Maya with Love

Last updated
Maya with Love
Maya with Love.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 27, 2000
RecordedJune 21, 1999
Studio Avatar, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length65:22
Label DIW
(DIW-622)
Producer James Williams, Kazunori Sugiyama
Harold Mabern chronology
Mabern's Grooveyard
(1998)
Maya with Love
(2000)
Kiss of Fire
(2001)

Maya with Love is an album by pianist Harold Mabern which was released by DIW Records in 2000.

Contents

Recording and music

The personnel are Harold Mabern (piano), Christian McBride (bass), and Tony Reedus (drums). [1] This trio had recorded the album Mabern’s Grooveyard in 1996. [2] "To Maya Glenne with Love" is for Mabern's granddaughter. [1]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]

Maya with Love was released by DIW Records in 2000. [2] [3] The AllMusic reviewer concluded that Mabern's album was "a supreme performance that is full of joy and makes this artist's relative obscurity seem criminal." [1]

Track listing

All compositions by Harold Mabern except where noted

  1. "To Maya Glenne with Love" – 6:52
  2. "You Are Too Beautiful" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 9:03
  3. "Hymn of the Orient" (Gigi Gryce) – 5:43
  4. "A Song for Connie" – 5:04
  5. "Lament" (J. J. Johnson) – 7:24
  6. "Boogie for All McShann" – 2:57
  7. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 5:15
  8. "Little Girl Blue" (Rogers, Hart) – 5:25
  9. "Blue Bossa" (Kenny Dorham) – 5:02
  10. "Maybe September" (Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Percy Faith) – 8:28
  11. "Begin the Beguine" (Cole Porter) – 4:09

Personnel

Related Research Articles

<i>Live at the Lighthouse</i> (Lee Morgan album) 1971 live album by Lee Morgan

Live at the Lighthouse is a live album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, released on the Blue Note label in 1971. The album features a quintet of Morgan, Bennie Maupin, Harold Mabern, Jymie Merritt, and Mickey Roker, recorded at The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California in July 1970. Originally released as a double LP comprising four side-long recordings, the 1996 CD reissue expanded the track list with over one-hundred minutes of additional material from the Lighthouse gigs. In 2021, Blue Note released an 8-CD/12-LP box set featuring the complete recordings of Morgan's three-night stint to commemorate the original album's fiftieth anniversary.

<i>The Sixth Sense</i> (Lee Morgan album) 1970 studio album by Lee Morgan

The Sixth Sense is an album by jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, released on the Blue Note label in 1970. The album features performances by Morgan, Jackie McLean, Frank Mitchell, Cedar Walton, Victor Sproles and Billy Higgins. The CD reissue added three tracks featuring Harold Mabern and Mickey Bass.

<i>Blue Spirits</i> 1967 studio album by Freddie Hubbard

Blue Spirits is an album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard released on the Blue Note label. It would be his last studio album for Blue Note, recorded in the 1960s. It features performances by Hubbard, James Spaulding, Joe Henderson, Harold Mabern, Jr., Larry Ridley, Clifford Jarvis, Big Black, Kiane Zawadi, Hank Mobley, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw, Pete LaRoca. The CD release added tracks from a 1966 session featuring Hosea Taylor, Herbie Hancock, Reggie Workman, and Elvin Jones.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Williams (musician)</span> American jazz musician

James Williams was an American jazz pianist.

Tony Reedus was an American jazz drummer.

<i>Live at Fat Tuesdays</i> 1992 live album by Freddie Hubbard

Live at Fat Tuesday's is a live album by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard recorded in December 1991 and released on the MusicMasters label. It features performances by Hubbard, Javon Jackson, Benny Green, Christian McBride and Tony Reedus.

<i>Consequence</i> (album) 1979 studio album by Jackie McLean

Consequence is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean, recorded in 1965 but not released on Blue Note until 1979 as LT-994. In 1993, it was released as part of the four-disc Mosaic compilation The Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions, which was limited to 5,000 copies. In 2005, it was finally released on a limited edition CD as Blue Note 11428.

Geoffrey Keezer is an American jazz pianist. In 2023, he won the Best Instrumental Composition Grammy for Refuge

<i>Perception</i> (Art Farmer album) 1964 studio album by Art Farmer

Perception is an album by flugelhorn player Art Farmer's Quartet, featuring performances recorded in 1961 and originally released on the Argo label.

<i>Gettin to It</i> 1995 studio album by Christian McBride

Gettin' to It is the debut studio album of American jazz bassist Christian McBride. The album was released in 1995 by Verve.

<i>Rakin and Scrapin</i> 1969 studio album by Harold Mabern

Rakin' and Scrapin' is the second album led by pianist Harold Mabern that was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.

<i>Lookin on the Bright Side</i> 1993 studio album by Harold Mabern Trio

Lookin' on the Bright Side is an album by pianist Harold Mabern which was originally released on the DIW label in Japan in 1993.

<i>To Love and Be Loved</i> 2017 studio album by Harold Mabern

To Love and Be Loved is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was released by Smoke Sessions Records in 2017.

<i>Straight Street</i> (album) 1991 studio album by Harold Mabern

Straight Street is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 1989 and released by DIW Records.

<i>Live at Smalls</i> 2013 live album by Harold Mabern

Live at Smalls is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was released by Smalls Live in 2013.

<i>The Leading Man</i> (album) 1993 studio album by Harold Mabern

The Leading Man is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was released by DIW Records in 1993. Columbia Records released an album with the same title and some of the same tracks two years later.

<i>Maberns Grooveyard</i> 1998 studio album by Harold Mabern

Mabern's Grooveyard is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 1996 and released by DIW Records two years later.

<i>Somewhere Over the Rainbow</i> (Harold Mabern album) 2006 studio album by Harold Mabern

Somewhere Over the Rainbow is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 2005 and released by Venus Records.

<i>The Iron Man: Live at Smoke</i> 2018 live album by Harold Mabern

The Iron Man: Live at Smoke is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 2018 and released by Smoke Sessions Records.

<i>Mabern Plays Mabern</i> 2020 live album by Harold Mabern

Mabern Plays Mabern is an album by pianist Harold Mabern. It was recorded in 2018 and released by Smoke Sessions Records.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Proefrock, Stacia "Harold Mabern: "Maya with Love". AllMusic. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Corroto, Mark (June 1, 2000) "Harold Mabern: Maya with Love". All About Jazz.
  3. Jazzlists: DIW Records: CDs 601 to 634, accessed March 12, 2018