Here Is Phineas Explained

Here Is Phineas
Type:	Album
Artist:	Phineas Newborn Jr.
Cover:	Here Is Phineas.jpg
Recorded:	May 3 & 4, 1956
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	36:14
Label:	Atlantic LP 1235
Producer:	Nesuhi Ertegun
Chronology:	Phineas Newborn Jr.
Next Title:	Phineas' Rainbow
Next Year:	1957

Here Is Phineas (subtitled The Piano Artistry of Phineas Newborn Jr.) is the debut album by American jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded in May 1956 and released on the Atlantic label in August 1956.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

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".^[5]

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)

Notes and References

1. News: Editorial Staff . Cash Box . August Album Releases . 19 June 2019 . The Cash Box . The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. . 4 August 1956.
2. Atlantic - New Releases . 19 June 2019 . Billboard . The Billboard Publishing Co. . 25 August 1956.
3. http://www.jazzdisco.org/phineas-newborn-jr/catalog/#atlantic-lp-1235 Phineas Newborn Jr. catalog
4. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Phineas_Newborn.htm Phineas Newborn Jr. discography
5. Jordan, M., JazzTimes Review, November 1999