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Junior Mance

Junior Mance has been played on NTS shows including Doing Time , with Whisper Not first played on 12 December 2021.

Mance began playing professionally in his early teens and left college in 1947 to join Gene Ammons' band, where he began his recording career. Mance also worked with Lester Young before being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951. In the 36th Army Band, he served with another notable Jazz musician: Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.

After his discharge from the Army in 1953, Mance worked as a sideman and accompanist with musicians such as Dinah Washington, Cannonball Adderley, and Dizzy Gillespie before recording his first album…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Tin Tin Deo
Junior Mance
Jun Glo2012
Tin Tin Deo
Junior ManceJun Glo2012
Discogs
Whisper Not
Junior Mance
Verve Records1959
Whisper Not
Junior ManceVerve Records1959
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