A World of Piano!

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A World of Piano!
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Studio album by
Phineas Newborn Jr.
ReleasedJune 1962
RecordedOctober 16, November 21, 1961
StudioContemporary Records Studio, West Hollywood, California
Genre Jazz
Length39:34
Label Contemporary C3600/S7600
Producer Lester Koenig
Phineas Newborn Jr. chronology
I Love a Piano
(1959)		A World of Piano!
(1962)		 The Great Jazz Piano of Phineas Newborn Jr.
(1962)

A World of Piano! is an album by American jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded in 1961 [1] and released on the Contemporary label in June 1962. [2]

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "the virtuosic Newborn is essentially the whole show anyway. He performs five jazz standards and three obscurities by jazz composers on this superb recital". [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

  1. "Cheryl" (Charlie Parker) – 3:44
  2. "Manteca" (Dizzy Gillespie, Gil Fuller, Chano Pozo) – 4:18
  3. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 6:40
  4. "Daahoud" (Clifford Brown) – 4:40
  5. "Oleo" (Sonny Rollins) – 3:02
  6. "Juicy Lucy" (Horace Silver) – 4:50
  7. "For Carl" (Leroy Vinnegar) – 7:27
  8. "Cabu" (Roland Alexander) – 4:53

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Phineas Newborn Jr. discography, accessed May 7, 2015
  2. ↑ Editorial Staff, Billboard (16 June 1962). "Spotlight Albums of the Week". Billboard Music Week. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  3. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. A World of Piano! – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  4. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 152. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  5. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1072. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.


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