The Iron Man: Live at Smoke

Jazz pianist Harold Mabern delivers an exhilarating career retrospective on this memorable live set. "The Iron Man: Live at Smoke"; was recorded on the final night of a remarkable three-week residency, an annual holiday tradition at the renowned New York City club. Featuring Mabern and his gifted, longstanding quartet tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander, bassist John Webber, and drummer Joe Farnsworth the album includes vigorously swinging and well-loved tunes from throughout Mabern's storied career. Whether you listen to these two discs as representing a single special evening or 82 memorable years, there's ample evidence that Harold Mabern deserves to be known as The Iron Man a powerhouse player, a formative mentor, a revered survivor.