Mr. P.C.
Context
Twelve-bar minor blues composed by John Coltrane and dedicated to his longtime bassist Paul Chambers, whose initials it takes. It was recorded on May 5, 1959, at the Atlantic studios in New York with Tommy Flanagan, Chambers, and Art Taylor, and closes the album Giant Steps, released in February 1960. Lewis Porter relates its melody to "Shadrack" (1931); the album entered the National Recording Registry in 2004.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Hard bop. Among the origins and influences of Hard bop: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).