Junior Mance - Groovin' Blues

Junior Mance - Groovin' Blues
Jazz ,Piano Jazz ,Post-Bebop | 1CD | FLAC | lossless |44,1kHz| 394 Mb

Biography by Scott Yanow — 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 years touring with Dizzy Gillespie (1958-1960). After a few months with the Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis/Johnny Griffin group, Mance formed his own trio and has mostly been a leader ever since. He has led sessions for Verve, Jazzland, Riverside, Capitol, Atlantic, Milestone, Polydor, Inner City, JSP, Nilva, Sackville, and Bee Hive, among other labels.
Tracklist:

1 Night Train Forrest 7:15
Composed by: Forrest
Performed by: Mance, Mance, Junior Trio, Eric Alexander

2 Blueberry Hill Lawrence, Lewis, Rose 7:03
Composed by: Lawrence, Lewis, Rose
Performed by: Mance, Junior Trio, Eric Alexander, Mance

3 Blues in the Closet Pettiford 7:02
Composed by: Pettiford
Performed by: Mance, Eric Alexander, Mance, Junior Trio

4 Lonely Avenue Pomus 11:14
Composed by: Pomus
Performed by: Eric Alexander, Mance, Mance, Junior Trio

5 Blue 'N' Boogie Gillespie 4:04
Composed by: Gillespie
Performed by: Eric Alexander, Mance, Mance, Junior Trio

6 I Got My Mojo Workin Waters 9:46
Composed by: Waters
Performed by: Eric Alexander, Mance, Mance, Junior Trio

7 All Blues Davis 7:53
Composed by: Davis
Performed by: Mance, Mance, Junior Trio, Eric Alexander

8 Bag's Groove Jackson 6:15
Composed by: Jackson
Performed by: Mance, Eric Alexander, Mance, Junior Trio

9 America the Beautiful Ward 4:12

Junior Mance (p)
Eric Alexander (ts)
Chip Jackson (b)
Idris Muhammad (d)

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