Harold Mabern

Harold Mabern, a pianist of percussive fire and boundless soul, with a language that pulled from hard bop, post-bop, Memphis soul and the blues. For more than 60 years, Mabern was a Rock-of-Gibraltar presence in modern jazz, rising to the first rank of sidemen, with Coleman, guitarist Wes Montgomery, trumpeter Lee Morgan and myriad others - and building a substantial if often undervalued body of work himself.