Harold Mabern • A Few Miles From Memphis

 

Review by Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
On A Few Miles from Memphis, recorded by pianist Harold Mabern in 1968, he's joined by tenors George Coleman and Buddy Terry, bassist Bill Lee, and drummer Walter Perkins for a bluesy, rhythm-filled set featuring familiar fare like "A Treat for Bea" and fun originals like "Walkin' Back." There's also the odd inclusion of "There's a Kind of Hush," a pop song that comes out sounding like an old standard here.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-few-miles-from-memphis-mw0000453546

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Reseña de Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
En A Few Miles from Memphis, grabado por el pianista Harold Mabern en 1968, se le unen los tenores George Coleman y Buddy Terry, el bajista Bill Lee y el baterista Walter Perkins para un set lleno de blues y ritmo que incluye temas familiares como «A Treat for Bea» y originales divertidos como «Walkin' Back». También está la extraña inclusión de «There's a Kind of Hush», una canción pop que aquí suena como un viejo estándar.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-few-miles-from-memphis-mw0000453546

Tracks:
1 - A Few Miles From Memphis
Composed By – Harold Mabern 5:30
2 - Walkin' Back
Composed By – Harold Mabern 5:52
3 - A Treat For Bea
Composed By – Harold Mabern 6:08
4 - Syden Blue
Composed By – Harold Mabern 4:00
5 - There's A Kind Of Hush
Composed By – Geoff Stephens, Les Reed 5:35
6 - B & B
Composed By – Harold Mabern 7:27
7 - To Wane
Composed By – Harold Mabern 6:24
8 - Rakin' And Scrapin'
Composed By – Harold Mabern 7:40
9 - Such A Life
Composed By – Harold Mabern 8:17
10 - Aon
Composed By – Harold Mabern 9:07
11 - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Composed By – Barrett Strong, Norman Whitfield 3:20
12 - Valerie
Composed By – Harold Mabern 5:00


Credits:
    Bass – Bill Lee (2)
    Drums – Hugh Walker (tracks: 8 to 12), Walter Perkins (tracks: 1 to 7)
    Electric Piano – Harold Mabern (tracks: 11)
    Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
    Piano – Harold Mabern
    Remastered By – Joe Tarantino
    Supervised By – Bob Porter (tracks: 8 to 12), Cal Lampley (tracks: 1 to 7)
    Tenor Saxophone – Buddy Terry (tracks: 1 to 7), George Coleman
    Trumpet – Blue Mitchell (tracks: 8 to 11)

Contains two complete LPs:
# 1 to 7 originally released as A Few Miles From Memphis
# 8 to 12 as Rakin' And Scrapin'

Label:    Prestige – PRCD 24288-2
Country:    Europe
Released:    2004
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Soul-Jazz, Hard Bop, Post Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/6669069-Harold-Mabern-A-Few-Miles-From-Memphis?srsltid=AfmBOoquryQhgA8cdrxBaCkXLpgFy9D9RPmUrPLt1mzAKWB1RE7O2SLf

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