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Blue Mance
Studio album by
The Junior Mance Trio
ReleasedApril 25, 1995
RecordedMay 18, 1994
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length71:20
LabelChiaroscuro
CR(D) 331
ProducerHank O'Neal
Junior Mance chronology
Here 'Tis
(1992)
Blue Mance
(1995)
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
(1994)

Blue Mance is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance recorded in 1994 and released on the Chiaroscuro label the following year.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars noting "this CD finds Mance and his colleagues in excellent form on well-known standards as well as some lesser-known gems".[3]

Track listing

  1. "Falling in Love with Love" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:36
  2. "Head Start" (Keter Betts) - 5:12
  3. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) - 8:10
  4. "Teach Me Tonight" (Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn) - 5:21
  5. "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) - 9:31
  6. "Blue Mance" (Junior Mance) - 7:35
  7. "Shepherd of the Night Flock" (Duke Ellington) - 5:42
  8. "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) - 5:52
  9. "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" (Billy Taylor) - 8:52
  10. "Jazzspeak" - 9:07

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Chiaroscuro caltalog album entry accessed August 16, 2016
  2. ^ Junior Mance discography Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 16, 2016
  3. ^ a b Wynn, Ron. Blue Mance Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.