The P.C. Blues

1970 studio album by Red Garland

The P.C. Blues

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

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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]

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.