Phineas Newborn Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica
1957 studio album by Phineas Newborn Jr.
Phineas Newborn Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica | ||||
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Studio album by Phineas Newborn Jr. | ||||
Released | 1957 | |||
Recorded | September 7, 8 & 9, 1957 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | RCA Victor LPM 1873 | |||
Phineas Newborn Jr. chronology | ||||
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Phineas Newborn Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica is an album by American jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded in 1957 and released on the RCA Victor label.[1][2] The album features Newborn's interpretations of compositions from the Broadway musical Jamaica.
Reception
The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars.[3]
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Track listing
All compositions by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg
- "Savannah" – 4:10
- "Little Biscuit" – 3:03
- "Cocoanut Sweet" – 4:23
- "Push de Button" – 4:23
- "Napoleon" – 4:20
- "Hooray for de Yankee Dollar" – 3:31
- "For Every Fish" – 3:47
- "Take It Slow, Joe" – 4:20
- "Pity the Sunset" – 4:07
- "Pretty to Walk With" – 2:52
Personnel
- Phineas Newborn Jr. – piano
- Ernie Royal (tracks 2, 4 & 6–9), Nick Ferrante (tracks 1, 3, 5 & 10) – trumpet
- Jimmy Cleveland – trombone
- Jerome Richardson – tenor saxophone, flute
- Sahib Shihab – baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- Les Spann – guitar
- George Duvivier – bass
- Osie Johnson – drums
- Francisco Pozo, Willie Rodriguez – congas, bongos, timbale
- A. K. Salim – arranger
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not release. Titles including the artist's full name have been shortened.
leader
- Here Is Phineas (1956)
- Phineas' Rainbow (1956)
- While My Lady Sleeps (1957)
- Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica (1957)
- Fabulous Phineas (1958)
- Piano Portraits (1959)
- I Love a Piano (1959)
- A World of Piano! (1961)
- The Great Jazz Piano of (1961–62)
- The Newborn Touch (1964)
- Please Send Me Someone to Love (1969)
- Harlem Blues (1969)
- Solo Piano (1974)
- Back Home (1976)
- Tivoli Encounter (1979)
others
- We Three (Roy Haynes, 1958)
- Together Again!!!! (Howard McGhee and Teddy Edwards, 1961)
- Maggie's Back in Town!! (Howard McGhee, 1961)