Junior is the debut album led by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.Verve Records catalog: 8300 series accessed August 15, 2016Junior Mance discography accessed August 15, 2016 Norman Granz offered Mance the opportunity to record his own album after working on the sessions that produced Dizzy Gillespie's Have Trumpet, Will Excite!.Myers, M. Jazz Wax: Interview: Junior Mance (Part 3), January 7, 2011
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.Allmusic listing accessed August 15, 2016
Track listing All compositions by Junior Mance except where noted. "A Smooth One" (Benny Goodman, Ernie Royal) – 3:29 "Miss Jackie's Delight" (Gene Wright) – 3:54 "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) – 4:22 "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 4:26 "Lilacs in the Rain" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) – 3:42 "Small Fry" (Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser) – 4:08 "Jubilation" – 3:31 "Birks' Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 5:45 "Blues for Beverlee" – 7:54 "Junior's Tune" – 3:33
Personnel Junior Mance - piano Ray Brown - bass Lex Humphries - drums
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