Here 'Tis (Junior Mance album)
1992 studio album by Junior Mance Quintet
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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]
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| Studio album by Junior Mance Quintet | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | January 14 & 16, 1992 Toronto, Canada | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 61:27 | |||
| Label | Sackville SKCD 2-3043 | |||
| Producer | John Norris | |||
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Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| 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.
- "Here 'Tis" - 8:02
- "Woody 'n' You" - 6:16
- "Ow" - 9:51
- "Con Alma" - 4:51
- "Tour de Force" - 5:48
- "Tin Tin Deo" (Chano Pozo, Gil Fuller) - 9:44
- "I Waited for You" (Gillespie, Fuller) - 7:03
- "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 6:15
- "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
- Junior Mance - piano
- Bill McBirnie - flute (tracks 1–3, 6 & 8)
- Reg Schwager - guitar (tracks 1–3, 6 & 8)
- Kieran Overs - bass (tracks 1–8)
- Norman Marshall Villeneuve - drums (tracks 1–8)