Harold Mabern Quartet at Yukon Arts Centre

About

Harold Mabern, one of jazz’s most enduring and dazzlingly skilled pianists was born in Memphis, Tennesee. He is described in The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings as “one of the great post-bop (and soul jazz) pianists”. An undisputed jazz master, Mabern has over 20 albums as a leader, and has played and recorded over a half-century on the scene with jazz legends like Lee Morgan, Wes Montgomery, Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis, Stanley Turrentine, Hank Mobley, Blue Mitchell, Jackie McLean, J.J. Johnson, Betty Carter, Freddie Hubbard, Sarah Vaughn, George Coleman, Louis Hayes, George Benson, Clark Terry, James Moody and more recently with a host of younger ‘lions’ such as Eric Alexander, Mike DiRubbo, Joe Farnsworth, Steve Davis, Jim Rotondi and Norah Jones.