Wild Bill Moore - 90 Wild Bill's Beat & Bottom Groove

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 76:44
Size: 176,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:46)  1. Heavy Soul
(5:57)  2. A Good 'un
(5:28)  3. Tearin' Out
(6:51)  4. Wild Bill's Beat
(5:11)  5. Things Are Getting Better
(5:18)  6. Bubbles
(5:15)  7. Just You, Just Me
(6:20)  8. Sister Caroline
(5:38)  9. Bottom Groove
(5:35) 10. My Little Girl
(5:36) 11. Down With It
(7:12) 12. Sea Breezes
(5:30) 13. Caravan

Many of the tenor saxophonists who came out of the honker school of the '40s and early '50s had no problem being relevant to the soul-jazz scene of the '60s. That's because '60s soul-jazz was very much an extension of classic honker music; the recordings that big-toned tenor titans like Willis "Gator" Jackson and Arnett Cobb provided in the '60s were not a radical departure from their early sessions. Influenced by Illinois Jacquet and Chu Berry, Wild Bill Moore was the essence of an extroverted, big-toned, hard-blowing honker he epitomized what critic Scott Yanow calls "rhythm & jazz" (that is, jazz with strong R&B leanings). This 76-minute CD, which Fantasy assembled in 2002, reissues two Orrin Keepnews-produced albums that Moore recorded for Jazzland in 1961: Bottom Groove and Wild Bill's Beat. Both albums employ Joe Benjamin on upright bass, Ben Riley on drums, and Ray Barretto on congas, but while Wild Bill's Beat features pianist Junior Mance, Bottom Groove is an organ date with Johnny "Hammond" Smith (one of the countless Jimmy Smith-minded organists who was active in the '60s). Despite the fact that one album has a pianist and the other has an organist, they are quite similar. Both are state-of-the-art soul-jazz, and both are highly accessible; people who, in the '60s, felt that a lot of post-swing jazz was too cerebral and abstract for its own good had no problem getting into straightforward players like Moore. Soulful accessibility is the rule whether Moore is playing original material or turning his attention to Nat Adderley's "Sister Caroline" and Duke Ellington's "Caravan." Naturally, there are plenty of 12-bar jazz-blues grooves, and Moore shows listeners how appealing a ballad player he could be on the dreamy "Sea Breezes." This CD is well worth acquiring if you have a taste for '60s soul-jazz. ~ Alex Henderson https://www.allmusic.com/album/bottom-groove-mw0000659120

Personnel: Tenor Saxophone – Wild Bill Moore;  Bass – Joe Benjamin; Congas – Ray Barretto; Drums – Ben Riley; Organ – Johnny "Hammond" Smith (tracks: 8 to 13); Piano – Junior Mance (tracks: 1 to 7)

90 Wild Bill's Beat & Bottom Groove

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Ray Crawford - Smooth Groove

Styles: Guitar Jazz
Year: 1961
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:32
Size: 99,9 MB
Art: Front

( 8:30)  1. The Compendium Suite
( 7:39)  2. Miss April
( 6:09)  3. Impossible
(10:11)  4. I Knew Prez
(11:00)  5. Smooth Groove

Guitarist Ray Crawford, best known for his associations with pianist Ahmad Jamal and organist Jimmy Smith, only led one session in his early years. Because the Candid label soon went bankrupt, the set went unreleased altogether until this 1988 CD. Comprised of five Crawford originals, the session finds the guitarist playing fairly advanced hard bop with trumpeter Johnny Coles, baritonist Cecil Payne (in top form), pianist Junior Mance, bassist Ben Tucker, and drummer Frankie Dunlop. Everyone sounds fine, making one regret that this set fell between the cracks for so many years.~Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/album/smooth-groove-mw0000093298

Personnel: Ray Crawford (guitar), Cecil Payne (baritone saxophone), Johnny Coles (trumpet), Junior Mance (piano), Ben Tucker (bass), Frankie Dunlop (drums).

Smooth Groove

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Chie Ayado & Junior Mance - Chie Ayado Meets Junior Mance Trio Live

Size: 102,9 MB
Time: 44:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Jazz/Pop/Blues Vocals, Standards
Art: Front

01. Stormy Monday (Live) (6:54)
02. I'm Walkin' (Live) (3:53)
03. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (Live) (4:48)
04. Sunny (Live) (3:58)
05. Summertime (Live) (5:04)
06. Autumn Leaves (Live) (4:06)
07. Route 66 (Live) (5:28)
08. It Don't Mean A Thing (Live) (3:22)
09. Georgia On My Mind (Live) (5:51)
10. Happy Birthday (Live) (0:57)

Influenced by her parents' hobbies, Chie has been surrounded by jazz and Hollywood movies from an early age. She first studied classical piano but soon began to swing, and grew up as a kid that always preferred gospel to psalms. When she was 17 years old, she scraped together all money she had saved with part-time jobs, and left for the land of dreams: the US West Coast.

