Misty (Harold Mabern album)

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Misty
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 22, 2007
RecordedDecember 20, 2006
StudioThe Studio, NYC
Genre Jazz
Length51:43
Label Venus
VHCD-78015
Producer Tetsuo Hara, Todd Barkan
Harold Mabern chronology
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
(2006)
Misty
(2007)
Mr. Lucky
(2012)

Misty is a solo album by pianist Harold Mabern which was originally released on the Venus label in Japan in 2007. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
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The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden stated that "This solo piano date is one of his very best efforts". [2]

Track listing

All compositions by Harold Mabern except where noted

  1. "Dat Dere" (Bobby Timmons) – 4:52
  2. "She" (George Shearing) – 4:31
  3. "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 4:14
  4. "Mabern's Boogie" – 2:32
  5. "The Way We Were" (Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 5:10
  6. "Unforgettable" (Irving Gordon) – 4:19
  7. "You Don't Know What Love Is" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) – 3:51
  8. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones) – 5:18
  9. "Wail Bait" (Quincy Jones) – 3:45
  10. "Stolen Moments" (Oliver Nelson) – 4:18
  11. "Wayne's Blues" – 3:59
  12. "Misty" (Erroll Garner) – 4:54

Personnel

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References

  1. Venus Records catalog, accessed March 12, 2018
  2. 1 2 Dryden, Ken. Harold Mabern: Misty – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 12, 2018.