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  Another great album from Phineas Newborn Jr – the quickest hands that ever were…  actually, I’ve haven’t really done  a comparison on different pianists’ playing speed but :   “Jazz commentator Scott Yanow even referred to Newborn as ‘one of the most technically skilled and brilliant pianists in jazz.’[5] … Leonard Feather once said […]

I found this albums down the street in the $2.00 bins…  This find made my day.  I’m not sure if Major Holley was ever super well-known and can’t compare his bass-playing skills to other musicians.  He does have a signature style where he vocalizes like Popeye to his bowed bass solos that I like. major_holley-mule