PHINEAS NEWBORN JR - Here Is Phineas (1958-2004) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Other than two numbers cut for the Progressive label in Houston a couple years earlier (and thus far never reissued), this Atlantic session (put out as a Koch CD in 1999) was the recording debut for the remarkable Phineas Newborn. The 24-year-old pianist's playing on this trio/quartet date with bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Kenny Clarke (and occasionally guitarist Calvin Newborn) is virtuosic to say the least, on Oscar Peterson's level if not Art Tatum's. Newborn rips through the repertoire (which is highlighted by "Barbados," "Celia," "Daahoud," and "Afternoon in Paris"); try to tap your foot to "Celia" without breaking your ankle! In the liner notes, George Wein faults Newborn's tendency to double time the ballads, and 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, and this CD is a gem. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist:
1 Barbados 4:00
Written-By – Charlie Parker
2 All The Things You Are 7:22
Written-By – Hammerstein-Kern
3 The More I See You 3:59
Written-By – Harry Warren, Mack Gordon
4 Celia 3:05
Written-By – Bud Powell
5 Dahoud 3:32
Written-By – Clifford Brown
6 Newport Blues 4:31
Written-By – Phineas Newborn Jr.
7 I'm Beginning To See The Light 3:03
Written-By – Don George, Duke Ellington, Harry James, Johnny Hodges
8 Afternoon In Paris 6:46
Written-By – John Lewis 
Credits:
Bass – Oscar Pettiford
Drums – Kenny Clarke
Guitar – Calvin Newborn
Piano – Phineas Newborn Jr.