Afro Blue (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)
Afro Blue is the debut studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. The record was released in Japan in 1974, when she was 23, via Trio Records label.[4] The album was recorded in Tokyo with a quintet of musicians including brothers Ron and Cecil Bridgwater.[5]
| Afro Blue | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 10, 12–14 March 1974 | |||
| Studio | AOI Studios, Tokyo | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:39 | |||
| Label | Trio Records PA-7095 | |||
| Producer | Takao Ishizuka | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | [3] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Afro Blue" | Mongo Santamaria, Oscar Brown, Jr. | 8:27 |
| 2. | "Love Vibrations" | Horace Silver | 5:55 |
| 3. | "Everyday I Have the Blues / Stormy Monday Blues" | Peter Chatman | 8:09 |
| 4. | "Little B's Poem" | Bobby Hutcherson | 3:08 |
| 5. | "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 4:38 |
| 6. | "Love from the Sun" | Richard Clay | 5:34 |
| 7. | "People Make the World Go Around" | Richard Clay | 4:48 |
| Total length: | 40:39 | ||
Personnel
Band
- Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
- George Mraz – bass
- Motohiko Hino – drums, bells
- Roland Hanna – piano
- Ron Bridgewater – tenor saxophone, cowbell, African castanets, vibra-clap
- Cecil Bridgewater – trumpet, kalimba
Production
- Takao Ishizuka – producer
- Kiyoshi Koyama – liner notes
- Y. Kannari – recording, mixing
- M. Ohkawa – recording, mixing
References
- "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Afro Blue". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 734. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-85227-183-1. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- "Dee Dee Bridgewater – Afro Blue". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- "Dee Dee Bridgewater – 1974 – Afro Blue". funkmysoul.gr. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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