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2009 Caramoor Jazz Festival to Feature Reeves, Walton, Valdes, Weston, and More
Katonah, New York - The 2009 Caramoor International Music Festival, hailed by The New York Times as “... the loveliest Festival of them all," presents its 16th Annual Jazz Festival on August 1 and 2 at the Venetian Theater. Jazz Producer Jim Luce assembles a star-studded line-up of both jazz legends and new forces on ...
Litchfield Jazz Camp Awards $90,000 in Need-Based Scholarships
Litchfield Jazz Camp Awards $90,000 in Need-Based Scholarships Location: Kent School, Kent, CT Contact: 860-567-4162 Email: [email protected] Website: litchfieldjazzfest.com Kent. CT--Litchfield Jazz Camp, the 13-year-old teaching arm of the renowned Litchfield Jazz Festival, has made if first big move this summer-- to Kent School in Kent, CT, for a month-long ...
Groovin' with Junior
By Junior Mance
Label: Sackville
Released: 2008
Track listing: Falling in Love with Love; Ask Me Now; Blues for the Bistro; For Dancers Only; Bags Groove; Stormy Weather; The Theme.
Test of Time Releases "Holy Mama" by Junior Mance
Test of Time Records proudly announces the release of the remastered Holy Mama by the Junior Mance. This album was originally released in 1976 and is now available on CD for the first time here in the U.S. This work by the Junior Mance-led trio, with Martin Rivera on bass and Salvatore ...
Junior Mance: Eighty Years Young
by Ken Dryden
Chicago native Junior Mance doesn't sound like a man approaching his 80th birthday. The pianist, who credits Gene Ammons, Cannonball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie with helping him grow as a musician, has led over 30 recordings of his own and made numerous appearances as a sideman during a lengthy career. An enthusiastic conversationalist with a great ...
Junior Mance: Groovin' with Junior
by Stuart Broomer
Nearing 80, Junior Mance is among the last still-vigorous performers of his generation, the master of a blues-drenched piano style that fuses bop harmony and block chords with tremolos and funky pentatonics. His biography is also his tradition, including stints with Gene Ammons, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie and Dinah Washington. Mance has visited Toronto ...
Johnny Griffin
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2004
Track listing: I Cried For You; Satin Wrap; Yesterdays; Riff-Raff; Bee-Ees; The Boy Next Door; These Foolish Things; Lollypop.
Sweet And Lovely
By Junior Mance
Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: The Uptown; Ralph's New Blues; Main Stem; Darlin, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup; Playhouse; Sweet And Lovely; In The Land Of Oo-Bla-Dee; I Don't Care; Swingmatism; Big Chief!; Love For Sale; Fillet Of Soul; Swish; Summertime; Ruby My Dear; Little Miss Gail; Atlanta Blues.
Junior Mance: Sweet and Lovely
by Derek Taylor
Junior Mance Sweet and Lovely Milestone 2004 The heyday of hard bop was a boon for jazz piano enthusiasts. New names on the ivories surfaced continuously like seedlings after a fresh rain. Along with the acknowledged masters like Powell and Monk were their second generation acolytes: Bobby Timmons, ...
