Description
Contemporary Records Acoustic Sounds Series continues in 2023!
Seven key albums from the Contemporary Records catalog reissued on 180-gram vinyl
Titles featuring Andre Previn, Leroy Vinnegar, Ornette Coleman, Curtis Counce, Art Farmer and Phineas Newborn Jr.
Featuring all-analog mastering by Bernie Grundman
"Phineas Newborn Jr. was one of the greatest jazz pianists, possessing an astonishing technical ability, a deep bluesy swing, and a complete mastery of jazz harmony. … Critic Leonard Feather wrote that A World Of Piano! was "the most stunning piano set since Tatum's salad days in the 1930s" and "Newborn is the greatest living jazz pianist."… A World of Piano!, the first Contemporary album, was recorded at two all star trio sessions in the fall of 1961 at Contemporary's office in the shipping room that doubled as a studio. A World of Piano! was recorded by Roy DuNann and Howard Holzer, who separately or together recorded dozens of sonic masterpieces for Contemporary and Lester Koenig's other labels. It is an extraordinary recording in the minimalistic, natural style that DuNann devised… My copy was flat, pressed on center, unmarked and unscuffed. It played superbly and quietly. … The Craft A World of Piano is a superb reissue of an album that is both a musical and sonic classic and is highly recommended." — Music = 11/11; Sound = 10/11 — Joseph W. Washek, TrackingAngle.com.
American jazz piano virtuoso Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded A World of Piano! in 1961 for the Contemporary label, which released it in June 1962. Newborn performs five jazz standards and three lesser-known rarities by jazz composers on this superb album.
The album consists of tracks from two 1961 sessions paring the pianist with two all-star rhythm sections: Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones (October 16) and Sam Jones and Louis Hayes (November 21).
