Harold Mabern Afro Blue

Harold Mabern - Afro Blue (2015) Music

Posted by popsakov at Dec. 1, 2022

Harold Mabern's second release on Smoke Sessions Records, Afro Blue, is a very special recording featuring guest vocalists Gregory Porter, Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, Kurt Elling, and Alexis Cole. The chemistry of these artists with Harold the sound of his piano voicings combined with their voices is extraordinary. Well-known in jazz circles as a consummate accompanist for instrumental soloists, The Mabe also has a special gift for sensitive and supportive playing behind singers. It's something he takes pride in and has been doing since he first hit the stage at Birdland half a century ago with Betty Carter.

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Harold Mabern - Afro Blue (2015) Music

Posted by mark70 at June 4, 2015

Harold Mabern - Afro Blue (2015)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 69:32 min | 160 MB
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz | Label: Smoke Sessions Records

Harold Mabern s second release on Smoke Sessions Records, Afro Blue, is a very special recording featuring a truly stellar cast of guest vocalists: Gregory Porter, Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, Kurt Elling, and Alexis Cole. The chemistry of these artists with Harold the sound of his piano voicings combined with their voices is extraordinary. Well-known in jazz circles as a consummate accompanist for instrumental soloists, Mabern also has a special gift for sensitive and supportive playing behind singers.

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Harold Mabern - Afro Blue (2015) Music

Posted by TmanHome at Feb. 27, 2017

Harold Mabern - Afro Blue (2015)
Jazz, Vocal Jazz | MP3 320 kbps CBR | 70 min | 162 MB
Label: Smoke Sessions Records | Rel:2015

Harold Mabern's second release on Smoke Sessions Records, Afro Blue, is a very special recording featuring guest vocalists Gregory Porter, Norah Jones, Jane Monheit, Kurt Elling, and Alexis Cole. The chemistry of these artists with Harold the sound of his piano voicings combined with their voices is extraordinary. Well-known in jazz circles as a consummate accompanist for instrumental soloists, The Mabe also has a special gift for sensitive and supportive playing behind singers…

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Harold Mabern - 3 Albums (2008-2013) Music

Posted by Domestos at Sept. 15, 2017

Harold Mabern - 3 Albums (2008-2013)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue, log) ~ 1 Gb | 02:53:55 | Scans included
Bop, Hard Bop | Country: USA

Harold Mabern, Jr. (born March 20, 1936) is an American jazz pianist and composer, principally in the hard bop, post-bop, and soul jazz fields. He is described in The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings as "one of the great post-bop pianists". Mabern's piano style has been described as being "aggressive, very positive, crashing out chords that drop like pile drivers and warming up and down the keyboard with huge, whooping bursts of action", while, at the same time, he shows "a keen sensitivity" as "an extremely perceptive accompanist". Critic Gary Giddins has identified some of the characteristics of Mabern's playing as being "blues glisses, […] tremolos and dissonant block chords", that help to create a style "that marries McCoy Tyner's clustering modality with rippling asides that stem from [Art] Tatum". The influence of Phineas Newborn, Jr. remains noticeable: Mabern employs Newborn's "manner of playing fast lines in a two-handed octave (or two-octave) unison, and uses this device in wildly imaginative ways". When accompanying vocalists, Mabern states that he plays with "less force, less aggression. I use the soft pedal. You don't voice the chord with the leading tone. You wait for them to sing a phrase, then fill in the space."

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Harold Mabern - Live at Smalls (2013) Music

Posted by mark70 at July 23, 2013

Harold Mabern - Live at Smalls (2013)
MP3 320 kbps CBR | 56:13 min | 128 MB
Genre: Jazz | Label: SmallsLIVE

Harold Mabern is a living legend of jazz piano. Born in Memphis, he is considered one of the foremost living post-bop pianists today. His ensemble credentials include working with Cannonball Adderly, Eddie ''Cleanhead'' Vinson, Lee Morgan, Sonny Rollins, George Coleman and virtually all of the significant voices in jazz in the last fifty years. Here he is captured live at Smalls Jazz Club with the rhythm team of Joe Farnsworth on drums and John Webber on bass. His rollicking good-time feel covers a lot of material including the ''Sesame Street'' theme.

