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Junior Mance: Sweet and Lovely

by Derek Taylor
July 6, 2004

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, ...

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Junior Mance: Sweet and Lovely

Read "Sweet and Lovely" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 1, 2004

Bobby Timmons, Gene Harris, Junior Mance - these men comprise the Holy Trinity of soul/blues jazz pianists. All three have a complete command of the blues, along with gospel, which makes up the subatomic particles of soul jazz piano. Why is Horace Silver not here? Because he is one of the founding fathers of hard bop, ...

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Music of Thelonious Monk

By Junior Mance

Label: Chiaroscuro Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Blue Monk; Little Rootie Tootie; Ba-Lue Bolivar Blues-Are; Ask Me Now; I Mean You; Rhythmaning; Straight No Chaser; Hackensack.

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Junior Mance: Music of Thelonious Monk

Read "Music of Thelonious Monk" reviewed by Riel Lazarus

by Riel Lazarus
December 3, 2003

In November of 2000 aboard a ship adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, reedman Joe Temperley joined pianist Junior Mance's Floating Jazz Festival Trio in what proved to be a perfect setting for a tribute to the music of Thelonious Monk. Like Monk, the waters beneath them were capable of powerful swings and torrents, and also like ...

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That Lovin' Feelin'

By Junior Mance

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2002
Track listing: Never On Sunday; Maria; Tara's Theme; Fanny; On Green Dolphin Street; One-Eyed Jacks; Exodus; Invitation; The Apartment; Goodbye Again; Spellbound; You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'; Mean Old Frisco Blues; Out South; The Good Life; Cubano Chant; Boss Blues; Blowin' In The Wind; When Sunny Gets Blue; Lee's Lament. (Total Time: 73:53).

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Junior Mance Trio & Orchestra: That Lovin' Feelin'

Read "That Lovin' Feelin'" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
July 12, 2002

Along with stylists such as Gene Harris and Bobby Timmons, pianist Junior Mance is too frequently thrown into a category of players put down for using the blues and other implicit forms that speak directly with their audience. The fact is, Mance can be a deftly imaginative artist whose best work can be heard on a ...

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Junior Mance: That Lovin' Feelin'

Read "That Lovin' Feelin'" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
July 1, 2002

The difficulty with pop culture... This release is reminiscent of a recent Bobby Timmons release by the Fantasy Group, Quartet and Orchestra . Both recordings tried to capitalize on these famous, blues-oriented jazz pianists playing popular songs of the day (e.g., the '60s and early '70s). In unfair retrospect, Timmons faired badly. On That Lovin' Feelin', ...

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With A Lotta Help From My Friends

By Junior Mance

Label: London Records
Released: 2001

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Queen of the Juke Box "Live", 1948-1955

By Dinah Washington

Label: Baldwin Street Music
Released: 2001
Track listing: Want to Cry; It's Too Soon to Know; I'll Never Be Free; I Cross My Fingers; Harbor Lights; Only a Moment Ago; I Wanna Be Loved; My Heart Cries for You; Time out for Tears; It's Too Soon to Know; N Y, Chicago & LA; Baby Get Lost; Dinah Talks; I Wanna Be Loved; I Won't Cry Anymore; Please Send Someone to Love; Tell Me Why; Cold Cold Heart; Wheel of Fortune; Mixed Emotions; Blow Top Blues; Such a Night; My Lean Baby; NY, Chicago & LA; Mixed Emotions; Come Rain or Come Shine; Dinah Talks; I Diddie.

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