Other author/creator | Coleman, George, performer. |
Other author/creator | Lee, Bill, 1928-2023 performer. |
Other author/creator | Mitchell, Blue, 1930-1979, performer. |
Other author/creator | Perkins, Walter, performer. |
Other author/creator | Walker, Hugh, performer. |
Contents |
A few miles from Memphis (5:30) -- Walkin' back (5:52) -- A treat for Bea (6:08) -- Syden blue (4:00) -- There's a kind of hush / Reed, Stephens (5:35) -- B & B (7:27) -- To Wane (6:24) -- Rakin' and scrapin' (7:40) -- Such is life (8:17) -- Aon (9:07) -- I heard it through the grapevine / Whitfield, Strong (3:20) -- Valerie (5:00). |
General note | All selections written by Harold Mabern, except as indicated. |
General note | Includes program notes. |
General note | Jazz quartets and jazz quintets. |
General note | Original program notes from Prestige 7568 by Jeffrey Roberts, and from Prestige 7624 by Sonny Mann ([6] p.) inserted in original container. |
General note | Originally released as A few miles from Memphis (Prestige 7568), and as Rakin' and scrapin' (Prestige 7624). |
General note | Title from image of compact disc cover on Web page (viewed on Sept. 30, 2008). |
Performer |
Tracks 1-7: Harold Mabern, piano ; George Coleman, tenor saxophone ; Bill Lee, bass ; Walter Perkins, drums. Tracks 8-12: Harold Mabern, piano, electric organ ; Blue Mitchell, trumpet ; George Coleman, tenor saxophone ; Bill Lee, bass ; Hugh Walker, drums. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., on Mar. 11, 1968 (tracks 1-7), and on Dec. 23, 1968 (tracks 8 -12). |
Issued in other form | Compact disc version |
Other title | Rakin' and scrapin'. |