| Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard | ||||
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| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | February 22–23, 1961 | |||
| Venue | Village Vanguard, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:10 | |||
| Label | Jazzland JLP 41 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard is a live album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded at the Village Vanguard in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label. [1] [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| DownBeat |  [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
The contemporaneous DownBeat reviewer wrote that the album was inferior to The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance , because it lacked emotion and individuality. [4] The AllMusic site awarded the album 4½ stars stating: "Mance's many fans have no reason to despair though for, in addition to a boppish rendition of "Girl of My Dreams", the pianist does perform a generous amount of blues and soulful pieces". [3]
All compositions by Junior Mance except where noted.
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