After moving her bases to NYC, Chie was invited by a record store owner to "visit a church and listen to some gospel". She agreed, and became a member of church's choir on the spot. She married a fellow choir member and gave a birth to a baby , but later she got divorced.

In 1991, the mother and the son returned to Japan, she began to sing in a jazz club in Osaka, and thanks to the quickly spreading rumors of her vocal performance she soon made a name for herself in the local jazz scene.

The June 1998 release "For All We Know" marked Chie's debut as a professional jazz musician at the age of 40. Since then Chie has been touring regularly across Japan in fall and winter, and with the help of fans spreading the word via the Internet
managed to establish a reputation as an outstanding female singer. Soon her concerts were sold out as soon as they were announced. Also her third album "Life" made a big hit in 1999, this her 'standard' album has been sold over 250,000 copies.

In March 2001 Chie received the 51st Ministry of Education and Science Cultural Promotional Award. Harboring an aversion against settling for one thing, Chie has been exploring territories outside the realm of jazz. Her repertory extends 20's swing
jazz to the rock, pop standards.

Chie has released 14 albums, 2 compiled "BEST" albums and 5 DVD-Videos. The number of total sale reaches almost 2,000,000 copies.

Chie Ayado Meets Junior Mance Trio Live    

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Junior Mance Trio & Eric Alexander - Groovin' Blues

Styles: Piano And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2002
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:46
Size: 150,0 MB
Art: Front

( 7:16) 1. Night Train
( 7:03) 2. BlueBerry Hill
( 7:02) 3. Blues in the Closet
(11:14) 4. Lonely Avenue
( 4:04) 5. Blue 'n' Boogie
( 9:46) 6. I Got My Mojo Workin
( 7:53) 7. All Blues
( 6:15) 8. Bag's Groove
( 4:10) 9. America The Beautiful

Junior Mance was well-known for his soulful bluesy style, but was also expert at playing bop standards. He started playing professionally when he was ten. Mance worked with Gene Ammons in Chicago between 1947 and 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 to 1954), worked as Dinah Washington's accompanist (1954 and 1955), was in the first Cannonball Adderley Quintet (1956 to 1957), and then spent two years touring with Dizzy Gillespie (1958 to 1960).

After a few months with the Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis/Johnny Griffin group, Mance formed his own trio and was primarily a leader. He led sessions for Verve, Jazzland, Riverside, Capitol, Atlantic, Milestone, and Polydor, among other labels. In the '80s, Mance joined the faculty at the New School in New York City, teaching as part of their Jazz program. He also continued to record, issuing his last album, For My Fans, It’s All About You, in 2015, one year before he retired from music. Junior Mance died on January 17, 2021 in his home in Manhattan after a struggle with Alzheimer’s disease; he was 92 years old. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/junior-mance-mn0000252026/biography

Personnel: Junior Mance - piano; Eric Alexander - tenor saxophone; Chip Jackson - bass; Idris Muhammad - drums,

Groovin' Blues

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Junior Mance Quintet - Out South

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 2009
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 68:03
Size: 158,0 MB
Art: Front

(7:11) 1. Broadway
(8:09) 2. Dapper Dan
(9:15) 3. Emily
(9:39) 4. Hard Times
(7:34) 5. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
(8:08) 6. In A Sentimental Mood
(6:55) 7. Out South
(7:07) 8. Smokey Blues
(4:02) 9. Smokey Blues (Reprise)

Junior Mance, born Julian Clifford Mance, Jr., in Chicago, Illinois on October 10, 1928 is a jazz pianist, composer, and recording artist of thirty plus albums as a leader and numerous recordings as a sideman. Junior began playing the piano at the age of five, but did not begin formal training until the age of eight. He started playing professionally during his early teens. He attended Roosevelt College in Chicago as music major.

In 1947 Junior left Roosevelt College to join Gene Ammons' band and began his recording career with Gene. He joined Lester Young in 1949 for almost two years, and rejoined Ammons several months in 1951 before being drafted into the U. S. Army. He served in the 36th Army Band at Fort Knox, Kentucky along with Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

After his discharge from the Army in 1953, Junior became part of the house rhythm section at the Bee Hive Jazz Club in Chicago for a year, and accompanied jazz greats such as Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Sonny Stitt, and many others.

In 1954 Junior joined and toured with Dinah Washington. Among the numerous recordings he made with her, there are two that really stand out in his memory: "Dinah Jams" and "Jam Session". They are two live albums featuring Clifford Brown, Max Roach, Clark Terry, Maynard Ferguson, Herb Geller, Harold Land, Keter Betts, George Morrow, Richie Powell and Junior.

