Harold Mabern is one of many American jazz artists who have found a lucrative market for their recordings in Japan.
This solo piano date is one of his very best efforts, opening with a hard-driving take of Bobby Timmons' hard bop masterpiece "Dat Dere," then following it with a thoughtful rendition George Shearing's unjustly obscure ballad "She." The pianist's breezy hard bop treatment of "You Don't Know What Love Is" makes one forget that it began life as a bittersweet ballad.
Mabern's upbeat performance of Quincy Jones' "Wail Bait" provokes memories of Bud Powell when he was healthy.
Erroll Garner's "Misty" has long been one of the most requested tunes in night club settings, though Mabern's percussive setting is quite different from the usual low-key approach.
Mabern also includes a pair of originals, including his brisk "Mabern's Boogie, which would have been right at home during the genre's heyday, along with his dazzling, hard-charging "Wayne's Blues.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SheGeorge Shearing | Harold Mabern | Play | 04:31 | 10 MB | 16 MB |
| 2 | Smoke Gets in Your EyesJerome Kern | Harold Mabern | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 15 MB |
| 3 | Mabern's BoogieHarold Mabern | Harold Mabern | Play | 02:32 | 5 MB | 10 MB |
| 4 | Unforgetable | Harold Mabern | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| 5 | A Child Is BornThad Jones | Harold Mabern | Play | 05:18 | 12 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | Stolen MomentsOliver Nelson | Harold Mabern | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| 7 | Wayne's BluesHarold Mabern | Harold Mabern | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 16 MB |
| 8 | MistyErroll Garner | Harold Mabern | Play | 04:54 | 11 MB | 18 MB |
| 9 | Dat Dere | Harold Mabern | Play | 04:52 | 11 MB | 19 MB |
| 10 | The Way We Where | Harold Mabern | Play | 05:10 | 11 MB | 19 MB |
| 11 | You Don`t Known What Lothe Is | Harold Mabern | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 15 MB |
| 12 | Wait Bait | Harold Mabern | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 15 MB |
| 51 mins | 118 MB | |||||
| 51 mins | 202 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Barkan | Producer |
| 2 | Leonard Freed | Cover Photo |
| 3 | Erroll Garner | Composer |
| 4 | Marvin Hamlisch | Composer |
| 5 | Tetsuo Hara | Mastering, Mixing, Producer |
| 6 | Quincy Jones | Composer |
| 7 | Thad Jones | Composer |
| 8 | Jerome Kern | Composer |
| 9 | Shuji Kitamura | Mastering, Mixing |
| 10 | Harold Mabern | Composer, Piano, Primary Artist |
| 11 | Katherine Miller | Engineer |
| 12 | Oliver Nelson | Composer |
| 13 | Don Raye | Composer |
| 14 | George Shearing | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |