Riverside Records · in the Kissa Kissa racks
Junior's Blues
| Recorded | Feb 14, 1963 |
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| Label | Riverside Records |
| Released | 1963 |
| Personnel | 3 credited players |
| Discogs | master 790753 |
The record
Blues-soaked trio work from a pianist who'd cut his teeth with Dinah Washington and Cannonball Adderley, here leaning hard into gospel-inflected swing with Cranshaw and Roker locked in tight behind him. Riverside caught him at his most unpretentious -- funky, direct, built for a room full of listeners nodding along.
Session personnel
- Bob Cranshaw — bass
- Mickey Roker — drums
- Junior Mance — piano
Contemporary reception
No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.
Pressings
| 1963 | Riverside Records · RS 9447 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo earliest on file |
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| 1963 | Riverside Records — MONO |
| 1963 | Riverside Records · SR-7083 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo |
| 1965 | Riverside Records · RLP 447 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono |
| 1983 | Riverside Records · SMJ-6318 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1983 | Riverside Records · SMJ-6318 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1991 | Riverside Records · WWLJ-7031 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo |
| 1998 | Original Jazz Classics · OJCCD-1000-2 — CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo |
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