Release Date: 4/22/2008
Recording Date: 4/2008
Tracks: 7
Length: 00:04:56 Hrs
Label: Sackville
Type: CD
- Genre/Styles
- Mainstream Jazz
Album Tracks (7)
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What the Critics Say
Among the many significant musical associations of pianist Junior Mance's long career have been stints with Gene Ammons (1947-1949), Lester Young, Dinah Washington, the first Cannonball Adderley Quintet, and Dizzy Gillespie (1958-1960). Mance has led his own trios pretty regularly since the early '60s. One of the great veterans of jazz piano, Mance was in his late seventies when he recorded this live trio set with bassist Don Thompson and drummer Archie Alleyne. He has sometimes been typecast as a blues player and he does dig well into the blues on this CD during a swinging "Bags Groove" and his original "Blues for the Bistro." But on "Falling in Love with Love" he plays a solo worthy of Oscar Peterson, he has no difficulty with Thelonious Monk's "Ask Me Now," and he romps on "The Theme." Most of the tempos are taken slower than expected (even a soulful "For Dancers Only"), but Mance still sounds very much in his playing prime. Bassist Thompson gets his share of solos and works perfectly with the pianist, as does the supportive drummer Alleyne. Groovin' with Junior is a tasteful, swinging, and happily bluesy set. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
