All About Jazz

Home » Musicians » Harold Mabern

Harold Mabern Harold Mabern

Early in his career, Mabern played in Chicago with MJT + 3 in the late 1950s and then moved to New York in 1959. Mabern has worked with Jimmy Forrest, Lionel Hampton, the Jazztet (1961-1962), Donald Byrd, Miles Davis (1963), J.J. Johnson (1963-1965), Lee Morgan (1965), Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, Joe Williams (1966- 1967), and Sarah Vaughan.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Mabern led four albums for Prestige Records, performed with Lee Morgan, and recorded with Stanley Cowell's Piano Choir. Harold Mabern has recorded as a leader for DIW/Columbia and Sackville and toured with the Contemporary Piano Ensemble (1993-1995).

A longtime faculty member at William Paterson College, Mabern is a frequent instructor at Stanford Jazz Workshop.

Saxophonist Eric Alexander was one of Mabern's students at William Pattereson in the late 1980s. Mabern now frequently tours and records with Alexander as part of his quintet. To date, Mabern and Alexander have appeared on over twenty CDs together.


Tags

Harold Mabern piano

Photos

Albums

Album Mabern Plays Mabern by Harold Mabern

Mabern Plays Mabern

Smoke Sessions Records
2020

buy
Album The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-70 by Hank Mobley

The Complete Hank...

Mosaic Records
2020

buy
Album The Iron Man: Live At Smoke by Harold Mabern

The Iron Man: Live At...

Smoke Sessions Records
2019

buy
Album To Love and Be Loved by Harold Mabern

To Love and Be Loved

Smoke Sessions Records
2017

buy
Album Afro Blue by Harold Mabern

Afro Blue

Smoke Sessions Records
2016

buy
Album Right On Time by Harold Mabern

Right On Time

Smoke Sessions Records
2014

buy
Boogie for Al McShann

Boogie for Al McShann

Harold Mabern
Harold Mabern: Live at Smalls

Watch

Similar

Cedar Walton Cedar Walton
piano
Chick Corea Chick Corea
piano
Art Farmer Art Farmer
flugelhorn
Art Blakey Art Blakey
drums
Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Adderley
saxophone
Wynton Kelly Wynton Kelly
piano
Clark Terry Clark Terry
trumpet
Ramsey Lewis Ramsey Lewis
piano
Bobby Timmons Bobby Timmons
piano
Charlie Hunter Charlie Hunter
guitar, 8-string
Billy Taylor Billy Taylor
piano
David Hazeltine David Hazeltine
piano
Kenny Drew Kenny Drew
piano
Kenny Drew, Jr. Kenny Drew, Jr.
piano
Myron Walden Myron Walden
saxophone
Jeremy Steig Jeremy Steig
flute

Shop Amazon

All About Jazz needs your support

Donate
All About Jazz & Jazz Near You were built to promote jazz music: both recorded and live events. We rely primarily on venues, festivals and musicians to promote their events through our platform. With club closures, shelter in place and an uncertain future, we've pivoted our platform to collect, promote and broadcast livestream concerts to support our jazz musician friends. This is a significant but neccesary effort that will help musicians now, and in the future. You can help offset the cost of this essential undertaking by making a donation today. In return, we'll deliver an ad-free experience (which includes hiding the bottom right video ad). Thank you.

Get more of a good thing

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories and includes your local jazz events calendar.