Holy Mama

Holy Mama
Studio album by Junior Mance
Released	1976
Recorded	May 3-4, 1976
Studio	Vanguard Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	East Wind ; EW-8036
Producer	Kiyoshi Itoh and Yasohachi Itoh
Junior Mance chronology

Last updated April 07, 2019

Holy Mama is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was released on the Japanese East Wind label in 1976.^[1]^[2]

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime. Jazz is seen by many as "America's classical music". Since the 1920s Jazz Age, jazz has become recognized as a major form of musical expression. It then emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African-American and European-American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in West African cultural and musical expression, and in African-American music traditions including blues and ragtime, as well as European military band music. Intellectuals around the world have hailed jazz as "one of America's original art forms".

Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. is an American jazz pianist and composer.

East Wind was a Japanese jazz record label that was established in Tokyo in 1974.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "These 1976 sessions by pianist Junior Mance are typical for the era, mixing originals, standards, and a modern pop tune. ...This is an excellent date that is well worth seeking out".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Junior Mance except where noted.

"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) - 7:33
"God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 8:20
"That Mellow Feeling" - 7:16
"Holy Mama" - 5:21
"Miss Otis Regrets" (Cole Porter) - 2:58
"The Good Old Days" - 5:59
"Blues for the Schnug" - 6:45

Personnel

Junior Mance - piano
Martin Rivera - bass
Salvatore LaRocca - drums

The piano is an acoustic, stringed musical instrument invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori around the year 1700, in which the strings are struck by hammers. It is played using a keyboard, which is a row of keys that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs of both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings.

The double bass, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra.

A drum kit — also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums — is a collection of drums and other percussion instruments, typically cymbals, which are set up on stands to be played by a single player, with drumsticks held in both hands, and the feet operating pedals that control the hi-hat cymbal and the beater for the bass drum. A drum kit consists of a mix of drums and idiophones – most significantly cymbals, but can also include the woodblock and cowbell. In the 2000s, some kits also include electronic instruments. Also, both hybrid and entirely electronic kits are used.

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References

↑ East Wind Records List accessed August 16, 2016
↑ Junior Mance discography accessed August 16, 2016
1 2 Dryden, Ken. Holy Mama Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 15, 2016.

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[1] East Wind Records List accessed August 16, 2016

[2] Junior Mance discography accessed August 16, 2016

[Allmusic-3] 1 2 Dryden, Ken. Holy Mama Review at AllMusic . Retrieved August 15, 2016.