Block 1 of Larry Ridley and Harold Mabern Weeksville Oral History (Q23907)

Harold Mabern: I got my training, what I call, from the university of the streets of Chicago. I hung out, made all the jam sessions; Frank Strozier, Booker Little and I spent a lot of time together and we stayed there until ’59. We formed a group with Walter Perkins called the MJT+3 [1959-1962], with Bob Cranshaw, yours truly, Willie Thomas, Frank Strozier. They [Walter Perkins and Bob ...