In 1956 Junior reunited with Cannonball Adderley, becoming a member of Cannonball's first organized working band. The band did a series of recordings on Mercury Records.

Junior joined Dizzy Gillespie's band in 1958, a period Junior considers one of the highlights of his career. Besides the joy and fun of playing with Dizzy, he remembers this period as a great learning experience in musicianship, showmanship, and just about everything related to the business of music.

In 1961 Junior decided to form his own trio, following the release of his first recording as a leader. ("Junior", Verve) In between gigs with his trio he played and recorded with the Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis/Johnny Griffin Quintet. With his trio he also accompanied singer Joe Williams in l963/64

In 1988 Junior became a member of the faculty of the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program at the New School University in New York City. He teaches classes in Blues, Blues Ensembles, and private individual lessons and instruction on piano and helping students in the development of their career in playing jazz.

During the 1990's Junior has been part of a very elite group called "100 Gold Fingers". This is a group which tours Japan every other year, consisting of ten outstanding jazz pianists. On various tours the group has included people such as Hank Jones, John Lewis, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Barron, Ray Bryant, Roger Kellaway, Gene Harris, Marion McPartland, Barry Harris, Toshiko Akioshi, Lynn Arriale, Cyrus Chestnut, Benny Green, Duke Jordan, Jo Anne Brackeen, Monty Alexander, Dave McKenna, Renee Rosnes, Mulgrew Miller, Harold Maybern as well as Junior and a the rhythm section consisting of bassist Bob Cranshaw and either Alan Dawson or Grady Tate on drums.

On November 21, 1997, at Tampa Florida, Junior was inducted into The International Jazz Hall of Fame, an honor Junior is extremely proud of, being in the elite company of many of his heroes, both past and present.

Junior Mance made his solo piano debut at Lincoln Center at the Kaplan Penthouse on October 5th - 7th of 2000.

He recently released several albums for the Trio label, the latest being “On the Road,” in 2003.

Junior Mance has an extensive catalog of albums as leader, and his work as sideman is quite impressive as well. He is still actively touring, and has many dates scheduled for the rest of 2008.
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/junior-mance

Personnel: Baritone Saxophone – Andrew Hadro; Bass – Hide Tanaka; Drums – Jackie Williams ; Piano – Junior Mance; Tenor Saxophone – Ryan Anselmi

Out South

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Joe Williams Feat. Ben Webster - Havin' A Good Time

Styles: Vocal And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2005
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 54:25
Size: 125,2 MB
Art: Front

(4:21) 1. Just a Sittin' and a Rockin'
(6:43) 2. Kansas City Blues
(3:02) 3. By the River St. Marie
(5:00) 4. That's All
(2:36) 5. Alone Together
(3:10) 6. I'm Through with Love
(2:34) 7. The Great City
(6:23) 8. A Hundred Years from Today
(6:46) 9. Ain't Misbehavin'
(5:57) 10. Honeysuckle Rose
(2:05) 11. Alright, Okay, You Win
(4:47) 12. Have a Good Time
(0:54) 13. Band Intro & Goodbye

Havin' A Good Time documents a concert that never should have happened. In the winter of 1964 Providence was socked with a blizzard that kept eager concertgoers away from the club where Joe Williams was playing. Enough people showed up that he still had to perform a few sets, but the lucky few who were there were given a rare treat; improbably, Ben Webster showed up out of nowhere and asked if he could sit in.

This is the sort of magical encounter on which jazz thrives: no preparation, no rehearsal, just a couple of masters joining together to produce some wonderful music on the spot. According to pianist Junior Mance, this was the only meeting between Webster and Williams, and fortunately it was caught on tape. All of these songs are either well-known or based on fairly simple chord progressions, which allows the band to plug into the numbers without much difficulty.

If Webster hadn't appeared, the set would still have been worth a listen; Williams always did his best work in front of an audience, and the fact that the small crowd had braved the storm to see him no doubt only added to his enthusiastic delivery. Blues songs like "Just A Sittin' and A Rockin' were tailor-made for Williams' rich baritone and exuberant presence. But the presence of Webster adds a new dimension; he gets ample solo space, really digging in to the slower numbers that he plays so beautifully, and huffs quietly behind Williams as he sings. The rhythm section seems invigorated by the chance to play with the added firepower; Junior Mance in particular carves out a niche with some smoking accompaniment.

Havin' A Good Time is an appropriate title for this new release. Clearly the audience enjoyed the collaboration and the musicians crafted some terrific entertainment. It may have been cold and snowy outside, but it sure was hot inside. By David Rickert https://www.allaboutjazz.com/havin-a-good-time-hyena-records-review-by-david-rickert

Personnel: Joe Williams: Vocals; Junior Mance: Piano; Mickey Roker: Drums; Ben Webster: Tenor Saxophone; Bob Cranshaw: Bass.

