Harold Mabern (Memphis, Tennessee, USA, March 20, 1936 - September 17, 2019) was an American hard bop and soul jazz pianist and songwriter.
Early in his career, Mabern played in Chicago with Walter Perkins' MJT + 3 in the late 1950s before moving 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), Hank Mobley (1965), Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, Joe Williams (1966-1967), and Sarah Vaughan. In more recent years, he has recorded extensively with his former William Paterson University student, the tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander.
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On the radio
Stations that played Harold Mabern in the last 30 days
- 12×
Ella Radio - Straight-Ahead
Germany · Post-Bop - 6×
Skyline Jazz
Italy · Vocal Jazz - 6×
Mixadance FM
Russia · Smooth Jazz - 4×
WAJH 91.1 Jazz Hall Radio Birmingham, AL
United States · Post-Bop - 3×
Radio Art - Jazz Piano
Greece · Hard Bop - 3×
Ella Radio - Piano Jazz
Germany · Post-Bop - 2×
Jazz.FM91
Canada · Jazz - 2×
Radio Nula Organic
Slovenia · Jazz - 2×
Ella Radio - Piano Trios
Germany · Post-Bop - 2×
JAZZ.FM91
Canada · Hard Bop - 2×
Jazz Vespers (update 2025)
United States · Jazz - 2×
JAZZCLA
United States · Jazz
