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
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]

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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