title: Straight Ahead! (Junior Mance album)
text: # Straight Ahead! (Junior Mance album)
  
  Straight Ahead! is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance, recorded in 1964 and released on the Capitol label.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Allmusic | |
  
  The Allmusic reviewer Dave Nathan stated: "Combining Mance's natural blues-inflected piano with a big horn sound is a true aural treat. The result is a musical conversation with each side taking turns playing on or over the melody line. ... Usually a large-ensemble format doesn't allow for much diversion from the charts. Here it's clear that the band stayed with the charts, but Mance was allowed a good deal of leeway in his playing. He could respond to the call of the band as he saw fit. The result is a dynamic session combining the best of a disciplined brass assembly with the unfettered play of a top jazz improvisor".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "In a Mellow Tone" (Duke Ellington, Milt Gabler) - 2:28
  * "Hannah Strikes Again" (Hank Lentz) -1:45
  * "Li'l Darlin'" (Neal Hefti) - 4:52
  * "Diane" (Lew Pollack, Ernö Rapée) - 2:43
  * "Happy Time" (Junior Mance) - 2:35
  * "The Late, Late Show" (Roy Alfred, Murray Berlin) - 2:07
  * "Fine Brown Frame" (Guadalupe Cartiero, J. Mayo Williams) - 2:08
  * "Señor Mance" (Mance, Bob Bain) - 2:11
  * "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Andy Razaf) - 2:57
  * "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones) - 2:18
  * "The J. A. M. F." (Lentz) - 2:10
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Junior Mance - piano
  * John Audino, Pete Candoli, Don Fagerquist, Al Porcino, Ray Triscari - trumpet
  * Milt Bernhart, Vern Friley, Lew McCreary - trombone
  * George Roberts, Ken Shroyer - bass trombone
  * Bob Bain - guitar, musical director
  * Monty Budwig - bass
  * Shelly Manne - drums
  * Bob Bain, David Cavanaugh - arranger
  