With a Lotta Help from My Friends

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With a Lotta Help from My Friends
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Studio album by
Junior Mance
Released1970
RecordedMarch 16–19, 1970
Atlantic Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length31:12
Label Atlantic
SD 1562
Producer Joel Dorn
Junior Mance chronology
Live at the Top
(1969)		With a Lotta Help from My Friends
(1970)		 Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux
(1970)

With a Lotta Help from My Friends is a rock/jazz/funk fusion album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was released on the Atlantic vinyl label in 1970. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" (Sylvester Stewart) - 4:18
  2. "Never Say Naw" (Percy Mayfield) - 4:04
  3. "Don't Rush Us" (Junior Mance, Billy Cobham, Chuck Rainey) - 5:09
  4. "Well I'll Be White Black" (Cobham) - 4:05
  5. "Home Groovin" (Mance) - 3:40
  6. "Spinning Wheel" (David Clayton-Thomas) - 4:57
  7. "Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' to Ya" (Rudy Stevenson) - 5:08

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1500 Series accessed September 18, 2015
  2. ↑ Junior Mance discography accessed September 18, 2015
  3. 1 2 Allmusic listing, accessed September 18, 2015
  4. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 929. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
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