Havin' A Good Time

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Bennie Green Quintet - Glidin' Along

Styles: Trombone Jazz
Year: 1961
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 39:52
Size: 91,7 MB
Art: Front

(5:47)  1. African Dream
(8:04)  2. Sweet Sucker
(5:11)  3. Glidin' Along
(8:29)  4. Green's Scene
(4:03)  5. Milkshake
(4:16)  6. Stardust
(4:00)  7. Expubidence

Bennie Green was one of the few trombonists of the 1950s who played in a style not influenced by J.J. Johnson (Bill Harris was another). His witty sound and full tone looked backwards to the swing era yet was open to the influence of R&B. After playing locally in Chicago, he was with the Earl Hines Orchestra during 1942-1948 (except for two years in the military). Green gained some fame for his work with Charlie Ventura (1948-1950) before joining Earl Hines' small group (1951-1953). He then led his own group throughout the 1950s and '60s, using such sidemen as Cliff Smalls, Charlie Rouse, Eric Dixon, Paul Chambers, Louis Hayes, Sonny Clark, Gildo Mahones, and Jimmy Forrest. 

Green recorded regularly as a leader for Prestige, Decca, Blue Note, Vee-Jay, Time, Bethlehem, and Jazzland during 1951-1961, although only one further session (a matchup with Sonny Stitt on Cadet in 1964) took place. Bennie Green was with Duke Ellington for a few months in 1968-1969 and then moved to Las Vegas, where he spent his last years working in hotel bands, although he did emerge to play quite well at the 1972 Newport Jazz Festival and in New York jam sessions.~Scott Yanow http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bennie-green-mn0000160618/biography

Personnel: Bennie Green (trombone); Johnny Griffin (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Junior Mance (piano); Ben Riley (drums)

Glidin' Along

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Johnny Griffin - Johnny Griffin

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2000
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 26:05
Size: 60,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:35) 1. I Cried For You
(3:03) 2. Satin Wrap
(2:29) 3. Yesterdays
(3:09) 4. Riff-Raff
(3:51) 5. Bee-
(3:17) 6. The Boy Next Door
(3:33) 7. These Foolish
(3:05) 8. Lollypop

Instead there are more formalist notions that suggest Paul Gonsalves and Coleman Hawkins. In addition, the album-closer, "Lollypop," comes out swinging hard with an R&B hook that digs in. Mance propels Griffin with fat, greasy chords that suggest a Chicago bar-walking honk frenzy, but Griffin's own playing is too sophisticated and glides like Lester Young around the changes. Also notable here is Ware's beautiful bop run "Riff Raff."

The bassist knew not only how to write for but arrange for horns. Mance and Griffin are in it knee-deep, note for note, with Mance adding beefy left-hand clusters to the melody as Ware and Smith play it straight time until the solo, when the middle breaks up and everybody goes in a different direction. It's got the hard bop blues at its root. This recording is brief, as it originally came out on a 10" LP, but is nonetheless a necessary addition to any shelf that pays Johnny Griffin homage.~ Thom Jurek https://www.allmusic.com/album/johnny-griffin-mw0000461284

Personnel: Johnny Griffin – tenor saxophone; Junior Mance – piano; Wilbur Ware – bass; Buddy Smith – drums

Johnny Griffin

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James Moody - Last Train From Overbrook

Styles: Saxophone e Flute Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 28:16
Size: 65,9 MB
Art: Front

(3:05)  1. Last Train From Overbrook
(2:34)  2. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
(2:25)  3. Why Don't You
(3:31)  4. I'm Free aka What's New?
(1:43)  5. Tico Tico
(2:25)  6. There She Goes
(2:07)  7. All The Things You Are
(3:09)  8. Brother Yusef
(3:44)  9. Yvonne
(3:28) 10. The Moody One

A wonderful album from Moody  one of his "comeback" albums for Chess/Argo, recorded after his release from the Overbrook institution, hence the title. By this point, Moody was writing and playing with much more of an edge than during his bebop days and the record certainly shows that  not only on the title track "Last Train From Overbrook", a jumpy little number that became one of the big new tunes in Moody's book, but on the whole album, which features some well-conceived large charts written by Johnny Pate. Pate and Moody wrote the bulk of the songs, too and titles include "Yvonne", "Brother Yusef", "The Moody One", "There She Goes", "Tico Tico", and "Why Don't You". The album also features a great double-exposed cover photo, and some of the most chilling liner notes you'll ever read about a jazzman's struggles with addiction.  © 1996-2020, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/41999/James-Moody:Last-Train-From-Overbrook

