Afro Blue (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

Afro Blue
Afro Blue
Studio album by Dee Dee Bridgewater
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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

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.

External links

Official website

[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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v t e Dee Dee Bridgewater
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
As leader	Afro Blue (1974) Dee Dee Bridgewater (Atlantic, 1976) Just Family (1977) Bad for Me (released 1979) Dee Dee Bridgewater (Elektra, 1980) Live in Paris (1986) Victim of Love (released 1989) In Montreux (1990) Keeping Tradition (1992) Love and Peace: A Tribute to Horace Silver (1994) Prelude to a Kiss: The Duke Ellington Album (1996) Dear Ella (1997) Live at Yoshi's (1998) This Is New (2001) J'ai deux amours (2005) Red Earth (2006) Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee Bridgewater (2009) Dee Dee's Feathers (2015) Memphis... Yes, I'm Ready (2016)
Compilations	Midnight Sun (released 2011)
With others	Children of Forever (Stanley Clarke, 1972) The Loud Minority (Frank Foster, 1972) Black Love (1974) Mutima (Cecil McBee, 1974) Conversations with Christian (Christian McBride, released 2011) Genesis (Charles Sullivan, 1974) Lean on Him (Buddy Terry, 1972)
Soundtracks	Coffy (Roy Ayers, 1973)