Please Send Me Someone to Love (album) explained

Please Send Me Someone to Love
Type:	Album
Artist:	Phineas Newborn Jr.
Cover:	Please Send Me Someone to Love (album).jpg
Released:	1969
Recorded:	February 12 & 13, 1969 Contemporary Records Studio, Hollywood, CA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:50
Label:	Contemporary S7622
Producer:	Lester Koenig
Chronology:	Phineas Newborn Jr.
Prev Title:	The Newborn Touch
Prev Year:	1964
Next Title:	Harlem Blues
Next Year:	1969

Please Send Me Someone to Love is an album by American jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded in 1969 and released on the Contemporary label.^[1] The album was recorded at the same sessions that produced Harlem Blues.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The emphasis generally is on vintage tunes, and Newborn shows throughout that he was still very much in his musical prime".

Track listing

1. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) – 5:05
2. "Rough Ridin'" (Ella Fitzgerald, Hank Jones, Bill Tennyson) – 4:09
3. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 4:52
4. "Brentwood Blues" (Phineas Newborn Jr.) – 8:01
5. "He's a Real Gone Guy" (Nellie Lutcher) – 4:39
6. "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 7:03
7. "Little Niles" (Randy Weston) – 4:20
8. "Stay on It" (Count Basie, Tadd Dameron) – 5:05

Personnel

• Phineas Newborn Jr. – piano
• Ray Brown – bass
• Elvin Jones – drums

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/phineas-newborn-jr/catalog/#contemporary-s-7622 Phineas Newborn Jr. discography