I Believe to My Soul (album)

I Believe to My Soul
Studio album by Junior Mance
Released	February 1968
Recorded	September 12, 1966, and August 3 & 4, 1967 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	37:04
Label	Atlantic SD 1496
Producer	Joel Dorn
Junior Mance chronology
Harlem Lullaby (1966) I Believe to My Soul (1968) The Good Life (1967)

I Believe to My Soul is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was released on the Atlantic label in 1968.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Dave Nathan stating, "Mance never ventures far from that jazzy soulfulness which characterized his playing. This is a good representative recording by an artist who was never able to raise himself to the top tier of jazz pianists".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Junior Mance except where indicated

1. "I Believe to My Soul" (Ray Charles) – 5:11
2. "A Time and a Place" (Jimmy Heath) – 5:07
3. "Sweet Georgia Brown" (Ben Bernie, Maceo Pinkard, Kenneth Casey) – 3:13
4. "Golden Spur" – 5:06
5. "Don't Worry 'Bout It" – 2:08
6. "Home on the Range" (Traditional) – 6:47
7. "Sweets for My Sweet" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 5:41
8. "My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:51

Personnel

• Junior Mance – piano
• Melvin Lastie (track 5), Joe Newman (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Jimmy Owens (tracks 1 & 7) – trumpet
• David Newman (tracks 1, 5 & 7), Frank Wess (track 5) – tenor saxophone
• Hubert Laws – tenor saxophone, flute (tracks 1 & 7)
• Bobby Capers (tracks 1 & 7), Haywood Henry (track 5) – baritone saxophone
• Bob Cunningham (tracks 3 & 4), Richard Davis (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8) – bass
• Jimmy Tyrell – electric bass (tracks 1 & 7)
• Alan Dawson (tracks 3 & 4), Ray Lucas (tracks 1 & 7), Freddie Waits (tracks 2, 5, 6 & 8) – drums
• Ray Barretto – congas (track 7)
• Sylvia Shemwell – vocals (tracks 1 & 7)
• Uunidentified string section conducted by Gene Orloff (track 6)

References

1. Atlantic Records Catalog: 1400 Series accessed September 18, 2015
2. Junior Mance discography Archived February 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine accessed September 18, 2015
3. Nathan, Dave. I Believe to My Soul – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 18, 2015.