Junior Mance
Junior Mance (actually Julian Clifford Mance Jr. , * 10. October 1928 in Chicago ) is an American jazz - pianist and - Composer .
Life
As a child, Junior Mance was tutored by his father, a stride and boogie woogie pianist. He started playing professionally during his school days. He spent two years at Roosevelt College in Chicago, leaving in 1947 to play in Gene Ammons ' band, where his musical career began. Mance played in Ammons' band until 1949. He also worked for a year with Lester Young (1948/49), then played again with Ammons before he was drafted into the US Army in 1951. He played in the 36th Army Band in Fort Knox , Kentucky , where he served with Julian "Cannonball" Adderley , Nat Adderley , and Curtis Fuller .
After his discharge from the Army in 1953, Mance worked as a sideman with musicians such as Dinah Washington (1954/55), Cannonball Adderley, and Dizzy Gillespie (1958/59) before forming his own trio in 1961, consisting of Larry Gales ( Bass) and Ben Riley (drums). Her Village Vanguard performance was recorded by Riverside Records . In 1964 he played in a trio with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Mickey Roker . He also accompanied Billie Poole with his combo . In total, Mance has recorded over thirty albums for jazz labels such as Verve , Jazzland , Riverside , Capitol , Atlantic , Milestone , Polydor , Inner City, JSP , Nilva, Sackville, Bee Hive and others.
Since 1988 Junior Mance has served on the faculty of the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program at New School University in New York City .
In 1997 Junior Mance was inducted into the International Jazz Hall of Fame .
Selection discography
- 1961 - Live at the Village Vanguard (Riverside)
- 1973 - The Junior Mance Touch (Polydor)
- 1980 - Smokey Blues (JSP)
- 1994 - Softly as in the Morning Sunrise ( Enja )
- 1995 - Floating Jazz Festival Trio ( Chiaroscuro ) with Benny Golson
- 1996 - Live at the 1996 Floating Jazz Festival - The Music of Duke Ellington (Chiaroscuro)
Web links
- Junior Mance Homepage
- Audio Interview with Junior Mance (December 1, 2002) at Yehoodi.com
- RL Doerschuk and B. Kernfeld, 'Mance, Junior', Grove Music Online , ed. L. Macy (Accessed 15 June 2007)
- Junior Mance at Allmusic (English)
- Junior Mance at Discogs (English)
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Martin Kunzler : Jazzlexikon , Reinbek, Rowohlt, 1993
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mance, junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mance, Julian Clifford Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago |