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Junior Mance Trio at Stanford Jazz Festival
Courtesy of Stanford Jazz Workshop | Posted on June 21, 2010
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Tue, July 27, 2010
7:30P.M.
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Pianist Junior Mance is “so steeped in the blues tradition that he carries it along everywhere” (Encyclopedia of Jazz). In Mance’s playing, the blues manifests as a deep feeling that permeates every element of his sophisticated piano voice. Indeed, “Mance seems capable of handling all manner of music with equal dexterity, a rare commodity these days” (Toronto Star). This combination of passionate feeling and musical versatility has made Mance the pianist of choice for dozens of legendary jazz artists from Lester Young to Dinah Washington, Cannonball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie. After more than seven decades at the keys, Mance still delivers “the kind of electrifying performance that is chalked up permanently in the memories of everyone who [hears] it” (New York Times)....