drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-jazzland-series/#jlp-41 Jazzland Records discography
2. http://www.juniormance.com/Junior_Mance_Disco.pdf Junior Mance discography
3. Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed November 9, 2012