For Dancers Only

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For Dancers Only
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Studio album by
Junior Mance and Martin Rivera
Released1983
RecordedJuly 3, 1983
StudioMcClear Place Studios, Toronto, Canada
Genre Jazz
Length43:37
Label Sackville
3031
Producer John Norris and Bill Smith
Junior Mance chronology
The Tender Touch of Junior Mance and Martin Rivera
(1983)		For Dancers Only
(1983)		 Truckin' and Trakin'
(1983)

For Dancers Only is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance and bassist Martin Rivera that was released on the Sackville label in 1983. [1] [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic reviewer Scott Yanow described the album as "Accessible yet creative music, recommended to a wide audience". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Junior Mance, except where indicated.

  1. "Harlem Lullaby" - 7:10
  2. "Girl of My Dreams" (Sunny Clapp) - 4:17
  3. "Prelude to a Kiss" (Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills) - 4:45
  4. "Come on Home" (Horace Silver) - 5:51
  5. "For Dancers Only" (Sy Oliver, Don Raye, Vic Schoen) - 4:55
  6. "Run 'Em Around" - 4:43
  7. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 11:56

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Discogs album entry accessed August 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Junior Mance discography Archived February 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. For Dancers Only review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 928. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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