Harold Mabern

Harold Mabern
Born: Mar 20, 1936 in Memphis, TN
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Genre: Jazz
Styles: Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop
Biography: One of several excellent hard bop pianists from the Memphis area, Harold Mabern has led relatively few dates through the years, but he has always been respected by his contemporaries. He played in Chicago with MJT + 3 in the late '50s and then moved to New York in 1959. Mabern worked with Jimmy Forrest, ...Read full biography
The Leading Man
Released: 1992
Label: Sony
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Since his emergence onto the New York scene in 1959, pianist Harold Mabern has become one of the few true living jazz stylists on the piano. Having played with everyone from Lionel Hampton to Miles Davis, ...Read full review
Joy Spring
Released: 1984
Label: Sackville
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Harold Mabern, a superior hard bop pianist, had a rare opportunity to perform a set of unaccompanied solos for this Sackville release. Recorded live from Toronto's Café des Copains and originally broadcast ...Read full review
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