{"title":"Harold Mabern","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"harold-mabern-afro-blue-2lp","title":"Harold Mabern - Afro Blue 2LP","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2561391903\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haroldmabern.bandcamp.com\/album\/afro-blue\"\u003eAfro Blue by Harold Mabern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLimited Edition 180-gram double LP released to celebrate Harold Mabern’s 80th birthday on 20 March 2016. Mastered for vinyl by Kevin Gray and pressed at Memphis Record Pressing. Features a tip-on gatefold jacket with Jimmy Katz photography and 2,000 Harold Mabern interview about the project.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAFRO BLUE, Harold Mabern’s second release for Smoke Sessions, features the pianist paired with five distinctive guest vocalists: Gregory Porter, Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, Kurt Elling, and Alexis Cole. Mabern provides sensitive and supportive playing behind these incredible singers, and the resulting chemistry makes these songs special. “I love vocalists. I love to play for singers because that’s really how you learn how to play the piano jazz-wise. They go through every aspect of music— changing keys, slow tempos to fast, playing rubato, playing verses, all of the Great American Songbook—that’s really how you learn how to play,” says Mabern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThere is a world of music, and there are a lot of memorable performances on AFRO BLUE, but Mabern’s soulful, blues-driven style is the constant highlight. He is joined by a stellar supporting cast—Jeremy Pelt, Eric Alexander, and Steve Turre form a killer horn section, while John\u003cbr\u003e\nWebber and Joe Farnsworth complete his reliable rhythm team. Guitarist Peter Bernstein also makes a special appearance on Steely Dan’s “Do It Again.” Mabern adds, “I’ll tell you, it was really the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. It was definitely a challenge, but I think we pulled it off. I’m quite pleased with it, you know.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ereleased April 14, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHarold Mabern – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nJohn Webber – bass (except 5)\u003cbr\u003e\nJoe Farnsworth – drums (except 5)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eGUEST VOCALISTS\u003cbr\u003e\nGregory Porter – vocals (tracks 2 \u0026amp; 3)\u003cbr\u003e\nNorah Jones – vocals (tracks 4 \u0026amp; 5)\u003cbr\u003e\nJane Monheit – vocals (tracks 6 \u0026amp; 7)\u003cbr\u003e\nKurt Elling – vocals (tracks 8, 9 \u0026amp; 10)\u003cbr\u003e\nAlexis Cole – vocals (track 11)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eGUEST GUITARIST\u003cbr\u003e\nPeter Bernstein – guitar on “Do It Again”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHORNS\u003cbr\u003e\nJeremy Pelt – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 \u0026amp; 11)\u003cbr\u003e\nSteve Turre – trombone (tracks 2, 4, 6 \u0026amp; 11)\u003cbr\u003e\nEric Alexander – tenor saxophone (except 5, 12, 13 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live August 21 \u0026amp; 29, 2014\u003cbr\u003e\nat Sear Sound, Studio C, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAssociate Producer: Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded \u0026amp; Mastered by Roman Klun\u003cbr\u003e\nStudio Assistants: Ted Tuthill \u0026amp; Grant Valentine\u003cbr\u003e\nMixed by Roman Klun \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by Jimmy Katz\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eGregory Porter appears courtesy of Universal Music France\u003cbr\u003e\nNorah Jones appears courtesy of Blue Note Records\u003cbr\u003e\nKurt Elling appears courtesy of Concord Jazz Records\u003cbr\u003e\nJeremy Pelt appears courtesy of High Note Records\u003cbr\u003e\nEric Alexander appears courtesy of High Note Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Frank Christopher \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382099259774,"sku":"SSR-1503-LP","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-1503-LP.jpg?v=1760095027"},{"product_id":"harold-mabern-mabern-plays-coltrane-cd","title":"Harold Mabern - Mabern Plays Coltrane CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=196045629\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haroldmabern.bandcamp.com\/album\/mabern-plays-coltrane\"\u003eMabern Plays Coltrane by Harold Mabern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Here, less than two years from his passing, Mabern’s talent shines as bright as it ever has.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Jim Hynes, Glide Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“His big hands could, at any given moment in the studio or onstage, create thunder, bombast, silence, solace. He could waltz you across the dance floor or pin you to your seat. Mabern, God bless him, could play it all. And, to our eternal gratitude, he did. No pomp or circumstance, just true spirit. Thus the spirit guides him on this posthumous set, MABERN PLAYS COLTRANE.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Recorded in concert over three days at Smoke in New York in 2018, the posthumous MABERN PLAYS COLTRANE is a hell of an epitaph…Mabern casts a wide net across Coltrane’s pre-free jazz career, from staples to deep cuts…a powerful capper on a remarkable career.