Personnel: James Moody - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute; Flip Ricard, Earl Turner, Sonny Cohn - trumpet; Ethel Merker - french horn on Last Train from Overbrook ; John Avant - trombone; Bill Atkins, Lenny Druss - alto saxophone; Vito Price, Sandy Mosse, Eddie Johnson - tenor saxophone; Pat Patrick - baritone saxophone; Junior Mance - piano; Floyd Morris - piano; Johnny Pate - bass; John Gray - guitar; Red Holt - drums

Last Train From Overbrook

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Red Holloway Quartet - S.R.O

Styles: Vocal And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1998
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 78:26
Size: 181,3 MB
Art: Front

( 7:07)  1. Strike Up The Band
( 5:50)  2. Mr. Cleanhead's Blues
( 0:54)  3. Introductions
(10:18)  4. Bag's Groove
(11:37)  5. Days Of Wine And Roses
(11:28)  6. Meditation
( 4:59)  7. Mo' Candy
(11:06)  8. You Don't Know What Love Is
( 7:02)  9. Phil's Medley
( 8:01) 10. Avalon

With a career spanning almost 60 years, Red Holloway is still presenting his special brand of sax playing on both the alto and the tenor, as he's equally adept with each horn. On this album, which documents performances from a 1998 floating jazz festival, Holloway is joined by a group of talented, veterans as they collaborate on over 70 minutes of entertaining music. https://mvdshop.com/products/red-holloway-s-r-o-cd

Personnel: Vocals – O.C. Smith (tracks: 4 to 6), Red Holloway (tracks: 2); Tenor Saxophone, Alto Saxophone – Red Holloway; Bass – Keter Betts; Drums – Paul Humphrey; Guitar – Phil Upchurch; Piano – Junior Mance

S.R.O

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Junior Mance - That Lovin' Feelin'

Styles: Piano Jazz
Year: 1972
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:43
Size: 76,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:00)  1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin
(3:58)  2. Mean Old Frisco Blues
(2:42)  3. Out South
(4:12)  4. The Good Life
(2:39)  5. Cubano Chant
(3:51)  6. Boss Blues
(2:39)  7. Blowin' In The Wind
(5:05)  8. When Sunny Gets Blue
(4:32)  9. Lee's Lament

That Lovin' Feelin' is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was released on the Milestone label in 1972. The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "That Lovin' Feelin' is essentially an album of acoustic-oriented jazz, but it is acoustic-oriented soul-jazz/hard bop that grooves in a funky, churchy, down-home fashion. Thankfully, That Lovin' Feelin' is not the sort of album that finds the artist playing note-for-note covers of rock and R&B hits and calling it "jazz" ...Although not quite essential, That Lovin' Feelin' is an enjoyable, swinging effort that deserves credit for having an interesting variety of material" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Lovin%27_Feelin%27

Personnel:  Junior Mance - piano; Bob Cranshaw - electric bass; Harold Wing - drums; Ralph MacDonald - percussion

That Lovin' Feelin'

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Junior Mance, Joe Temperley - Music of Thelonious Monk

Styles: Piano And Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2003
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:14
Size: 153,2 MB
Art:

(9:07)  1. Blue Monk
(8:19)  2. Little Rootie Tootie
(7:25)  3. Ba-Lue Bolivar Blues-Are
(9:13)  4. Ask Me Now
(7:48)  5. I Mean You
(6:51)  6. Rhythmaning
(7:46)  7. Straight No Chaser
(9:42)  8. Hackensack

In November of 2000 aboard a ship adrift on the Atlantic Ocean, reedman Joe Temperley joined pianist Junior Mance's Floating Jazz Festival Trio in what proved to be a perfect setting for a tribute to the music of Thelonious Monk. Like Monk, the waters beneath them were capable of powerful swings and torrents, and also like Monk, their music was pronounced amid a shroud of relative isolation. Throughout this live set, Temperley and Mance joined by the gifted rhythm section of bassist Peter Washington and veteran drummer Mickey Roker drive Monk's music to deserved heights and moody lows. The opener, "Blue Monk," is given a gin-soaked treatment by Temperley's swaying bass clarinet, which is then reinforced by an appropriately blue-hued Mance solo and finally cemented by Washington's spot-lit rolls and picks. On "Ask Me Now," Temperley cedes the floor to the trio, leaving them to take on one of Monk's more lyrical and melancholic works. They do so ably and with utmost care evoking an image of Monk as the delicate dynamo he was. 

