Happy Time (Reissue)
Junior Mance
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Happy Time | Junior Mance | 6:14 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Jitterbug Waltz | Junior Mance | 5:18 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Out South | Junior Mance | 5:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Tin Tin Deo | Junior Mance | 4:39 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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For Dancers Only | Junior Mance | 5:47 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Taggie's Tune | Junior Mance | 4:36 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Azure Te | Junior Mance | 5:33 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Simple Waltz | Junior Mance | 5:20 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 8 Songs |
Album Review
Pianist Junior Mance was in excellent company on this inspired 1962 session with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Mickey Roker. Its unfortunate this trio only recorded together on this one date as their unity propels the blues, gospel, and bebop ideas Mance consistently feeds them. The program is highlighted by three Mance originals "Out South," "Taggie's Tune," and the torrid joy of the opening theme "Happy Time," along with versions of "Jitterbug Waltz," "Tin Tin Deo," and Mance at his soulful bluesy best on Clark Terry's "The Simple Waltz."
Biography
Born: October 10, 1928 in Chicago, IL
Genre: Jazz
Years Active: '40s, '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, '00s
Junior Mance is well-known for his soulful bluesy style, but he is also expert at playing bop standards. He started playing professionally when he was ten. Mance worked with Gene Ammons in Chicago during 1947-1949, played with Lester Young (1950), and was with the Ammons-Sonny Stitt group until he was drafted. He was the house pianist at Chicago's Bee Hive (1953-1954), worked as Dinah Washington's accompanist (1954-1955), was in the first Cannonball Adderley Quintet (1956-1957), and then spent two...
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