The P.C. Blues
1970 studio album by Red Garland
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Studio album by Red Garland | ||||
Released | 1970 | |||
Recorded | May 11, 1956; March 22, 1957; August 9, 1957 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:57 | |||
Label | Prestige PRLP 7752 | |||
Producer | Bob Weinstock | |||
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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
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Source | Rating |
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In his review for Allmusic, Scott Yanow called it a "thoughtful but swinging release".[2]
Track listing
- "Ahmad's Blues" (Ahmad Jamal) - 7:29
- "Lost April" (Eddie DeLange, Emil Newman, Hubert Spencer) - 6:26
- "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 5:49
- "Tweedle Dee Dee" (Winfield Scott) - 13:18
- "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
- Red Garland - piano
- Paul Chambers - bass
- Philly Joe Jones (track 1) Art Taylor (tracks 2-5) - drums
References
- ^ Prestige Records discography accessed September 4, 2012
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed September 4, 2012
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 526. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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- A Garland of Red (1956)
- Groovy (1956)
- The P.C. Blues (1956)
- Red Garland's Piano (1957)
- Curtis Fuller with Red Garland (1957) [with Curtis Fuller]
- Red Garland Revisited! (1957)
- John Coltrane with the Red Garland Trio (Prestige, 1957) [with John Coltrane]
- All Mornin' Long (1957)
- High Pressure (1957)
- Dig It! (1957)
- It's a Blue World (1958)
- Manteca (1958)
- Can't See for Lookin' (1958)
- Rojo (1958)
- The Red Garland Trio (1958)
- All Kinds of Weather (1958)
- Red in Blues-ville (1959)
- Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio (1959) [with Coleman Hawkins]
- Satin Doll (1959)
- The Red Garland Trio + Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (1959)
- Soul Junction (1960)
- Red Alone (1960)
- Alone with the Blues (1960)
- Halleloo-Y'-All (1960)
- Soul Burnin' (1960)
- Bright and Breezy (1961)
- The Nearness of You (1961)
- Solar (1962)
- Red's Good Groove (1962)
- When There Are Grey Skies (1962)
- The Quota (1971)
- Rediscovered Masters (1977)
- Red Garland Live! (1959)
- Red Garland at the Prelude (1960)
- Lil' Darlin' (1963)
- Keystones! (1977)
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