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{{Infobox album
| name       = Happy Time
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Junior Mance]]
| cover      = Happy Time (Junior Mance album).jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1962
| recorded   = June 20, 1962<br><small>Plaza Sound Studios, New York City</small>
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 43:14
| label      = [[Riverside Records|Jazzland]]<br><small>JLP 77</small>
| producer   = [[Orrin Keepnews]]
| chronology = [[Junior Mance]]
| prev_title = [[Junior's Blues]]
| prev_year  = 1962
| next_title = [[Get Ready, Set, Jump!!!]]
| next_year  = 1964
}}
'''''Happy Times''''' is an album by [[jazz]] pianist [[Junior Mance]] which was recorded in 1962 and released on the [[Riverside Records|Jazzland]] label.<ref>[http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-jazzland-series/#jlp-77 Jazzland Records discography] accessed November 12, 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>
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev2 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
| rev1 = ''[[Down Beat]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[[Down Beat]]: October 25, 1962 vol. 29, no. 27</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}<ref name="Penguin">{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=[[The Penguin Guide to Jazz|The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings]] |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin]] |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=167}}</ref>
}}
[[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".<ref name="Allmusic">Campbell, A. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/happy-time-mw0000671960 Allmusic Review] accessed November 12, 2012</ref>
==Track listing==
''All compositions are by Junior Mance except where indicated.''
# "Happy Time" - 6:17
# "[[Jitterbug Waltz]]" ([[Fats Waller]]) - 5:22
# "Out South" - 5:28
# "Tin Tin Deo" ([[Gil Fuller]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Chano Pozo]]) - 4:42
# "For Dancers Only" ([[Sy Oliver]], [[Don Raye]], [[Vic Schoen]]) - 5:50
# "Taggie's Tune" - 4:39
# "Azure-Te" ([[Wild Bill Davis|Bill Davis]], [[Donald Wolf]]) - 5:36
# "The Simple Waltz" ([[Bob Brookmeyer]], [[Clark Terry]]) - 5:20
==Personnel==
*[[Junior Mance]] - [[piano]]
*[[Ron Carter]] - [[double bass|bass]]
*[[Mickey Roker]] - [[drum kit|drums]]
==References==
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[[Category:1962 albums]]
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[[Category:Jazzland Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Orrin Keepnews]]