Don't Mess with Mister T.
Context
Title track of the CTI album released in 1973, recorded at the Van Gelder Studio. Arrangements and conducting by Bob James, with strings, brass and rhythm section.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Soul jazz, boogaloo, Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk. Among the origins and influences of Soul jazz, boogaloo: Hard bop, Jump blues, R&B, Gospel.