Released 1969 Release date 1969 Label Prestige Records | Artist Harold Mabern Producer Bob Porter Genre Jazz | |
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Recorded June 30, 1969
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Workin' & Wailin'
(1969) Greasy Kid Stuff!
(1970) Similar Harold Mabern albums, Jazz albums | ||
Workin' & Wailin' is the third album led by pianist Harold Mabern which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.
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Reception
Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The date utilizes trumpeter Virgil Jones, tenor saxophonist George Coleman, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Idris Muhammad on four challenging Mabern originals and Johnny Mandel's "A Time for Love."
Track listing
All compositions by Harold Mabern except as indicated
- "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" (Janie Bradford, Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) - 4:18
- "Strozier's Mode" - 7:50
- "Blues for Phineas" - 5:05
- "I Can't Understand What I See in You" - 8:40
- "Waltzing Westward" - 9:16
- "A Time for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:50
Personnel
References
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