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Afro Blue (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

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Afro Blue
Studio album by
Released1974
Recorded10, 12–14 March 1974
StudioAOI Studios, Tokyo
GenreJazz
Length40:39
LabelTrio Records PA-7095
ProducerTakao Ishizuka
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Afro Blue
(1974)
Dee Dee Bridgewater
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz[3]

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]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Afro Blue"Mongo Santamaria, Oscar Brown, Jr.8:27
2."Love Vibrations"Horace Silver5:55
3."Everyday I Have the Blues / Stormy Monday Blues"Peter Chatman8:09
4."Little B's Poem"Bobby Hutcherson3:08
5."Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"Burt Bacharach, Hal David4:38
6."Love from the Sun"Richard Clay5:34
7."People Make the World Go Around"Richard Clay4:48
Total length:40:39

Personnel

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Band

Production

  • Takao Ishizuka – producer
  • Kiyoshi Koyama – liner notes
  • Y. Kannari – recording, mixing
  • M. Ohkawa – recording, mixing

References

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  1. ^ "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Afro Blue". Allmusic. allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin. "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 734. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-85227-183-1. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Dee Dee Bridgewater – Afro Blue". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Dee Dee Bridgewater – 1974 – Afro Blue". funkmysoul.gr. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
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