Harold Mabern Trio - Somewhere Over The Rainbow (2007) [Japan 2018] SACD ISO + Hi-Res FLAC

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is an album by American Jazz pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 2005 and released by Venus Records. All of the compositions are by Harold Arlen. Mabern commented that, "I've always studied him because his music is very bluesy. And you don't really have to do anything to his music but just go ahead and play it". Jones uses brushes on most of the tracks. "A Sleeping Bee" gets a "gospel-inflected soul-jazz treatment". "This Time the Dream's on Me" has "a hip Latin vamp to introduce a soul-jazz-infused arrangement". Mabern's arrangement of "Savannah" begins as a calypso and then shifts into hard bop.

Harold Mabern is one of a number of American jazz artists who have developed a strong following in Japan, resulting in regular opportunities to record for the Japanese Venus label. This trio date with bassist Dwayne Burno and drummer Willie Jones III (the latter sticking mainly to brushes) covers ten songs from the vast Harold Arlen songbook, though not all of them are well-known standards. Mabern's bouncing, breezy opener is a fun-filled take of "Over the Rainbow," followed by a gospel-inflected soul-jazz treatment of "A Sleepin' Bee" that prominently features Burno. His blues-drenched take of "Blues in the Night" is harmonically rich, while Mabern's jovial treatment of "I've Got the World on a String" swings like mad. The pianist adds a hip Latin vamp to introduce a soul-jazz-infused arrangement of "This Time the Dream's on Me." "Savannah" is not one of Arlen's better-known tunes, but Mabern's chart sets it up as a calypso before seguing into hard bop, with Jones getting several breaks on sticks.

Tracklist:

01. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
02. A Sleeping Bee
03. Blues In The Night
04. Out Of This World
05. Savanna
06. Hooray For Love
07. Stormy Weather
08. I've Got The World On A String
09. The Man That Got Away
10. This Time The Dream's On Me

Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Tetsuo Hara. Engineered by Katherine Miller.
Recorded on November 11, 2005 at The Studio in New York.
Venus Hyper Magnum Sound Direct Mix. VENUS Japan # VHGD-300.

Personnel
Harold Mabern - piano
Dwayne Burno - bass
Willie Jones III - drums


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