{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Holy Mama | type = studio | artist = Junior Mance | cover = Holy Mama.jpg | alt = | released = 1976 | recorded = May 3–4, 1976 | venue = | studio = Vanguard Studios, New York City | genre = Jazz | length = | label = East Wind<br><small>EW-8036</small> | producer = Kiyoshi Itoh and Yasohachi Itoh | chronology = Junior Mance | prev_title = The Junior Mance Touch | prev_year = 1973 | next_title = Deep | next_year = 1980 }}
'''''Holy Mama''''' is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance which was released on the Japanese East Wind label in 1976.<ref>[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/eastwind.htm East Wind Records List] accessed August 16, 2016</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 16, 2016</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/> }}
The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars stating "These 1976 sessions by pianist Junior Mance are typical for the era, mixing originals, standards, and a modern pop tune. ...This is an excellent date that is well worth seeking out".<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic|first=Ken |last=Dryden |class=album |id= mw0000757797 |title=''Holy Mama'' Review |accessdate=August 15, 2016}}</ref>
==Track listing== All compositions by Junior Mance except where noted. # "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb) - 7:33 # "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 8:20 # "That Mellow Feeling" - 7:16 # "Holy Mama" - 5:21 # "Miss Otis Regrets" (Cole Porter) - 2:58 # "The Good Old Days" - 5:59 # "Blues for the Schnug" - 6:45
==Personnel== *Junior Mance - piano *Martin Rivera - bass *Salvatore LaRocca - drums
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Category:1976 albums Category:Junior Mance albums Category:East Wind Records albums