Straight Ahead! (Junior Mance album)

Straight Ahead!
Studio album by Junior Mance with the Bob Bain Brass Ensemble
Released 1964
Recorded September 13, 14 & 15, 1964
Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Length 28:14
Label Capitol
T/ST 2218
Producer David Cavanaugh
Junior Mance chronology
Get Ready, Set, Jump!!!
(1964)		 Straight Ahead!
(1964)		 That's Where It Is!
(1965)

Straight Ahead! is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance, recorded in 1964 and released on the Capitol label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars, with reviewer Dave Nathan stating, "Combining Mance's natural blues-inflected piano with a big horn sound is a true aural treat. The result is a musical conversation with each side taking turns playing on or over the melody line. ... Usually a large-ensemble format doesn't allow for much diversion from the charts. Here it's clear that the band stayed with the charts, but Mance was allowed a good deal of leeway in his playing. He could respond to the call of the band as he saw fit. The result is a dynamic session combining the best of a disciplined brass assembly with the unfettered play of a top jazz improvisor".[3]

Track listing

  1. "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 2:28
  2. "Hannah Strikes Again" (Hank Lentz) -1:45
  3. "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 4:52
  4. "Diane" (Lew Pollack, Erno Rapee) - 2:43
  5. "Happy Time" (Junior Mance) - 2:35
  6. "The Late, Late Show" (Roy Alfred, Murray Berlin) - 2:07
  7. "Fine Brown Frame" (Guadalupe Cartiero, J. Mayo Williams) - 2:08
  8. "Señor Mance" (Mance, Bob Bain) - 2:11
  9. "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Andy Razaf) - 2:57
  10. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) - 2:18
  11. "The J. A. M. F." (Lentz) - 2:10

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Discography Preview for the Capitol label Main Series 600-2999 (1955-1968) accessed August 15, 2016
  2. ↑ Junior Mance discography accessed August 15, 2016
  3. 1 2 Nathan, Dave. Straight Ahead Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
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