℗ 2018 Smoke Sessions Records
Released | November 23, 2018 |
Duration | 1h 43m 05s |
Record Label | Smoke Sessions |
Catalogue No. | SSR-1807 |
Genre | Jazz (Live Jazz) |
1.1
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A Few Miles From Memphis
Harold Mabern |
7:32 | |||
1.2
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I Get a Kick Out of You
Harold Mabern |
8:07 | |||
1.3
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I Know That You Know
Harold Mabern |
4:48 | |||
1.4
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I Remember Clifford
Harold Mabern |
4:44 | |||
1.5
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T-Bone Steak
Harold Mabern |
9:28 | |||
1.6
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Almost Like Being In Love
Harold Mabern |
8:48 | |||
1.7
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Dear Lord
Harold Mabern |
5:48 | |||
1.8
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Nightlife in Tokyo
Harold Mabern |
9:44 | |||
1.9
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She's Out of My Life
Harold Mabern |
9:00 | |||
1.10
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How Insensitive
Harold Mabern |
10:31 | |||
1.11
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Mr. P.C.
Harold Mabern |
5:06 | |||
1.12
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On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
Harold Mabern |
6:34 | |||
1.13
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You Are Too Beautiful
Harold Mabern |
7:14 | |||
1.14
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Rakin' and Scrapin'
Harold Mabern |
5:41 |
While it was captured over the course a single night, there’s a rich lifetime’s worth of music packed into The Iron Man: Live at Smoke. If it’s a slight overstatement to say that the album represents an autobiography in song, that’s only because 82-year-old jazz master Harold Mabern tells his story in every note that he plays. That’s as true of the melodies he’s been interpreting for more then half a century – as many of the tunes on The Iron Man are – as it is of the always inspired music that flows spontaneously from the great pianist’s fingers.
The Iron Man was recorded on the final night of a remarkable three-week residency, an annual holiday tradition at the renowned New York City club. Most of that 2017/18 run was dedicated to the music of John Coltrane and featured a host of invited guests to the bandstand. For this magical final performance, however, Mabern and his gifted, longstanding quartet – tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, bassist John Webber, and drummer Joe Farnsworth – went it alone, vigorously swinging through well-loved tunes from throughout Mabern’s storied career.
Whether you listen to these two sets as representing a single special evening or 82 memorable years, there’s ample evidence that Harold Mabern deserves to be known as The Iron Man – a powerhouse player, a formative mentor, a revered survivor.
48 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Smoke Sessions Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.19 -1.67 to -1.09 | -18.16 -20.74 to -15.87 | -15.46 -18.30 to -13.20 | 12 10 to 13 | |
1 | A Few Miles From Memphis | -1.17 | -17.61 | -15.1 | 12 |
2 | I Get a Kick Out of You | -1.09 | -15.87 | -13.2 | 10 |
3 | I Know That You Know | -1.17 | -17.55 | -14.7 | 12 |
4 | I Remember Clifford | -1.10 | -19.52 | -16.7 | 13 |
5 | T-Bone Steak | -1.17 | -18.62 | -15.8 | 13 |
6 | Almost Like Being In Love | -1.17 | -17.30 | -14.8 | 12 |
7 | Dear Lord | -1.67 | -17.97 | -15.0 | 11 |
8 | Nightlife in Tokyo | -1.17 | -16.32 | -13.8 | 11 |
9 | She's Out of My Life | -1.17 | -20.56 | -17.9 | 13 |
10 | How Insensitive | -1.17 | -15.89 | -13.2 | 10 |
11 | Mr. P.C. | -1.17 | -20.74 | -18.3 | 13 |
12 | On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever) | -1.17 | -17.91 | -15.2 | 12 |
13 | You Are Too Beautiful | -1.17 | -20.45 | -17.6 | 13 |
14 | Rakin' and Scrapin' | -1.17 | -17.87 | -15.1 | 12 |