Nobody can play jazz blues slower or more soulfully than Phineas Newborn Jr. He was from Memphis TN, and was the mentor of my mentor James Williams. I never saw him in person, but James gushed about Phineas. Think of a ultra-sophisticated Bobby Timmons.
This trio record has nice clean sound, airy soundstage, great bass and drums recording, piano sound is a little compressed, but good enough, and always Haynes' fiery accompaniment simmering, even on the ballads and slow blues.