title: Blue Mance
text: # Blue Mance
  
  Blue Mance is an album by the jazz pianist Junior Mance, recorded in 1994 and released on the Chiaroscuro label the following year.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | |
  
  AllMusic noted that "this CD finds Mance and his colleagues in excellent form on well-known standards as well as some lesser-known gems".
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * "Falling in Love with Love" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 5:36
  * "Head Start" (Keter Betts) - 5:12
  * "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) - 8:10
  * "Teach Me Tonight" (Gene de Paul, Sammy Cahn) - 5:21
  * "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) - 9:31
  * "Blue Mance" (Junior Mance) - 7:35
  * "Shepherd of the Night Flock" (Duke Ellington) - 5:42
  * "If I Had You" (Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Ted Shapiro) - 5:52
  * "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" (Billy Taylor) - 8:52
  * "Jazzspeak" - 9:07
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Junior Mance - piano
  * Keter Betts - bass
  * Jackie Williams - drums
  