Junior Mance Special
# Junior Mance Special

Junior Mance Special is a solo album by jazz pianist Junior Mance recorded in the studio and live and released on the Sackville label in 1989.

## Reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars, noting: "While he's best at blues-tinged material, Mance shows the versatility necessary to do other material and doesn't substitute clichés and gimmicks for ideas and substance".

## Track listing

* "Yancey Special" (Meade Lux Lewis, Andy Razaf) - 5:15
* "Careless Love (Traditional) - 6:54
* "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 3:50
* "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" (Billy Taylor) - 6:03
* "Since I Lost My Baby I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 6:18
* "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:54
* "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) - 6:21
* "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:45
* "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) - 7:14
* "Flat on Your Face" (Junior Mance) - 5:08
* Recorded at Cherry Beach Sound in Toronto, Canada on September 14, 1986 (tracks 1-5), and Cafe des Copains, Toronto, Canada on November 30, 1988 (tracks 6-10)

## Personnel

* Junior Mance - piano
