Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard

1961 live album by Junior Mance

Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard

Live album by

Junior Mance

Released| 1961
Recorded| February 22–23, 1961
Venue| Village Vanguard, New York City
Genre| Jazz
Length| 42:10
Label| Jazzland
JLP 41
Producer| Orrin Keepnews
Junior Mance chronology
| The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance
(1960)  | Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard
(1961)  | Big Chief!
(1961)

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Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard is a live album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.[1][2]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [3]
DownBeat| [4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [5]

The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer wrote that the album was inferior to The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance, because it lacked emotion and individuality.[4] The AllMusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating: "Mance's many fans have no reason to despair though for, in addition to a boppish rendition of "Girl of My Dreams", the pianist does perform a generous amount of blues and soulful pieces".[3]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Junior Mance except where noted.

1. "Looptown" - 5:05
2. "Letter from Home" - 4:50
3. "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) - 4:01
4. "63rd Street Theme" (Johnny Griffin) - 6:17
5. "Smokey Blues" - 6:36
6. "9:20 Special" (William Engvick, Earle Warren) - 5:10
7. "Bingo Domingo" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) - 4:41
8. "You Are Too Beautiful" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:30

## Personnel

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* Junior Mance \- piano
* Larry Gales \- bass
* Ben Riley \- drums

## References

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1. ^ Jazzland Records discography accessed November 9, 2012
2. ^ Junior Mance discography accessed August 15, 2016
3. ^ a b Yanow, S. AllMusic Review accessed November 9, 2012
4. ^ a b Wilson, John S. (September 28, 1961). "Junior Mance: At the Villige Vanguard". DownBeat. Vol. 28, no. 20\. pp. 33–34.33-34&rft.date=1961-09-28&rft.aulast=Wilson&rft.aufirst=John+S.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Junior+Mance+Trio+at+the+Village+Vanguard" class="Z3988">
5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 927\. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Junior Mance

Studio
albums|

* Junior (1959)
* The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance (1960)
* Big Chief! (1961)
* The Soul of Hollywood (1962)
* Junior's Blues (1962)
* Happy Time (1962)
* Get Ready, Set, Jump!!! (1964)
* Straight Ahead! (1964)
* That's Where It Is! (1965)
* Harlem Lullaby (1966)
* I Believe to My Soul (1966)
* With a Lotta Help from My Friends (1970)
* That Lovin' Feelin' (1972)
* The Junior Mance Touch (1973)
* Holy Mama (1976)
* Deep (1980)
* For Dancers Only (1983)
* Truckin' and Trakin' (1983)
* Junior Mance Special (1986)
* Here 'Tis (1992)
* Blue Mance (1994)

Live
albums|

* Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard (1961)
* Live at the Top (1968)

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* MusicBrainz release group

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