I Believe to My Soul (album) explained
I Believe to My Soul |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Junior Mance |
Cover: | I Believe to My Soul (album).jpg |
Released: | February 1968 |
Recorded: | September 12, 1966, and August 3 & 4, 1967 New York City |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 37:04 |
Label: | Atlantic SD 1496 |
Producer: | Joel Dorn |
Chronology: | Junior Mance |
Prev Title: | Harlem Lullaby |
Prev Year: | 1966 |
Next Title: | The Good Life |
Next Year: | 1967 |
I Believe to My Soul is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was released on the Atlantic label in 1968.[1] [2]
Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Dave Nathan stating, "Mance never ventures far from that jazzy soulfulness which characterized his playing. This is a good representative recording by an artist who was never able to raise himself to the top tier of jazz pianists".
Track listing
All compositions by Junior Mance except where indicated
- "I Believe to My Soul" (Ray Charles) – 5:11
- "A Time and a Place" (Jimmy Heath) – 5:07
- "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) – 3:13
- "Golden Spur" – 5:06
- "Don't Worry 'Bout It" – 2:08
- "Home on the Range" (Traditional) – 6:47
- "Sweets for My Sweet" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 5:41
- "My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:51
Personnel
- Junior Mance – piano
- Melvin Lastie (track 5), Joe Newman (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Jimmy Owens (tracks 1 & 7) – trumpet
- David Newman (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Frank Wess (track 5) – tenor saxophone
- Hubert Laws – tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1 & 7)
- Jimmy Tyrell – electric bass (tracks 1 & 7)
- Alan Dawson (tracks 3 & 4), Ray Lucas (tracks 1 & 7), Freddie Waits (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8) – drums
- Ray Barretto – congas (track 7)
- Sylvia Shemwell – vocals (tracks 1 & 7)
- Uunidentified string section conducted by Gene Orloff (track 6)
Notes and References
- http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1400-series/#1496 Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 Series
- http://www.juniormance.com/Junior_Mance_Disco.pdf Junior Mance discography