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Released
  
1957

Artist
  
Phineas Newborn Jr.

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
36:14

Release date
  
1956

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Recorded
  
May 3 & 4, 1956 New York City

Here Is Phineas (1956)
  
Phineas' Rainbow (1956)

Similar
  
Phineas Newborn Jr albums, Jazz albums

Here Is Phineas (subtitled The Piano Artistry of Phineas Newborn Jr.) is the debut album by American jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded in 1956 and released on the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "some listeners may shake their heads at his constant outpouring of technically impossible runs (those speedy octaves are ridiculous) – but if one has chops on this level, one should feel free to display them. This is a dazzling debut from an ill-fated but classic pianist". Reviewing the reissued album for JazzTimes, Miles Jordan wrote "Praised in some quarters for his 'fabulous technique' and damned in others for his 'lack of feeling,' Phineas (say 'Finus') Newborn, Jr. burst onto the NYC scene from Memphis like a sky rocket".

Track listing

  1. "Barbados" (Charlie Parker) – 4:01
  2. "All the Things You Are" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 7:22
  3. "The More I See You" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 4:01
  4. "Celia" (Bud Powell) – 3:06
  5. "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) – 3:34
  6. "Newport Blues" (Phineas Newborn Jr.) – 4:32
  7. "I'm Beginning to See the Light" (Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James) – 3:05
  8. "Afternoon in Paris" (John Lewis) – 6:45

Personnel

  • Phineas Newborn Jr. – piano
  • Calvin Newborn – guitar (tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8)
  • Oscar Pettiford – bass (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8)
  • Kenny Clarke – drums (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 & 8)

    • Songs

    1Barbados4:00
    2All the Things You Are7:22
    3The More I See You3:59

    References

    Here Is Phineas Wikipedia
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