Harold Mabern

Harold Mabern, Jr. (March 20, 1936 – September 19, 2019) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He worked in the hard bop, post-bop, and soul jazz fields.^[1] He was called by The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings as "one of the great post-bop pianists".^{[2][3] [4]} He was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

Mabern died on September 19, 2019 in New York City at the age of 83.^[5]

References

1. Feather, Leonard; Gitler, Ira (2007) The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. p. 425. Oxford University Press.
2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008) The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). p. 1136. Penguin.
3. Smoke Session Records Facebook page
4. Commercial Appeal "Memphis jazz great Harold Mabern has died"
5. Memphis jazz great Harold Mabern has died

Other websites

• Johnson Jr., George V., Talking Jazz with Harold Mabern, Entertainment, Tuesday, July 14, 2009