Pianist Phineas Newborn (1931 - 1989), despite his enormous talent characterised by his prodigious technique and extraordinary speed à la Art Tatum, remained in a relative obscurity throughout his professional life due to his illness.
Fortunately for this overlooked and under-recorded genius, a private recording made during his visit to Sweden in 1958 survived.
“Expertly cleaned up by Nils Winther, they sound fresh and bright enough to counterbalance the vagaries of a single-mike recording and a ropy piano. The music is of an unexpectedly high quality for a spontaneous session....” (The Penguin Guide To JAZZ)
