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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| 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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| 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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