| album
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Artist
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Label
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Release
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Remarks
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| Black Forrest | 
Jimmy Forrest | 
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1959 | 
with Gene Ramey , Elvin Jones , Grant Green
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| March of the Siamese Children | 
Frank Strozier Quartet | 
Jazzland | 
1962 | 
with Bill Lee, Al Dreares
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| The Big Soul Band | 
Johnny Griffin Orchestra | 
OJC | 
1960 | 
Big Band
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| Here and Now / Another Git Together | 
Art Farmer / Benny Golson Jazztet | 
Mercury | 
1962 | 
with Grachan Moncur III , Herbie Lewis , Roy McCurdy
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| Swamp Seed | 
Jimmy Heath | 
Columbia | 
1963 | 
u. a. with Don Butterfield , Donald Byrd , Tootie Heath
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| Jazz Makers | 
Roland Kirk | 
Mercury (EP) | 
1963 | 
with Benny Golson, Virgil Jones , Tom McIntosh , Richard Davis , Walter Perkins (as Harold Mayburn)
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| Warming up! | 
Dave Burns | 
Vanguard | 
1964
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| Wade in the water | 
Johnny Griffin | 
Riverside Records | 
1964 | 
Single; with The Big Soul Band.
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| Perception | 
Art Farmer Quartet | 
Argo Records | 
1964 | 
with Tommy Williams, Roy McCurdy
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| Inside Betty Carter | 
Betty Carter | 
United Artists Records | 
1964 | 
with Bob Cranshaw, Roy McCurdy
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| The Night of the Cookers - Live at Club La Marchal, Volume 1 | 
Freddie Hubbard  | 
Blue note | 
1965 | 
with Lee Morgan, James Spaulding , Larry Ridley , Big Black , Pete LaRoca
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| Consequence | 
Jackie McLean | 
Blue note | 
1965 | 
ed. 1979, with Lee Morgan, Herbie Lewis, Billy Higgins
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| Blue spirits | 
Freddie Hubbard | 
Blue note | 
1965 | 
with Hank Mobley , Joe Henderson , James Spaulding,
 Bob Cranshaw , Larry Ridley , Big Black, Clifford Jarvis , Pete LaRoca
 
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| Proof positive | 
JJ Johnson | 
Impulses! Records | 
1965 | 
with Arthur Harper, Jr. , Richard Davis, Elvin Jones , Frank Gant , Toots Thielemans , McCoy Tyner
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| Bring It Home To Me | 
Blue Mitchell | 
Blue note | 
1966 | 
with Junior Cook , Gene Taylor , Billy Higgins
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| Dippin ' | 
Hank Mobley | 
Blue note | 
1966 | 
with Lee Morgan, Larry Ridley, Billy Higgins
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| Tribute to Charlie Parker from the Newport Jazz Festival | 
Newport Parker Tribute All Stars | 
RCA Victor | 
1967 | 
H. Mabern can be heard on three tracks with JJ Johnson , Howard McGhee , Jackie McLean , Arthur Harper, Jr and Max Roach
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| Electric soul | 
Buddy Terry | 
Prestigious | 
1967 | 
with Jimmy Owens , Ron Carter , Freddie Waits
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| The gigolo | 
Lee Morgan | 
Blue note | 
1968 | 
with Wayne Shorter , Bob Cranshaw , Billy Higgins
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| My Fire - More Of The Psychedelic Soul Jazz Guitar of Joe Jones | 
Boogaloo Joe Jones | 
Prestigious | 
1969 | 
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| Black Rhythm Revolution / Peace & Rhythm | 
Idris Muhammad | 
BGP Records | 
1970 | 
collective staff; Mabern can be heard on five tracks.
