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Junior Mance Special
Studio album / Live album by Junior Mance
Released	1989
Recorded	September 14, 1986, and November 30, 1988, Cherry Beach Sound and Cafe des Copains, Toronto, Canada
Genre	Jazz
Length	59:47
Label	Sackville SKCD 2-3043
Producer	John Norris and Bill Smith
Junior Mance chronology
Truckin' and Trakin' (1983) Junior Mance Special (1989) Here 'Tis (1992)

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

1. "Yancey Special" (Meade Lux Lewis, Andy Razaf) - 5:15
2. "Careless Love (Traditional) - 6:54
3. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) - 3:50
4. "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" (Billy Taylor) - 6:03
5. "Since I Lost My Baby I Almost Lost My Mind" (Ivory Joe Hunter) - 6:18
6. "I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:54
7. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Ellington, Manny Kurtz, Irving Mills) - 6:21
8. "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:45
9. "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) - 7:14
10. "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

References

1. Junior Mance discography accessed August 16, 2016
2. ^ Wynn, Ron. Mance's Special Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
3. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 928. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

• 1989 albums
• Junior Mance albums
• Sackville Records albums