| Junior | ||||
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| Released | 1959 | |||
| Recorded | April 9, 1959 New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 44:44 | |||
| Label | Verve MGV 8319/MGVS 6057 | |||
| Producer | Norman Granz | |||
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Junior is the debut album led by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label. [1] [2] Norman Granz offered Mance the opportunity to record his own album after working on the sessions that produced Dizzy Gillespie's Have Trumpet, Will Excite! . [3]
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All compositions by Junior Mance except where noted.
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A Portrait of Duke Ellington is an album featuring trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and orchestra performing compositions associated with Duke Ellington, recorded in 1960 and released on the Verve label. All of the orchestral arrangements were provided by then Hi-Lo's accompanist – and sometimes arranger – Clare Fischer, hired on the basis of a previously recorded but unreleased album with strings, arranged by Fischer for erstwhile University of Michigan classmate Donald Byrd. Byrd played the tape for Gillespie; Gillespie liked what he heard. Unfortunately for Fischer, especially in light of the critical accolades given the eventual fruit of his, and Gillespie's, labor, Fischer's name was nowhere to be found on the finished LP; widespread awareness of his participation would have to await the CD reissue almost 2½ decades later.
The Ebullient Mr. Gillespie is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label.
The Greatest Trumpet of Them All is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie featuring Benny Golson, recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label.
Birks' Works is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1957 and released on the Verve label. The original album featured 10 tracks and was reissued as Birks Works: The Verve Big Band Sessions, a 2 CD compilation featuring unreleased tracks, alternate takes and tracks from Gillespie's previous 1956 albums Dizzy in Greece and World Statesman.
Dizzy in Greece is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1956 and 1957 and released on the Verve label. The album was reissued as part of the 2CD compilation Birks Works: The Verve Big Band Sessions.
Carter, Gillespie Inc. is an album by saxophonist Benny Carter and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1976 and released on the Pablo label.
To Bird with Love is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie with an array of guest stars. It was recorded at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City on January 29, 1992 and released on the Telarc label. Gillespie's performances at the club in January and February of that year yielded two additional live albums, Bird Songs: The Final Recordings and To Diz with Love. Together, these three titles represent his final recordings prior to his death in 1993.
To Diz with Love is a live album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie with an array of guest stars recorded at the Blue Note in 1992 and released on the Telarc label. The album, along with To Bird with Love and Bird Songs: The Final Recordings, represent the last recordings made by the trumpeter before his death in 1993.
Bird Songs: The Final Recordings is a live album trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie with an array of guest stars recorded at the Blue Note Jazz Club, New York City in 1992 and released on the Telarc label. The album, along with To Bird with Love and To Diz with Love, represent the last recordings made by the legendary trumpeter before his death in 1993.
The Tenor Scene is a live album by saxophonists Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Johnny Griffin recorded at Minton's Playhouse in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.
Happy Times is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.
Les McCann Ltd. Plays the Shout is a live album by pianist Les McCann recorded in 1960 and released on the Pacific Jazz label.
Truckin' and Trakin' is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance with saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman which was released on the Bee Hive label in 1984.
Junior Mance Special is a solo album by jazz pianist Junior Mance recorded in the studio and live and released on the Sackville label in 1989.
Here 'Tis is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance's Quintet featuring compositions associated with Dizzy Gillespie recorded in 1992 and released on the Sackville label.