Another highlight is the group's work on the infectiously swinging "Rhythm-A-Ning." Mance pulls out all the stops from gate to gate, while Temperley, on baritone sax, flutters and flips his way through with remarkable dexterity. From start to finish, it is evident that these four know their Monk. In fact, so familiar are they with the material that they infused it with a charming, lived-in quality which few other ensembles could manage. Their approach to the artist is hardly revolutionary, but rather warm, intimate and accustomed. It's hard to say whether Monk ever sailed the seas on a sprawling cruiseliner, but thanks to Mance, Temperley and company we now know that setting would have agreed with him just fine. ~ Riel Lazarus https://www.allaboutjazz.com/monk-junior-mance-chiaroscuro-records-review-by-riel-lazarus.php

Personnel: Joe Temperly: saxophone; Junior Mance: piano ; Peter Washington: bass; Mickey Roker: drums.

Music of Thelonious Monk

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Tadd Dameron - The Compositions Of Tadd Dameron

Styles: Bop, Post Bop, Hard Bop, Cool Jazz 
Year: 2011
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:15
Size: 98,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:09)  1. Fontainebleau
(3:10)  2. The Dream Is You
(6:30)  3. If You Could See Me Now
(7:42)  4. Good Bait
(5:13)  5. Smooth As The Wind
(4:43)  6. Our Delight
(4:09)  7. Hot House
(6:36)  8. Lady Bird

The definitive arranger/composer of the bop era, Tadd Dameron wrote such standards as "Good Bait," "Our Delight," "Hot House," "Lady Bird," and "If You Could See Me Now." Not only did he write melody lines, but full arrangements, and he was an influential force from the mid-'40s on even though he never financially prospered. Dameron started out in the swing era touring with the Zack Whyte and Blanche Calloway bands, he wrote for Vido Musso in New York and most importantly, contributed arrangements for Harlan Leonard's Kansas City Orchestra, some of which were recorded. Soon Dameron was writing charts for such bands as Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, Billy Eckstine, and Dizzy Gillespie (1945-1947) in addition to Sarah Vaughan. Dameron was always very modest about his own piano playing but he did gig with Babs Gonzales' Three Bips & a Bop in 1947 and led a sextet featuring Fats Navarro (and later Miles Davis) at the Royal Roost during 1948-1949. Dameron co-led a group with Davis at the 1949 Paris Jazz Festival, stayed in Europe for a few months (writing for Ted Heath), and then returned to New York. He wrote for Artie Shaw's last orchestra that year, played and arranged R&B for Bull Moose Jackson (1951-1952) and in 1953 led a nonet featuring Clifford Brown and Philly Joe Jones. Drug problems, however, started to get in the way of his music. After recording a couple of albums (including 1958's Mating Call with John Coltrane) he spent much of 1959-1961 in jail. After he was released, Dameron wrote for Sonny Stitt, Blue Mitchell, Milt Jackson, Benny Goodman and his last record but was less active in the years before his death from cancer. Tadd Dameron's classic Blue Note recordings of 1947-48, his 1949 Capitol sides and Prestige/Riverside sets of 1953, 1956, 1958, and 1962 are all currently in print on CD. ~ Scott Yanow https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tadd-dameron-mn0000016759/biography

Personnel:  Arranged By, Conductor [Orchestra] – Tadd Dameron; Vibraphone [Soloist] – Milt Jackson; Bass – Larry Gales, Sam Jones, Buddy Clark; Drums – Ben Riley, Jimmy Cobb, Mel Lewis; Piano – Junior Mance, Bobby Timmons, Bill Evans, Jimmy Rowles; Tenor Saxophone – Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Johnny Griffin; Trumpet [Soloist] – Blue Mitchell, Jack Sheldon; Vibraphone – Dave Pike: Bass Clarinet – Herbie Mann; Bass Clarinet – Herbie Mann;

The Compositions Of Tadd Dameron

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Dizzy Gillespie - To Diz with Love

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1992
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:22
Size: 152,2 MB
Art: Front

(14:43)  1. Billie's Bounce
(10:37)  2. Confirmation
(12:52)  3. Mood Indigo
(11:28)  4. Straight No Chaser
(16:40)  5. A Night in Tunisia

Dizzy Gillespie's final recording, taken from a month he spent featured at the Blue Note in New York, matches the aging giant with such fellow trumpeters as Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, Claudio Roditi, Wallace Roney, Red Rodney, Charlie Sepulveda and the ancient but still brilliant Doc Cheatham (who cuts both Diz and Faddis on "Mood Indigo"). Although Gillespie was no longer up to the competition, the love that these fellow trumpeters had for him (and some fine solos) makes this historic CD worth getting. ~Scott Yanow

https://www.allmusic.com/album/to-diz-with-love-diamond-jubilee-recordings-mw0000077323

