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Junior Mance: Sweet and Lovely
by C. Michael Bailey
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, ...
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.
Junior Mance: Music of Thelonious Monk
by Riel Lazarus
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 ...
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).
Junior Mance Trio & Orchestra: That Lovin' Feelin'
by C. Andrew Hovan
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 ...
Junior Mance: That Lovin' Feelin'
by C. Michael Bailey
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', ...
Queen of the Juke Box "Live", 1948-1955
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.
Happy Time
By Junior Mance
Label: Jazzland Recordings
Released: 2000
Track listing: Happy Time/ Jitterbug Waltz/ Out South/ Tin Tin Deo/ For Dancers Only/ Taggie