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Michael Toland, The Big Takeover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMABERN PLAYS COLTRANE, a vibrant live recording of Harold Mabern performing the music of John Coltrane with an all-star sextet including Eric Alexander, Vincent Herring, Steve Davis, John Webber, and Joe Farnsworth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMabern held a special reverence for John Coltrane. “He was very influential in my life and my playing, too,” Mabern once said. “After being around him and seeing what a great human being he was – man, I wish the whole world could have known John Coltrane.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMABERN PLAYS COLTRANE is culled from the final three nights of a three-week residency at Smoke’s annual year-ending John Coltrane Festival that started in 2017 ended with these performances that Mabern and the band played in January 2018. The resulting recordings also produced two earlier albums: THE IRON MAN, which shined a spotlight on Mabern the performer and interpreter and offered a glimpse into a typical evening’s performance, and MABERN PLAYS MABERN, which commemorated Mabern’s gifts as a composer and followed his untimely death at age 83 on September 17, 2019. Mabern Plays Coltrane is the album that was originally planned for those live recording sessions. Mabern had always played a key role in the festival since its inaugural edition in 2011. From the initial weeklong fest through its later three- and four-week incarnations, Mabern was the headliner for much of the annual run, an indication of both his appreciation for Coltrane as a forbear and mentor as well as his own vital role at Smoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Playing John Coltrane’s music with Harold was like tapping into the source,” says Farnsworth. “He was like the vortex, and it all flowed through him. 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Having Harold on the stage, given how much he loved John Coltrane, it elevated the spirit of the music tenfold.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ereleased December 3, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHarold Mabern – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nVincent Herring – alto saxophone\u003cbr\u003e\nEric Alexander – tenor saxophone\u003cbr\u003e\nSteve Davis – trombone\u003cbr\u003e\nJohn Webber – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nJoe Farnsworth – drums\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live January 5, 6 \u0026amp; 7, 2018 at SMOKE, NYC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache \u0026amp; Damon Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded by Paul Stache with Owen Mulholland \u0026amp; Jeff Citron\u003cbr\u003e\nMixed \u0026amp; Mastered by Chris Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by Jimmy \u0026amp; Dena Katz\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAll compositions by John Coltrane\u003cbr\u003e\nexcept “My Favorite Things” by Richard Rodgers \u0026amp; Oscar Hammerstein II\u003cbr\u003e\n“Dear Lord” was previously included on The Iron Man: Live at Smoke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eEric Alexander appears courtesy of HighNote Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Paul Stache \u0026amp; Molly Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382100963710,"sku":"SSR-2107-CD","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-2107-CD.jpg?v=1760095091"},{"product_id":"harold-mabern-the-iron-man-live-at-smoke-2cd","title":"Harold Mabern - The Iron Man: Live at Smoke 2CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=68055313\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haroldmabern.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-iron-man-live-at-smoke\"\u003eThe Iron Man: Live at Smoke by Harold Mabern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album (2 CD Set)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“On each tune, no matter pace or mood, the group was locked into the kind of sure grooves that only coalesce after years of playing together…the record runs wide and deep—one listen hardly is enough.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Suzanne Lorge, Downbeat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Here [Mabern] is, at 82, playing with straight-ahead, youthful joie de vivre on the storytelling, life-affirming, two-disc set THE IRON MAN: LIVE AT SMOKE. No one goes home disappointed.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Having spent two nights playing as the tapes rolled for a planned live album, the American pianist and his quartet cut loose and played what they fancied. Luckily, that night was also recorded, and the result was so good it has been released first.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Chris Pearson, The Times (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e#1 JazzWeek radio chart (8 weeks!)