I Believe to My Soul (album)
| I Believe to My Soul | ||||
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| Studio album by Junior Mance | ||||
| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded |
September 12, 1966 and August 3 & 4, 1967 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:04 | |||
| Label |
Atlantic SD 1496 | |||
| Producer | Joel Dorn | |||
| Junior Mance chronology | ||||
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I Believe to My Soul is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was released on the Atlantic label in 1968.[1][2]
Reception
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Dave Nathan stating, "Mance never ventures far from that jazzy soulfulness which characterized his playing. This is a good representative recording by an artist who was never able to raise himself to the top tier of jazz pianists".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Junior Mance except where indicated
- "I Believe to My Soul" (Ray Charles) - 5:11
- "A Time and a Place" (Jimmy Heath) - 5:07
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) - 3:13
- "Golden Spur" - 5:06
- "Don't Worry 'Bout It" - 2:08
- "Home on the Range" (Traditional) - 6:47
- "Sweets for My Sweet" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) - 5:41
- "My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 3:51
Personnel
- Junior Mance - piano
- Melvin Lastie (track 5), Joe Newman (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Jimmy Owens (tracks 1 & 7) - trumpet
- David Newman (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Frank Wess (track 5) - tenor saxophone
- Hubert Laws - tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1 & 7)
- Bobby Capers (tracks 1 & 7), Haywood Henry (track 5) - baritone saxophone
- Bob Cunningham (tracks 3 & 4), Richard Davis (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8) - bass
- Jimmy Tyrell - electric bass (tracks 1 & 7)
- Alan Dawson (tracks 3 & 4), Ray Lucas (tracks 1 & 7), Freddie Waits (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8) - drums
- Ray Barretto - congas (track 7)
- Sylvia Shemwell - vocals (tracks 1 & 7)
- Uunidentified string section conducted by Gene Orloff (track 6)
References
- ↑ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 Series accessed September 18, 2015
- ↑ Junior Mance discography accessed September 18, 2015
- 1 2 Nathan, Dave. I Believe to My Soul – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
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