Harold Mabern Trio - At The Bimhuis (2015)

Bimhuis, Amsterdam 

January 29, 2015

Harold Mabern - piano

John Webber - bass

Joe Farnsworth - drums

16 tr.

Broadcast

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Harold Mabern - Somewhere Over The Rainbow (2006)

Harold Mabern is one of a number of American jazz artists who have developed a strong following in Japan, resulting in regular opportunities to record for the Japanese Venus label. This trio date with bassist Dwayne Burno and drummer Willie Jones III (the latter sticking mainly to brushes) covers ten songs from the vast Harold Arlen songbook, though not all of them are well-known standards. Mabern's bouncing, breezy opener is a fun-filled take of "Over the Rainbow," followed by a gospel-inflected soul-jazz treatment of "A Sleepin' Bee" that prominently features Burno. His blues-drenched take of "Blues in the Night" is harmonically rich, while Mabern's jovial treatment of "I've Got the World on a String" swings like mad. The pianist adds a hip Latin vamp to introduce a soul-jazz-infused arrangement of "This Time the Dream's on Me." "Savannah" is not one of Arlen's better-known tunes, but Mabern's chart sets it up as a calypso before seguing into hard bop, with Jones getting several breaks on sticks. (Ken Dryden)

Harold Mabern - Piano 

Dwayne Burno - Bass 

Willie Jones III - Drums

10 tr.

Zone E

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