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The P.C. Blues

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The P.C. Blues
Studio album by
Released1970
RecordedMay 11, 1956, March 22 and August 9, 1957
Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length42:57
LabelPrestige
PRLP 7752
ProducerBob Weinstock
Red Garland chronology
Sugan
(1957)
The P.C. Blues
(1970)
Groovy
(1956-57)

The P.C. Blues is an album by pianist Red Garland featuring tracks recorded in 1957 at the sessions that produced Red Garland's Piano and Groovy (with one track from Miles Davis' 1956 album Workin' with The Miles Davis Quintet added) which were first released on the Prestige label until 1970.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow called it a "thoughtful but swinging release".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Ahmad's Blues" (Ahmad Jamal) - 7:29
  2. "Lost April" (Eddie DeLange, Emil Newman, Hubert Spencer) - 6:26
  3. "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:49
  4. "Tweedle Dee Dee" (Winfield Scott) - 13:18
  5. "The P.C. Blues" (Red Garland) - 9:53
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio on May 11, 1956 (track 1), March 22, 1957 (track 3) and August 9, 1957 (tracks 2, 4 & 5)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Prestige Records discography accessed September 4, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 4, 2012