Harold Mabern Trio - Lookin' On The Bright Side (1993)

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Artist: Harold Mabern Trio
Title: Lookin' On The Bright Side
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: DIW[DIW-5009]
Genre: Jazz, Hard Bop
Quality: FLAC (image + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 50:56
Total Size: 283 MB(+3%) | 120 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01 - Look On The Bright Side
02 - Moment's Notice
03 - Big Time Cooper
04 - Au Privave
05 - Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
06 - It's A Lonesome Old Town
07 - Too Late Fall Back Baby
08 - Our Waltz

Harold Mabern Trio - Lookin' On The Bright Side (1993)

personnel :

Harold Mabern - piano
Christian McBride - bass
Jack DeJohnette - drums

Harold Mabern was nearing his 57th birthday around the time of the two 1993 studio sessions that provided the music for this Japanese release; he's clearly in a mood to celebrate, as the CD begins with a driving hard bop original, "Look on the Bright Side," powered by his aggressive risk-taking playing and fueled by a lower key solo by young bassist Christian McBride and a series of powerful drum breaks by seasoned veteran Jack DeJohnette. Although Mabern's arrangement of John Coltrane's "Moment's Notice" is enjoyable, it is because the rhythm simulates a jaunty stroll while the leader unleashes some pyrotechnics. Likewise, Charlie Parker's "Au Privave" is never rushed, but executed with finesse. The musicians have fun disguising the introduction to "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing," a piece that can turn saccharine in the wrong hands, but their lively interplay in a brisk setting makes it work. "It's a Lonesome Old Town," a piece long forgotten by most players, has a thunderous introduction, but Mabern reverts to its melancholy nature in the subdued body of the piece, though he can't resist tossing in a little of his lightening runs and heavy tremolos. He also plays two originals, including his gospel-flavored "Too Late Fall Back Baby" and the strutting "Big Time Cooper," named for a diminutive (five-foot four-inches) pianist Mabern admired years earlier in Chicago. Highly recommended for hard bop fans.~Ken Dryden

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