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{{Infobox album
| name       = Lookin' on the Bright Side
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Harold Mabern]] Trio
| cover      = Lookin' on the Bright Side.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1993
| recorded   = February 11 & March 3, 1993
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Jazz]]
| length     = 50:53
| label      = [[DIW Records|DIW]]<br><small>DIW 614</small>
| producer   = Kazunori Sugiyama & James Williams
| chronology = [[Harold Mabern]]
| prev_title = [[Philadelphia Bound]]
| prev_year  = 1991–92
| next_title = [[The Leading Man (album)|The Leading Man]]
| next_year  = 1993
}}
'''''Lookin' on the Bright Side''''' is an album by pianist [[Harold Mabern]] which was originally released on the [[DIW Records|DIW]] label in Japan in 1993.<ref>[http://jazztimes.com/guides/artists/1092-harold-mabern Harold Mabern artist listing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727231654/http://jazztimes.com/guides/artists/1092-harold-mabern |date=2014-07-27 }}, Jazz Times, accessed June 10, 2014</ref>
==Reception==
The [[Allmusic]] review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 4 stars noting that "Harold Mabern was nearing his 57th birthday around the time of the two 1993 studio sessions that provided the music for this Japanese release; he's clearly in a mood to celebrate... Highly recommended for hard bop fans".<ref name="Allmusic">Dryden, K., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/lookin-on-the-bright-side-mw0000215122 Allmusic Review] accessed June 10, 2014.</ref>
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Allmusic"/>
}}
== Track listing ==
''All compositions by Harold Mabern except as indicated.''
# "Look on the Bright Side" - 5:33
# "Moment's Notice" ([[John Coltrane]]) - 5:20
# "Big Time Cooper" - 8:00
# "[[Au Privave]]" ([[Charlie Parker]]) - 6:08
# "[[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love Is a Many Splendored Thing]]" ([[Sammy Fain]], [[Paul Francis Webster]]) - 5:08
# "It's a Lonesome Old Town" (Charles Kisco, [[Harry Tobias]]) - 9:19
# "Too Late to Fall Back Baby" - 6:52
# "Our Waltz" ([[David Rose (songwriter)|David Rose]]) - 4:22
== Personnel ==
* [[Harold Mabern]] – [[piano]]
* [[Christian McBride]] – [[double bass|bass]]
* [[Jack DeJohnette]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
==References==
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[[Category:1993 albums]]
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