A World of Piano!

1962 studio album by Phineas Newborn Jr.

A World of Piano!

Studio album by

Phineas Newborn Jr.

Released

June 1962

Recorded

October 16, November 21, 1961

Studio

Contemporary Records Studio, West Hollywood, California

Genre

Jazz

Length

39:34

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]

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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

Track listing

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

Recorded at Contemporary Records Studio in Hollywood, CA on October 16 (tracks 1–4) and November 21 (tracks 5–8), 1961

Personnel

Phineas Newborn Jr. – piano
Paul Chambers (tracks 1–4), Sam Jones (tracks 5–8) – bass
Philly Joe Jones (tracks 1–4), Louis Hayes (tracks 5–8) – drums

References

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