Harold Mabern
Piano Solo on
The Man from Hyde Park

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Closing out the solo section, this piano improvisation spans a quarter chorus of the 64-bar AABA form at a medium swing tempo of 145 BPM. Mabern himself takes a quarter-chorus on piano, offering a concise but characteristically soulful statement. Mabern's piano solo draws on the post-bop tradition, deploying well-voiced chords and single-note lines that navigate the harmonic terrain with both precision and swing. Coming after Gregory Porter's voice solo, this is the final improvisation before the ensemble returns to the head.

Harold Mabern was 77 to 78 years old at the time.