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