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Lee Morgan - The Sixth Sense (1967) {2014 Japan SHM-CD Blue Note 24-192 Remaster} Music

Posted by ruskaval at March 29, 2019

Lee Morgan - The Sixth Sense (1967) {2014 Japan SHM-CD Blue Note 24-192 Remaster}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 380 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 135 Mb
Full Artwork @ 600 dpi (png) -> 241 Mb | 5% repair rar | 24-bit 192 kHz remaster
© 1967, 2014 Universal Japan / Blue Note | BN 75th The Masterworks | UCCQ-5077
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Modal Music / Trumpet

Features SHM-CD format and the latest 24bit 192kHz remastering. From late 1967 through 1968, Lee Morgan fronted a fine sextet with alto saxophonist Jackie McLean and the less-heralded tenor saxophonist Frank Mitchell. The group recorded The Sixth Sense, but by September of 1968, Morgan, Mitchell, and drummer Billy Higgins remained, the band revamped and reduced to a quintet. Where McLean's contribution was very telling in terms of the combo's overall sound, the quintet was able to further display the quiet confidence and competence Mitchell held.

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V.A. - Venus Jazz Lounge - Relaxin' Afternoon Tea Time (2012) Music

Posted by gribovar at Aug. 7, 2021

V.A. - Venus Jazz Lounge - Relaxin' Afternoon Tea Time (2012)
EAC Rip | APE (image+.cue+log) - 903 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 305 MB | Covers - 3 MB
Genre: Jazz, Mainstream Jazz, Post-Bop, Vocal Jazz Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Venus Records (VHCD-1070)

Venus Records 20th Anniversary Special Flavor.
Steve Kuhn Trio, Romantic Jazz Trio, Eddie Higgins Triio, Kenny Barron Trio, Scott Hamilton & Ken Peplowski, Monty Alexander Trio and many others.

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Eric Alexander Quartet - Chim Chim Cheree (2010) (Repost) Music

Posted by Domestos at Jan. 16, 2018

Eric Alexander Quartet - Chim Chim Cheree (2010)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) ~ 471.79 Mb | 1:02:27 | Scans included
Post Bop | Label: Venus Records, Inc. (VHCD-1038)

Chim Chim Cheree has been dubbed "a tribute to John Coltrane." Returning with usual sidemen Harold Mabern at the piano, Joe Farnsworth on drums, and bassist John Webber, this album represents a thorough examination of Coltrane's music made up of Coltrane originals and tunes Coltrane ostensibly owned throughout his career. While George Coleman, Dexter Gordon, and Sonny Stitt are most often cited as the foremost influences on Alexander, Coltrane is clearly among them.

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Eric Alexander Quartet - Chim Chim Cheree (2010) [lossless] Music

Posted by stfine at May 23, 2010

Eric Alexander Quartet - Chim Chim Cheree (2010)
Jazz / Post-Bop, Instrumental | FLAC tracks, log, cue | artwork | 487 MB (3%)
Label: Venus Records, VHCD-1038

John Coltrane tribute album release from Eric Alexander Quartet. Supported by Harold Mabern on piano, John Webber on bass and Joe Farnsworth and drums, the group places their focus on the music recorded by Coltrane's "classic quartet" of the early and mid 1960's.

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George Benson - Original Album Classics (2007) Music

Posted by v3122 at May 20, 2021

George Benson - Original Album Classics (2007)
MP3 CBR 320Kbps
5CD | Columbia, 88697145522 | ~ 630 Mb | Scans(png) -> 266 Mb
Jazz-funk, Fusion, Smooth Jazz

2007 five CD set, a great installment in Sony/BMG's Original Album Classics series that brings together rare and out of print titles with some best sellers from the Sony/BMG Jazz catalog. Many of these albums have been unavailable on CD for some time and are sought after by collectors…

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