Junior (Junior Mance album)

Junior
Studio album by Junior Mance
Released	1959
Recorded	April 9, 1959 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:44
Label	Verve MGV 8319/MGVS 6057
Producer	Norman Granz
Junior Mance chronology
Junior (1959) The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance (1960)

Junior is the debut album led by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.^[1][2] 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!.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Junior Mance except as indicated

1. "A Smooth One" (Benny Goodman, Ernie Royal) – 3:29
2. "Miss Jackie's Delight" (Gene Wright) - 3:54
3. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) - 4:22
4. "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 4:26
5. "Lilacs in the Rain" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) - 3:42
6. "Small Fry" (Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser) - 4:08
7. "Jubilation" - 3:31
8. "Birk's Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:45
9. "Blues for Beverlee" - 7:54
10. "Junior's Tune" - 3:33

Personnel

• Junior Mance - piano
• Ray Brown - bass
• Lex Humphries - drums

References

1. Verve Records catalog: 8300 series accessed August 15, 2016
2. Junior Mance discography accessed August 15, 2016
3. Myers, M. Jazz Wax: Interview: Junior Mance (Part 3), January 7, 2011
4. Allmusic listing accessed August 15, 2016