Right? This album is BADASS. Everything clicks!  Dude, how cool is that. Different worlds. Wish I could've experienced that.    👍 I am really warming up to Art's Galaxy output. 

This happened in the early 60's, but my mom recognized NKC straight away while he was taking a break at an Akron club, while enjoying dinner with my grandparents and recognized him straight away. My mom told me how nice he was when she went up to him and said "hi."    

The band with Jerry Jeff Walker? That's crazy!

In my view, Hawes and Phineas Newborn  are not at all similar. Hawes playing is rooted in the Black church with a strong dose of blues infusing much of what he plays. Phineas Newborn sounds far more tied to the Art Tatum model of fantastic technical skill and often very fast playing. Though Newborn does play blues tunes, the blues feeling is not evident throughout his playing as it is with Hawes.