Happy Time (Junior Mance album)

Happy Time
Studio album by
Junior Mance
Released1962
RecordedJune 20, 1962
Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length43:14
LabelJazzland
JLP 77
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Junior Mance chronology
Junior's Blues
(1962) 		Happy Time
(1962) 		Get Ready, Set, Jump!!!
(1964)

Happy Times is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[4]
Allmusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Al Campbell stating: "Pianist Junior Mance was in excellent company on this inspired 1962 session with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Mickey Roker. It's unfortunate this trio only recorded together on this one date as their unity propels the blues, gospel, and bebop ideas Mance consistently feeds them".[3]

Track listing

All compositions are by Junior Mance except where indicated.

  1. "Happy Time" - 6:17
  2. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 5:22
  3. "Out South" - 5:28
  4. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo) - 4:42
  5. "For Dancers Only" (Sy Oliver, Don Raye, Vic Schoen) - 5:50
  6. "Taggie's Tune" - 4:39
  7. "Azure-Te" (Bill Davis, Donald Wolf) - 5:36
  8. "The Simple Waltz" (Bob Brookmeyer, Clark Terry) - 5:20

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Jazzland Records discography accessed November 12, 2012
  2. ^ Junior Mance discography Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 15, 2016
  3. ^ a b Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed November 12, 2012
  4. ^ Down Beat: October 25, 1962 vol. 29, no. 27
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.