# Big Chief!

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{{other uses|Big Chief (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Big Chief!
| type       = studio
| artist     = [Junior Mance](/source/Junior_Mance)
| cover      = Big Chief!.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1961
| recorded   = August 1, 1961
| venue      =
| studio     = Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
| genre      = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| length     =
| label      = [Jazzland](/source/Riverside_Records)<br><small>JLP 53</small>
| producer   = [Orrin Keepnews](/source/Orrin_Keepnews)
| chronology = [Junior Mance](/source/Junior_Mance)
| prev_title = [Junior Mance Trio at the Village Vanguard](/source/Junior_Mance_Trio_at_the_Village_Vanguard)
| prev_year  = 1961
| next_title = [The Soul of Hollywood](/source/The_Soul_of_Hollywood)
| next_year  = 1962
}}

'''''Big Chief!''''' is an album by [jazz](/source/jazz) pianist [Junior Mance](/source/Junior_Mance) which was recorded in 1961 and released on the [Jazzland](/source/Riverside_Records) label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-jazzland-series/#jlp-53 Jazzland Records discography] accessed November 9, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.juniormance.com/Junior_Mance_Disco.pdf Junior Mance discography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227183420/http://www.juniormance.com/Junior_Mance_Disco.pdf |date=2014-02-27 }} accessed August 15, 2016</ref>  
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">[http://www.allmusic.com/album/big-chief-mw0000471828 AllMusic Review] accessed November 9, 2012</ref> 
}}

==Track listing==
''All compositions by Junior Mance except where noted.''
# "Big Chief!"{{snd}}4:18   
# "[Love for Sale](/source/Love_for_Sale_(song))" ([Cole Porter](/source/Cole_Porter)){{snd}}4:58 
# "The Seasons" (Sara Cassey){{snd}}3:30  
# "Fillet of Soul" ([Larry Gales](/source/Larry_Gales)){{snd}}4:32   
# "Swish"{{snd}}3:44   
# "[Summertime](/source/Summertime_(George_Gershwin_song))" ([George Gershwin](/source/George_Gershwin), [DuBose Heyward](/source/DuBose_Heyward)){{snd}}4:15   
# "[Ruby, My Dear](/source/Ruby%2C_My_Dear_(composition))" ([Thelonious Monk](/source/Thelonious_Monk)){{snd}}6:03   
# "Little Miss Gail"{{snd}}4:50   
# "Atlanta Blues" ([W. C. Handy](/source/W._C._Handy)){{snd}}5:52

==Personnel==
*[Junior Mance](/source/Junior_Mance){{snd}}[piano](/source/piano)
*[Jimmy Rowser](/source/Jimmy_Rowser){{snd}}[bass](/source/double_bass)
*Paul Gussman{{snd}}[drums](/source/drum_kit)

==References==
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Category:1961 albums
Category:Junior Mance albums
Category:Jazzland Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews

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