Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard
{{Infobox album
| name = Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard
| type = Live album
| artist = Junior Mance
| cover = Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1961
| recorded = February 22–23, 1961
| venue = Village Vanguard, New York City
| studio =
| genre = Jazz
| length = 42:10
| label = Jazzland
JLP 41
| producer = Orrin Keepnews
| chronology = Junior Mance
| prev_title = The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance
| prev_year = 1960
| next_title = Big Chief!
| next_year = 1961
}}
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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-jazzland-series/#jlp-41 Jazzland Records discography] accessed November 9, 2012[http://www.juniormance.com/Junior_Mance_Disco.pdf Junior Mance discography] accessed August 15, 2016
Reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}
| rev2 = DownBeat
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Wilson |first=John S. |date=September 28, 1961 |title=Junior Mance: At the Villige Vanguard |magazine=DownBeat |volume=28 |issue=20 |pages=33–34 }}
| rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=927}}
}}
The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer wrote that the album was inferior to The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance, because it lacked emotion and individuality. 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".Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/junior-mance-trio-at-the-village-vanguard-mw0000652735 AllMusic Review] accessed November 9, 2012
Track listing
All compositions by Junior Mance except where noted.
- "Looptown" - 5:05
- "Letter from Home" - 4:50
- "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) - 4:01
- "63rd Street Theme" (Johnny Griffin) - 6:17
- "Smokey Blues" - 6:36
- "9:20 Special" (William Engvick, Earle Warren) - 5:10
- "Bingo Domingo" (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis) - 4:41
- "You Are Too Beautiful" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 5:30
Personnel
References
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