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 | |||
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
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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 | |||
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology | ||||
|
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
Band
Production