Junior Mance - Junior
Piano – Junior Mance
Bass – Ray Brown
Drums – Lex Humphries
Written by Junior Mance (B2, B4-5), Benny Goodman (A1), Ernie Royal (A1), Gene Wright (A2), Benny Golson (A3), Cole Porter (A4), Peter DeRose (A5), Mitchell Parish (A5), Hoagy Carmichael (B1), Frank Loesser (B1), Dizzy Gillespie (B3)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12''
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Third Man Pressing, Detroit, MI
Label : Verve - Verve By Request Series
Original Label : Verve
Recorded in April 9, 1959 in New York City
Produced by Norman Granz
Remastered by Ryan Smith
Art Direction by Sheldon Marks
Liner Notes by Nat Hentoff
Photography by Burt Goldblatt
Originally released in 1959
Reissued in December 2023
Tracks :
Side A:
- A Smooth One
- Miss Jackie's Delight
- Whisper Not
- Love for Sale
- Lilacs in the Rain
Side B:
- Small Fry
- Jubilation
- Birk's Works
- Blues for Beverlee
- Junior's Tune
Reviews :
“The clarity and freshness of ideas that Junior Mance projects on his instrument are refreshing in a jazz field cluttered with experimentalists and fumblers. Junior has the unusual ability to exude tremendous emotional qualities in his playing whilst still retaining the necessary and fundamental swinging condiments inherent in jazz. I truthfully believe that Junior Mance is a new direction as far as modern jazz pianists are concerned. His ideas have the continuity and diversification that lend a story-telling quality to his playing. I am sure that on listening to JUNIOR you will enjoy everything that he has to say, and believe me, this young man has a bountiful amount yet unsaid.” Oscar Peterson (1959)
Rating:
AllMusic : 3 / 5 ; Discogs 4.54 / 5