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| The Black Cat! | 
Gene Ammons | 
Prestigious | 
1971 | 
with Ron Carter, Idris Muhammad
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| The Paris Session | 
Wes Montgomery | 
BYG Records | 
1972
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| Lee Morgan | 
Lee Morgan | 
Blue note | 
1972 | 
with Bobbi Humphrey , Billy Harper , Grachan Moncur III , Reggie Workman , Freddie Waits , Jymie Merritt
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| The Last Session | 
Lee Morgan | 
Blue note | 
1972 | 
with Bobbi Humphrey , Billy Harper , Grachan Moncur III , Jymie Merritt, Reggie Workman, Freddie Waits
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| The Cry Of My People | 
Archie Shepp | 
Impulses! | 
1972 | 
collective staff
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| Profoundly Blue | 
Tiny grimes | 
Muse Records | 
1973 | 
u. a. with Houston person
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| Body talk | 
George Benson | 
CTI Records | 
1973 | 
with Gary King , Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette , Earl Klugh , Mobutu, Frank Foster, Dick Griffin , Gerard Chamberlain, John Gatchell, Jon Faddis , Waymon Reed
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| The Loud Minority | 
Frank Foster | 
Mainstream Records | 
1974 | 
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| Man and Woman | 
George Freeman | 
Groove Merchant | 
1974 | 
with Bobby Cranshaw, Bernard Trapps , Buddy Williams , Kenny Barron
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| The Sugar Man | 
Stanley Turrentine | 
CTI Records | 
1975 | 
Mabern can be heard in "Pieces of Dreams", with Ron Carter, Rubens Bassini, Idris Muhammad, Eric Gale .
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| The Main Man | 
Eddie Jefferson | 
Inner City Records | 
1977 | 
with Junior Cook , Slide Hampton , Charles Sullivan , Richie Cole , Hamiet Bluiett , George Duvivier , Azzendin Weston, Harold White, Billy Hart
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| Remember me | 
Frank Strozier Sextet | 
SteepleChase | 
1977 | 
with Danny Moore, Howard Johnson , Lisle Atkinson , Michael Carvin
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| Alone Together - Jonathan Schwartz Sings Arthur Schwartz | 
Jonathan Schwartz | 
Muse Records | 
1977 | 
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| Just friends | 
Louis Smith Quintet | 
SteepleChase | 
1978 | 
with George Coleman, Jamil Nasser, Ray Mosca
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| What's goin 'on | 
Frank Strozier Quintet | 
SteepleChase | 
1978 | 
with Danny Moore , Stafford James , Per Gunnert
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| Stafford James Ensemble | 
Stafford James Ensemble | 
Red Records | 
1979 | 
with Frank Strozier, Louis Hayes
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| Variety Is rhe Spice | 
The Louis Hayes Group | 
Gryphon Productions | 
1979 | 
with Frank Strozier, Cecil McBee , Titos Sompa , Portinho
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| Big George | 
The George Coleman Octet | 
Affinity | 
1980 | 
with Junior Cook , Danny Moore, Frank Stozier, Mario Rivera, Lisle Atkinson, Idris Muhammed
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| Manhattan panorama | 
George Coleman | 
Theresa | 
1985 | 
with Jamil Nasser, Idris Muhammad
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| At Yoshi's | 
George Coleman | 
Theresa | 
1987 | 
with Ray Drummond , Alvin Queen
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| All in the game | 
George Freeman | 
Lester Recording | 
1991 | 
Harold Mabern can be heard on four tracks with Bob Cranshaw and Buddy Williams.
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| Coming out swinging | 
Lewis Keel | 
Muse Records | 
1992 | 
with Jamil Nasser, Leroy Williams , Jimmy Ponder
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| Straight up | 
Eric Alexander Featuring Harold Mabern | 
Delmark Records | 
1993 | 
with Jim Rotondi , John Webber , George Fludas
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| Take Five | 
George Benson | 
Columbia | 
1993 | 
Habern can be heard in “Plum”, with Pee Wee Ellis (arr), Frank Foster .
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| Chains of Love | 
Joe Williams | 
Natasha Imports | 
1993 | 
collective staff; Mabern can be heard on three tracks.
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| Cerupa | 
Cecil Payne | 
Delmark Records | 
1995 | 
with John Ore , Joe Farnsworth, Eric Alexander, Dr. Odies Williams III, Freddie Hubbard
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| Cartunes | 
Donald Brown | 
Muse Records | 
1995 | 
Mabern can be heard as a guest vocalist in "The Blues Is My Best Friend".