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhile it was captured over the course of a single night, there’s a rich lifetime’s worth of music packed into THE IRON MAN: LIVE AT SMOKE. If it’s a slight overstatement to say that the album represents an autobiography in song, that’s only because jazz master Harold Mabern tells his story in every note that he plays. That’s as true of the melodies he’s been interpreting for more than half a century – as many of the tunes on THE IRON MAN are – as it is of the always-inspired music that flows spontaneously from the great pianist’s fingers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eTHE IRON MAN: LIVE AT SMOKE was recorded on the final night of a remarkable three-week residency, an annual holiday tradition at the renowned New York City club. Most of that 2017\/18 run was dedicated to the music of John Coltrane and featured a host of invited guests to the bandstand. For this final performance on January 7, 2018, however, Mabern and his gifted, longstanding quartet – tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, bassist John Webber, and drummer Joe Farnsworth – went it alone, vigorously swinging through well-loved tunes from throughout Mabern’s storied career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ereleased November 23, 2018\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHarold Mabern – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nEric Alexander – tenor saxophone\u003cbr\u003e\nJohn Webber – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nJoe Farnsworth – drums\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live January 7, 2018\u003cbr\u003e\nat SMOKE Jazz Club, NYC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache and Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded by Paul Stache with\u003cbr\u003e\nOwen Mulholland and Jeff Citron\u003cbr\u003e\nMixed \u0026amp; Mastered by Chris Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by Jimmy and Dena Katz\u003cbr\u003e\nLiner Notes by Mark Ruffin\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eEric Alexander appears courtesy of HighNote Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Frank Christopher \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382104174974,"sku":"SSR-1807-CD","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-1807-CD.jpg?v=1760095160"},{"product_id":"harold-mabern-to-love-and-be-loved-cd","title":"Harold Mabern - To Love and Be Loved CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1113704286\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haroldmabern.bandcamp.com\/album\/to-love-and-be-loved\"\u003eTo Love and Be Loved by Harold Mabern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOn TO LOVE AND BE LOVED, Harold Mabern is joined by a multigenerational band that brings together one of his legendary peers with some of his most acclaimed former students—all of whom play with the same love and respect that Mabern has shared with them over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eTO LOVE AND BE LOVED reunites Mabern with drumming legend Jimmy Cobb. They first worked together in Miles Davis’s band during a brief but memorable stint in 1963! The rhythm section is completed by the impeccably swinging bassist Nat Reeves, while the frontline features Mabern’s prize student and frequent collaborator Eric Alexander on\u003cbr\u003e\ntenor saxophone and, on three tracks, another Mabern protégé, trumpeter Freddie Hendrix. Master percussionist Cyro Baptista completes the line-up with a performance on the opening track.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn discussing his reimaging of classic tunes and the inspiration for the album, Mabern quotes an unlikely mentor for a jazz musician: Albert Einstein. The famed physicist once said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there\u003cbr\u003e\never will be to know and understand.” Mabern took that message to heart, letting his own imagination run free on TO LOVE AND BE LOVED.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ereleased August 25, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHarold Mabern – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nEric Alexander – tenor saxophone\u003cbr\u003e\nNat Reeves – bass\u003cbr\u003e\nJimmy Cobb – drums\u003cbr\u003e\nFreddie Hendrix – trumpet (tracks 3, 4 \u0026amp; 7)\u003cbr\u003e\nCyro Baptista – percussion (track 1)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live April 17, 2017\u003cbr\u003e\nat Sear Sound Studio C, NYC\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAssociate Producer: Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded, Mixed \u0026amp; Mastered by Chris Allen\u003cbr\u003e\nStudio Assistant: Jeff CItron\u003cbr\u003e\nCover photography by Jimmy Katz\u003cbr\u003e\nInside photography by Gulnara Khamatova\u003cbr\u003e\nLiner Notes by David R. Adler\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eEric Alexander appears courtesy of High Note Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Frank Christopher \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382105387390,"sku":"SSR-1706-CD","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-1706-CD.jpg?v=1760095199"},{"product_id":"harold-mabern-afro-blue-cd","title":"Harold Mabern - Afro Blue CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2561391903\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haroldmabern.bandcamp.com\/album\/afro-blue\"\u003eAfro Blue by Harold Mabern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e8-panel Digipak Album\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAFRO BLUE, Harold Mabern’s second release for Smoke Sessions, features the pianist paired with five distinctive guest vocalists: Gregory Porter, Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, Kurt Elling, and Alexis Cole. Mabern provides sensitive and supportive playing behind these incredible singers, and the resulting chemistry makes these songs special. “I love vocalists. I love to play for singers because that’s really how you learn how to play the piano jazz-wise. They go through every aspect of music— changing keys, slow tempos to fast, playing rubato, playing verses, all of the Great American Songbook—that’s really how you learn how to play,” says Mabern.