title: Junior (Junior Mance album)
text: # Junior (Junior Mance album)
  
  Junior is the debut album led by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1959 and released on the Verve label. Norman Granz offered Mance the opportunity to record his own album after working on the sessions that produced Dizzy Gillespie's Have Trumpet, Will Excite!.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Allmusic | |
  
  The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All compositions by Junior Mance except where noted.
  
  * "A Smooth One" (Benny Goodman, Ernie Royal) – 3:29
  * "Miss Jackie's Delight" (Gene Wright) - 3:54
  * "Whisper Not" (Benny Golson) - 4:22
  * "Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) - 4:26
  * "Lilacs in the Rain" (Peter DeRose, Mitchell Parish) - 3:42
  * "Small Fry" (Hoagy Carmichael, Frank Loesser) - 4:08
  * "Jubilation" - 3:31
  * "Birks' Works" (Dizzy Gillespie) - 5:45
  * "Blues for Beverlee" - 7:54
  * "Junior's Tune" - 3:33
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Junior Mance - piano
  * Ray Brown - bass
  * Lex Humphries - drums
  