Personnel:  Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet;  Doc Cheatham (track 3), Jon Faddis (track 3), Wynton Marsalis (tracks 2 & 4), Claudio Roditi (tracks 1 & 5), Wallace Roney (tracks 1 & 5), Charlie Sepulveda (track 4), Lew Soloff (unbilled, track 5) - trumpet;  Red Rodney - flugelhorn (track 2);  Junior Mance - piano;  Peter Washington - bass;  Kenny Washington - drums

To Diz with Love

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Sandy Mosse - Relaxin' With Sandy Mosse

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1956
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:08
Size: 71,7 MB
Art: Front

(3:12)  1. Fools Rush In
(4:35)  2. I'm Old Fashion
(9:23)  3. Birks Works
(1:55)  4. Stella By Starlight
(2:53)  5. Love Is for the Very Young
(2:38)  6. Speak Low
(3:26)  7. My Man's Gone Now
(3:02)  8. Cocoanut Sweet

An obscure side featuring the equally obscure Chicago tenor player Sandy Mosse. Mosse works here in two settings one side features a quartet with Junior Mance on piano, Bob Cranshaw on bass, and Marty Clausen on drums; the other side features the same quartet, but with Eddie Higgins on piano, and additional string quintet backings by Bill McRea. The sound on both sides is very tight not that challenging, but very much in the pocket, especially on Mosse's solos, which are all well-placed and economical. The album's a good document of the downtown Chicago scene of the 50s  and demonstrates the players' ability to swing easily in two different formats. Titles include "Speak Low", "Birk's Works", "Fools Rush In", and "Stella By Starlight". (White label Argo promo pressing, with deep groove. Record and cover are nice and clean!)  © 1996-2018, Dusty Groove, Inc. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/38711/Sandy-Mosse:Relaxin-With-Sandy-Mosse

Personnel:  Tenor Saxophone – Sandy Mosse;   Bass – Bob Cranshaw;  Cello – Harry Wagman   Conductor [String Quartet] – Bill McRea;  Drums – Marty Claussen;  Piano – Junior Mance;   Viola – Harold Kupper;  Violin – Arthur Tabachnick, Carl Racine, George Palermo

Relaxin' With Sandy Mosse

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Dizzy Gillespie - Have Trumpet, Will Excite!

Styles: Trumpet Jazz
Year: 1959
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 62:57
Size: 145,0 MB
Art: Front

(6:00)  1. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(4:17)  2. My Man
(6:22)  3. Moonglow
(5:52)  4. St. Louis Blues
(6:21)  5. Woody 'n' You
(7:14)  6. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
(3:25)  7. There Is No Greater Love
(6:31)  8. I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store)
(3:21)  9. There Is No Greater Love (Alt 1)
(3:24) 10. There Is No Greater Love (Alt 2)
(3:24) 11. There Is No Greater Love (Alt 3)
(6:41) 12. I Found a Million Dollar Baby (In a Five and Ten Cent Store) (Alt)

It's easy and perhaps unfair to take any later jazz album by a trendy, "hot" trumpeter and compare it to a classic like Have Trumpet, Will Excite!. Critics and fans have been afforded the luxury of time to weed out half-efforts. Still, even without former knowledge of who Dizzy Gillespie is, Have Trumpet, Will Excite! separates itself from the crowd pretty quickly. The Latin up-tempo arrangement of "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" thrusts the song into an entirely different realm. Junior Mance's piano kicks things of with a quirky, forceful rhythm, and after Gillespie's trumpet lays down the bare bones of the melody, it's pretty much forgotten. From there, the band takes off on a creative surge. The same is true of "My Man." A brave arrangement, kicked off by piano and outlined by trumpet, completely rewrites the piece. "Sure," Gillespie and the band, seem to say, "We can play old swing tunes, but wouldn't it be cool if we turned them inside out?" This approach, along with sharp solos, gives the material an exciting edge. Gillespie's solo on "St. Louis Blues" just soars, while Les Spann, who plays both flute and guitar on the album, follows him with a bristly guitar solo. Mance offers distinctive piano work that matches Gillespie's enthusiasm on tunes like "Woody 'N' You," while bassist Sam Jones and drummer Lex Humphries keep a high-octane rhythm in constant motion. Have Trumpet, Will Excite! more than measures up to its promise and stands as a cornerstone of Gillespie's '50s work. ~ Ronnie D.Lankford, Jr. https://www.allmusic.com/album/have-trumpet-will-excite%21-mw0000004877

Personnel:  Dizzy Gillespie - trumpet;  Junior Mance - piano;  Lex Humphries - drums;  Sam Jones - double bass;  Les Spann - guitar, flute;  Carlos "Patato" Valdes - conga

Have Trumpet, Will Excite!

