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Workin' & Wailin'

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Workin' & Wailin'
Studio album by
Released1969
RecordedJune 30, 1969
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length39:59
LabelPrestige
PR 7687
ProducerBob Porter
Harold Mabern chronology
Rakin' and Scrapin'
(1968)
Workin' & Wailin'
(1969)
Greasy Kid Stuff!
(1970)

Workin' & Wailin' is the third album led by pianist Harold Mabern which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating "The date utilizes trumpeter Virgil Jones, tenor saxophonist George Coleman, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Idris Muhammad on four challenging Mabern originals and Johnny Mandel's "A Time for Love."[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Harold Mabern except as noted

  1. "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" (Janie Bradford, Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) - 4:18
  2. "Strozier's Mode" - 7:50
  3. "Blues for Phineas" - 5:05
  4. "I Can't Understand What I See in You" - 8:40
  5. "Waltzing Westward" - 9:16
  6. "A Time for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 4:50

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed April 10, 2013
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic listing accessed April 10, 2013