EMMET COHEN w/ JOEY RANIERI & JOE FARNSWORTH – Rakin’ and Scrapin’ | Live in Warsaw (2023)

Rakin’ and Scrapin’ (1968) is the second album by pianist Harold Mabern. It’s also the title of the first track in Mabern’s album, performed here by Emmet Cohen, Joey Ranieri and Joe Farnsworth.

Harold Mabern Jr. (1936–2019) was an American jazz pianist and composer, principally in the hard bop, post-bop, and soul jazz fields. He is described in The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings as “one of the great post-bop pianists”.

Emmet Cohen – Piano Joey Ranieri – Bass Joe Farnsworth – Drums

Recorded live at Jassmine, Warsaw, Poland (November, 2023)

Video, edit – Tomasz Białowolski Mix – Tomasz Białowolski Recording – Damian Królikowski Light: Ania Piotrowska jassmine.com

Emmet Cohen (born 1990 in Miami, Florida) is an American pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator. According to him, listening to and learning from other jazz artists has been a hallmark of his development from a young age.

He frequented jazz clubs on his own and with his father, often talking with the artists or sitting in on sessions. Cohen learned to play the Hammond B-3 organ at Cecil’s Jazz Club in New Jersey, run by Cecil Brooks III, where he regularly played the B-3 during sessions led by saxophonist Bruce Williams.