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Les McCann - Comment

Styles: Vocal And Piano Jazz
Year: 1969
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 32:40
Size: 75,4 MB
Art: Front

(3:30)  1. How Many Broken Wings
(5:09)  2. Can't We Be Strnagers Again
(5:01)  3. Unless It's You
(4:11)  4. What I Call Soul
(5:27)  5. Comment
(2:52)  6. Baby, Baby
(6:28)  7. Yours Is My Heart Alone

The godfather of contemporary jazz-soul chills, changing the pace from his electrifying collaborations with Eddie Harris  Swiss Movement and Second Movement  that preceded and followed this mellow set of mostly love songs, which includes four selections from the pens of Helen and Kay Lewis (aka the Lewis Sisters). Two cuts, "Baby, Baby" and "Can't We Be Strangers Again," were originally done by Motown's Miracles and Edwin Starr & Blinky respectively. "How Many Broken Wings" and "What I Call Soul" are the sisters' other contributions, and McCann executes them to perfection. 

The keyboardist plays with an underlying intensity on Bill Evans' "Unless It's You," while the title track is good hard bop. Atlantic Records hasn't reissued this LP, so you have to rummage the Goodwills, online sites, and flea markets for a copy.~ Andrew Hamilton https://www.allmusic.com/album/comment-mw000001186

Personnel:  Les McCann - piano, electric piano, vocals;  Jimmy Owens, Joe Wilder, Richard Williams - trumpet (tracks 2, 4 & 6);  Dick Griffin, Benny Powell - trombone (tracks 2, 4 & 6);  Seldon Powell - soprano saxophone, alto flute (track 3);  Richard Landry - baritone saxophone (tracks 2, 4 & 6);  Roberta Flack - vocals, piano (tracks 1 & 2);  Junior Mance, (track 6), Richard Tee (track 4) - piano;  Roland Hanna - harpsichord (track 3);  Margaret Ross - harp (track 3);  Billy Butler - guitar (track 5);  Ron Carter - bass (tracks 1-3, 6 & 7), electric bass (tracks 4 & 5);  Billy Cobham (tracks 1-4, 6 & 7), Donald Dean (track 5) - drums;  William Fischer - arrangement, director (tracks 1-3, 6 & 7);  Selwart Clarke - concertmaster (tracks 1, 3 & 7)

Comment

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Junior Mance Trio - Happy Time

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:58
Size: 98.4 MB
Styles: Bop, Piano jazz
Year: 1999/2015
Art: Front

[6:15] 1. Happy Time
[5:18] 2. Jitterbug Waltz
[5:25] 3. Out South
[5:47] 4. For Dancers Only
[4:40] 5. Tin Tin Deo
[4:36] 6. Taggie's Tune
[5:33] 7. Azure-Te
[5:20] 8. The Simple Waltz

Bass – Ron Carter; Drums – Mickey Roker; Piano – Junior Mance. Recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York City; June 20, 1962.

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." ~Al Campbell

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Leo Wright - Blues Shout

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:34
Size: 92.9 MB
Styles: Bop, Saxophone jazz
Year: 1960/2006
Art: Front

[3:26] 1. Sigi
[5:13] 2. Angel Eyes
[3:49] 3. Autumn Leaves
[7:05] 4. Indian Summer
[5:02] 5. Blues Shout
[5:26] 6. A Night In Tunisia
[4:42] 7. The Wind
[5:48] 8. Two Moods

Leo Wright's Atlantic debut, Blues Shout, effectively summarizes his career as a sideman, embracing the expressionist sensibilities of longtime boss Dizzy Gillespie as well as the Latin inspirations of longtime bandmate Lalo Schifrin to create a fiercely modern and uncommonly impassioned sound all its own. Joined by pianist Junior Mance, trumpeter Richard Williams, bassist Art Davis, and drummer Charlie Persip, Wright divides his attention between his signature alto sax and flute, delivering a series of thoughtful and lyrical solos that positively radiate energy. The blues referenced in the title are more a feeling than a sound, underscoring the emotional intensity that bristles below the surface of every note. ~Jason Ankeny

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Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 1957
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 36:01
Size: 84,0 MB
Art: Front

(3:41)  1. Another Kind Of Soul
(6:13)  2. Miss Jackie's Delight
(3:48)  3. Spring Is Here
(3:32)  4. Tribute To Brownie
(3:56)  5. Spectacular
(3:29)  6. Jeanie
(3:17)  7. Stella By Starlight
(5:21)  8. Edie McLin
(2:41)  9. Cobbweb

Sophisticated Swing is the fifth album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, and his fourth released on the EmArcy label, featuring performances with Nat Adderley, Junior Mance, Sam Jones, and Jimmy Cobb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophisticated_Swing

Personnel:  Cannonball Adderley - alto saxophone;  Nat Adderley – cornet;  Junior Mance - piano;  Sam Jones - bass;  Jimmy Cobb - drums

Sophisticated Swing

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