Mabern, Harold / Iron Man: Live At Smoke, The
Album: Iron Man: Live At Smoke, The   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Mabern, Harold   Added:Dec 2018
Label:Smoke Sessions  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2018-12-10 Pull Date: 2019-02-11 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Feb 3 Jan 27 Jan 20 Jan 13 Jan 6 Dec 30 Dec 23 Dec 16
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Recent Airplay
1. Jul 08, 2021: Clean Copper Radio for Fo (rebroadcast from Jan 3, 2019)
How Insensitive
4. Jan 26, 2019: The Acupuncture Hour/Audio Ambrosia
How Insensitive
2. Feb 14, 2019: Transience
On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
5. Jan 25, 2019: Traditions
(Disc 1) A Million Miles From Memphis
3. Jan 31, 2019: The Emerging Artist Network
How Insensitive
6. Jan 18, 2019: Traditions
On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2018-12-06
Reviewed: 2018-12-05
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: For a practitioner of bluesy hard-bop, Mabern has a solid pedigree. Here, the inestimably powerful, blues-fueled engine that drives Mabern’s most thrilling work gets alternately offset and emboldened by the contributions of his former students, plus his Miles Davis-era cohort Jimmy Cobb on drums.
If You Like: Les McCann, Stanley Turrentine, Eddie Harris
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
DISC 1
*1/ A Few Miles From Memphis (7:32) – piano starts> uptempo jam> piano solo> sax solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
2/ I Get A Kick Out Of You (8:08) – bass starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> piano solo> uptempo jam> crescendo end
*3/ I Know That You Know (4:48) – sax starts> swinging fast jam> sax solo> drum solo> fast jam> quick stiop
4/ I Remember Clifford (4:44) – piano starts > slow jam> piano solo> slow jam> fade
*5/ T-Bone Steak (9:28) – piano starts> midtempo jam> piano solo swings> sax solo> bass solo> midtempo jam> crescendo end
**6/ Almost Like Being In Love (8:49) – sax starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> uptempo jam> piano solo> uptempo jam> fade
7/ Dear Lord (5:49) – piano starts> midtempo jam> piano solo> sax solo> midtempo jam> slow fade
DISC 2
8/ Nightlife In Tokyo (9:45) – piano starts> midtempo jam> piano solo swings uptempo> uptempo jam> sax solo> uptempo jam> uptempo jam> quick stop
*9/ She’s Out Of My Life (9:03) – piano starts> slow jam> sax solo> slow jam> slow fade
**10/ How Insensitive (10:09) – piano starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> uptempo jam swings to jast jam> piano solo> drum solo> fast jam> fade
11/ Mr. P.C. (5:07) – piano starts> midtempo jam> piano solo> drum solo> midtempo jam> quick fade
**12/ On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) (6:34) – sax starts> uptempo swinging jam> sax solo> piano solo> drum solo> uptempo jam> long crescendo end
*13/ You Are Too Beautiful (7:14) – piano starts> slow jam> sax solo> playful piano solo> midtempo jam> fade & band intro
*14/ Rakin’ And Scrapin’ (5:43) – piano starts> uptempo jam> sax solo> rocking piano solo> uptempo jam> quick stop & band intro

Track Listing
1. (Disc 1) A Million Miles From Memphis   8. (Disc 2) Nightlife In Tokyo
2. I Get A Kick Out Of You   9. She's Out Of My Life
3. I Know That You Know   10. How Insensitive
4. I Remember Clifford   11. Mr. P. C.
5. T-Bone Steak   12. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
6. Almost Like Being In Love   13. You Are Too Beautiful
7. Dear Lord   14. Rakin' And Scrapin'