Please Send Me Someone to Love (album)

Please Send Me Someone to Love
Studio album by Phineas Newborn Jr.
Released	1969
Recorded	February 12 & 13, 1969 Contemporary Records Studio, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:50
Label	Contemporary S7622
Producer	Lester Koenig
Phineas Newborn Jr. chronology
The Newborn Touch (1964) Please Send Me Someone to Love (1969) Harlem Blues (1969)

Please Send Me Someone to Love is an album by American jazz pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. recorded in 1969 and released on the Contemporary label.^[1] The album was recorded at the same sessions that produced Harlem Blues.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "The emphasis generally is on vintage tunes, and Newborn shows throughout that he was still very much in his musical prime".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[3]

Track listing

1. "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) – 5:05
2. "Rough Ridin'" (Ella Fitzgerald, Hank Jones, Bill Tennyson) – 4:09
3. "Come Sunday" (Duke Ellington) – 4:52
4. "Brentwood Blues" (Phineas Newborn Jr.) – 8:01
5. "He's a Real Gone Guy" (Nellie Lutcher) – 4:39
6. "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Francis Webster) – 7:03
7. "Little Niles" (Randy Weston) – 4:20
8. "Stay on It" (Count Basie, Tadd Dameron) – 5:05

Personnel

• Phineas Newborn Jr. – piano
• Ray Brown – bass
• Elvin Jones – drums

References

1. Phineas Newborn Jr. discography, accessed May 7, 2015
2. Yanow, Scott. Please Send Me Someone to Love – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
3. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 152. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.