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThere is a world of music, and there are a lot of memorable performances on AFRO BLUE, but Mabern’s soulful, blues-driven style is the constant highlight. He is joined by a stellar supporting cast—Jeremy Pelt, Eric Alexander, and Steve Turre form a killer horn section, while John\u003cbr\u003e\nWebber and Joe Farnsworth complete his reliable rhythm team. Guitarist Peter Bernstein also makes a special appearance on Steely Dan’s “Do It Again.” Mabern adds, “I’ll tell you, it was really the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. It was definitely a challenge, but I think we pulled it off. I’m quite pleased with it, you know.”\u003cbr\u003e\ncredits\u003cbr\u003e\nreleased April 14, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHarold Mabern – piano\u003cbr\u003e\nJohn Webber – bass (except 5)\u003cbr\u003e\nJoe Farnsworth – drums (except 5)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eGUEST VOCALISTS\u003cbr\u003e\nGregory Porter – vocals (tracks 2 \u0026amp; 3)\u003cbr\u003e\nNorah Jones – vocals (tracks 4 \u0026amp; 5)\u003cbr\u003e\nJane Monheit – vocals (tracks 6 \u0026amp; 7)\u003cbr\u003e\nKurt Elling – vocals (tracks 8, 9 \u0026amp; 10)\u003cbr\u003e\nAlexis Cole – vocals (track 11)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eGUEST GUITARIST\u003cbr\u003e\nPeter Bernstein – guitar on “Do It Again”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHORNS\u003cbr\u003e\nJeremy Pelt – trumpet (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 \u0026amp; 11)\u003cbr\u003e\nSteve Turre – trombone (tracks 2, 4, 6 \u0026amp; 11)\u003cbr\u003e\nEric Alexander – tenor saxophone (except 5, 12, 13 \u0026amp; 14)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded Live August 21 \u0026amp; 29, 2014\u003cbr\u003e\nat Sear Sound, Studio C, New York City\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eProduced by Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nAssociate Producer: Damon Smith\u003cbr\u003e\nRecorded \u0026amp; Mastered by Roman Klun\u003cbr\u003e\nStudio Assistants: Ted Tuthill \u0026amp; Grant Valentine\u003cbr\u003e\nMixed by Roman Klun \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nPhotography by Jimmy Katz\u003cbr\u003e\nDesign by Damon Smith \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eGregory Porter appears courtesy of Universal Music France\u003cbr\u003e\nNorah Jones appears courtesy of Blue Note Records\u003cbr\u003e\nKurt Elling appears courtesy of Concord Jazz Records\u003cbr\u003e\nJeremy Pelt appears courtesy of High Note Records\u003cbr\u003e\nEric Alexander appears courtesy of High Note Records\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eExecutive Producers: Frank Christopher \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003cbr\u003e\nExecutive Producers: Frank Christopher \u0026amp; Paul Stache\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smoke Sessions Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56382107451774,"sku":"SSR-1503-CD","price":10.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/4161\/5230\/files\/SSR-1503-CD.jpg?v=1760095273"},{"product_id":"harold-mabern-right-on-time-cd","title":"Harold Mabern - Right on Time CD","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 700px; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=453676057\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=333333\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/haroldmabern.bandcamp.com\/album\/right-on-time\"\u003eRight on Time by Harold Mabern\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“Harold’s song selection on this \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eCD\u003c\/span\u003e is as varied as his life’s experience.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— John Sunier, Audiophile Audition, May 5, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e“‘Right on Time’ reveals his knack for discovering material way off the jazz path.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— Mike Shanley, JazzTimes, August 15, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e‘”Right On Time’ allows one to put themselves upfront, where all the action is, for a stellar recital by one of jazz music’s most esteemed elder statesmen.”\u003cbr\u003e\n— C. Andrew Hovan, All About Jazz, March 5, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e#1 on JazzWeek Radio Chart (4 Weeks); #12 for 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAny day that you get to hear jazz pianist Harold Mabern is a great day, and with RIGHT ON TIME you get two of those days with his superb trio distilled on one record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eRecorded during Mabern’s 77th birthday celebration at Smoke Jazz Club, the spirited energy on these tracks is unmistakable. Mabern and his trio–bassist John Webber and drummer Joe Farnsworth–deliver a stylistically sweeping program of repertoire from classic blues and swinging standards to tender ballads and modal tempests. 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