''The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr.'' is an album by American jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded in 1961 and 1962 and released on the

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Reception

The

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review by Scott Yanow states "This recording lives up to its title. In his prime, Phineas Newborn had phenomenal technique (on the level of an Oscar Peterson), a creative imagination, and plenty of energy... This is piano jazz at its highest level".

Track listing

# "Celia" ( Bud Powell) – 4:42 # "This Here" (

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) – 4:17 # "Domingo" ( Benny Golson) – 5:47 # " Prelude to a Kiss" ( Duke Ellington,

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, Irving Mills) – 5:57 # "

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" (

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) – 4:53 # "Theme for Basie" (Phineas Newborn Jr.) – 3:36 # "New Blues" (Newborn) – 4:29 # "Way Out West" ( Sonny Rollins) – 4:13 # " Four" (

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) – 3:56 *Recorded at Contemporary Records Studio in Hollywood, CA on November 21, 1961 (tracks 1–4) and September 12, 1962 (tracks 5–8)

Personnel

* Phineas Newborn Jr. –

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

* Sam Jones (tracks 6-9),

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(tracks 1-5) – bass *

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(tracks 6-9), Milt Turner (tracks 1-5) – drums

References

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