Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Studio album by
Harold Mabern
Released2006
RecordedNovember 11, 2005
StudioThe Studio, New York
GenreJazz
LabelVenus
ProducerTetsuo Hara, Todd Barkan
Harold Mabern chronology
Fantasy
(2004)		 Somewhere Over the Rainbow
(2006)		 Misty
(2007)
Professional ratings
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AllMusic[1]

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

Recording

The album was recorded on November 11, 2005, at The Studio in New York.[2] It was produced by Tetsuo Hara and Todd Barkan.[2] The performers were Harold Mabern (piano), Dwayne Burno (bass), and Willie Jones III (drums).[1]

Music and release

All of the compositions are by Harold Arlen.[1] Mabern commented that, "I've always studied him because his music is very bluesy. And you don't really have to do anything to his music but just go ahead and play it."[3] Jones uses brushes on most of the tracks.[1] "A Sleeping Bee" gets a "gospel-inflected soul-jazz treatment".[1] "This Time the Dream's on Me" has "a hip Latin vamp to introduce a soul-jazz-infused arrangement".[1] Mabern's arrangement of "Savannah" begins as a calypso and then shifts into hard bop.[1] Somewhere Over the Rainbow was released by Venus Records.[3]

Track listing

  1. "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
  2. "A Sleeping Bee"
  3. "Blues in the Night"
  4. "Out of This World"
  5. "Savanna"
  6. "Hooray for Love"
  7. "Stormy Weather"
  8. "I've Got the World on a String"
  9. "Man That Got Away"
  10. "This Time The Dream's on Me"

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dryden, Ken. "Harold Mabern – Somewhere Over the Rainbow". AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Mabern, Harold. Somewhere Over the Rainbow (CD liner notes). Venus Records. VHCD-78048.
  3. 1 2 Holmes, Terrell Kent (December 21, 2006). "Harold Mabern: Blessed". All About Jazz. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
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