Happy Time (Junior Mance album)

Happy Time
Studio album by Junior Mance
Released	1962
Recorded	June 20, 1962 Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:14
Label	Jazzland JLP 77
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Junior Mance chronology
Junior's Blues (1962) Happy Time (1962) Get Ready, Set, Jump!!! (1964)

Happy Times is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.^[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[3]
Allmusic	[4]

Allmusic awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Al Campbell stating, "Pianist Junior Mance was in excellent company on this inspired 1962 session with bassist Ron Carter and drummer Mickey Roker. It's unfortunate this trio only recorded together on this one date as their unity propels the blues, gospel, and bebop ideas Mance consistently feeds them".^[4]

Track listing

All compositions are by Junior Mance except where indicated.

1. "Happy Time" - 6:17
2. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) - 5:22
3. "Out South" - 5:28
4. "Tin Tin Deo" (Gil Fuller, Dizzy Gillespie, Chano Pozo) - 4:42
5. "For Dancers Only" (Sy Oliver, Don Raye, Vic Schoen) - 5:50
6. "Taggie's Tune" - 4:39
7. "Azure-Te" (Bill Davis, Donald Wolf) - 5:36
8. "The Simple Waltz" (Bob Brookmeyer, Clark Terry) - 5:20

Personnel

• Junior Mance - piano
• Ron Carter - bass
• Mickey Roker - drums

References

1. Jazzland Records discography accessed November 12, 2012
2. Junior Mance discography accessed August 15, 2016
3. Down Beat: October 25, 1962 vol. 29, no. 27
4. Campbell, A. Allmusic Review accessed November 12, 2012