Here 'Tis (Junior Mance album)

Here 'Tis (subtitled The Junior Mance Quintet Play the Music of Dizzy Gillespie) is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance's Quintet featuring compositions associated with Dizzy Gillespie.[1] It was recorded in 1992 and released on the Sackville label.[2]

Here 'Tis
Studio album by
Junior Mance Quintet
Released1992
RecordedJanuary 14 & 16 1992
Toronto, Canada
GenreJazz
Length61:27
LabelSackville
SKCD 2-3043
ProducerJohn Norris
Junior Mance chronology
Junior Mance Special
(1986-88)
Here 'Tis
(1992)
Blue Mance
(1994)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

The Globe and Mail wrote that Mance "shows more than the blues-based style that has dominated his work lately; his solo version of 'Tunesia' sustains the CD's light mood but also reveals a side of the composition that's rarely, if ever, heard."[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except where noted.

  1. "Here 'Tis" - 8:02
  2. "Woody 'n' You" - 6:16
  3. "Ow" - 9:51
  4. "Con Alma" - 4:51
  5. "Tour de Force" - 5:48
  6. "Tin Tin Deo" (Chano Pozo, Gil Fuller) - 9:44
  7. "I Waited for You" (Gillespie, Fuller) - 7:03
  8. "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 6:15
  9. "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Paparelli) - 3:33
  • Recorded in Toronto, Canada on January 14, 1992 (tracks 2-5, 7 & 8) and January 16, 1992 (tracks 1, 6 & 9)

Personnel

References

  1. "Reviews: Here 'tis by Junior Mance". Stereo Review. 58 (2): 125. Feb 1993.
  2. Junior Mance discography Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 16, 2016
  3. Here 'Tis Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 928. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Miller, Mark (14 Sep 1992). "Jazz". The Globe and Mail. p. C1.
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