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| Crossfire | 
Steve Davis sextet | 
Criss Cross Jazz | 
1997 | 
with Mike DiRubbo, Eric Alexander, Nat Reeves; Joe Farnsworth
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| Scotch and Milk | 
Cecil Payne | 
Delmark Records | 
1997 | 
with John Ore, Joe Farnsworth, Eric Alexander, Lin Halliday , Marcus Belgrave
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| Jim's Bop | 
Jim Rotondi Quintet | 
Criss Cross Jazz | 
1997 | 
with Eric Alexander, John Webber, Joe Farnsworth
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| Mode for Mabes | 
Eric Alexander with Harold Mabern | 
Delmark Records | 
1998 | 
dto., with Steve Davis
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| The procrastinator | 
Lee Morgan | 
Blue note | 
1998 | 
Mabern can be heard in tracks with George Coleman, Walter Booker , Mickey Roker .
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| I Could Write a Book - The Music of Richard Rodgers
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George Coleman Quartet | 
Telarc | 
1998 | 
with Jamil Nasser , Billy Higgins
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| Heavy hitters | 
Eric Alexander Quartet | 
Alfa Jazz | 
1998 | 
with Peter Washington , Joe Farnsworth
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| Live at the keynote | 
Eric Alexander Quartet | 
Videoarts Music | 
1999 | 
with Nat Reeves, Joe Farnsworth
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| The Sixth Sense | 
Lee Morgan | 
Blue note | 
1999 | 
Mabern can be heard in three tracks from 1968, with Frank Mitchell , Mickey Bass and Billy Higgins .
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| Extra innings | 
Eric Alexander Quartet | 
Alfa Jazz | 
2000 | 
dto.
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| At the lighthouse | 
Lee Morgan | 
Ediciones Del Prado | 
2001 | 
Recordings from 1970; with Bennie Maupin , Jymie Merritt, Mickey Roker
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| Déjà-vu | 
Archie Shepp Quartet | 
Venus Records | 
2001 | 
with George Mraz , Billy Drummond
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| The Secrets Inside | 
Ned Otter | 
Two and Four Recording | 
2002 | 
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| Powder keg | 
Ned Otter | 
Two and Four Recording | 
2003 | 
with Dennis Irwin , Billy Higgins , Tom Kirkpatrick
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| New York Accent - Live at the Kitano | 
Mike DiRubbo Quartet Featuring Harold Mabern | 
Cellar Live | 
2007 | 
with Dwayne Burno , Tony Reedus
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| Chim Chim Cheree | 
Eric Alexander Quartet | 
Venus Records | 
2010 | 
with John Webber, Joe Farnsworth
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| Don't follow the crowd | 
Eric Alexander | 
HighNote Records | 
2011 | 
with Nat Reeves, Joe Farnsworth
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| Super prime time | 
Joe Farnsworth | 
Eighty-Eight's | 
2012 | 
Featuring Eric Alexander, Harold Mabern, Nat Reeves
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| In the Spirit of Coltrane and Cannonball | 
Vincent Herring / Eric Alexander Quintet | 
Yanagisawa | 
2012 | 
with Milan Nikolic , Joris Dudli
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| Live At Small's Vol. 1 & 2 | 
Bill Mobley Jazz Orchestra | 
Space time | 
2012 | 
Special Guests Donald Brown, Miles Griffith , Harold Mabern, Mulgrew Miller , Bill Pierce , James Williams
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| Blues at Midnight | 
Eric Alexander Quartet | 
Venus Records | 
2013 | 
with Nat Reeves, Joe Farnsworth
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| Touching | 
Eric Alexander | 
HighNote Records | 
2013 | 
with John Webber, Joe Farnsworth
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| My Heroes, tribute to the Legends | 
Joe Farnsworth Quartet | 
Venus Records | 
2014 | 
with Eric Alexander, Nat Reeves
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| Live at Frankie's Jazz Club | 
Cory Weeds Quintet | 
Cellar Live | 
≈2014 | 
with Julian MacDonough , Terell Stafford
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| Chicago Fire | 
Eric Alexander | 
HighNote Records | 
2014 | 
with Jeremy Pelt, John Webber, Joe Farnsworth
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| Say when | 
Steve Davis | 
Smoke Sessions Records | 
2015 | 
with Eddie Henderson , Nat Reeves, Joe Farnsworth
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| Blue canvas | 
Brandi Disterheft with Harold Mabern & Joe Farnsworth | 
Justin Time Records | 
2016 | 
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| Second impression | 
Eric Alexander | 
HighNote Records | 
2016 | 
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| In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording | 
Wes Montgomery | 
Resonance Records | 
2018 | 
with Johnny Griffin , Arthur Harper , Jimmy Lovelace
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