Junior
Mance Trio 
Junior Mance, piano; Michael Zisman, bass; Akira
Tana, drums
Tuesday, July 27, 7:30 pm | Campbell Recital Hall
Tickets: $32 general | $18 students
Pianist Junior Mance is "so steeped in the blues tradition
that he carries it along everywhere" (Encyclopedia of Jazz).
Mance's feeling for the blues permeates his sophisticated piano
voice, which runs the stylistic gamut from bop to boogie-woogie.
Indeed, "Mance seems capable of handling all manner of music
with equal dexterity, a rare commodity these days" (Toronto
Star). As a young man, Mance left his native Chicago to play with
saxophone legends Gene Ammons and Lester Young. He was drafted into
the Army in 1951 and narrowly avoided deployment to Korea when none
other than Cannonball Adderley requested his services on the home
front in the 36th Army Band. The affiliation with Adderley continued
into peace-time, and Mance also gigged with many of jazz's
greatest artists, including Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Joe
Williams and many more. He has led his own groups on more than thirty
recordings, and his quintet's latest album "Out South" was
released in March 2010. After more than seven decades at the keys,
Mance still delivers "the kind of electrifying performance that
is chalked up permanently in the memories of everyone who [hears]
it" (New York Times).
Listen:
Junior Mance Trio – "Looptown"
Junior Mance Trio
– "You Are Too Beautiful"
Junior Mance Trio
– "Girl of My Dreams"
watch:
Junior
Mance performing live at Duc des Lombards
Junior Mance at Cafe Loupe
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