Afro Blue (Dee Dee Bridgewater album) explained

Afro Blue
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Dee Dee Bridgewater
Cover:	Afro Blue - album cover.jpg
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
Next Title:	Dee Dee Bridgewater
Next Year:	1976

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.^[1] The album was recorded in Tokyo with a quintet of musicians including brothers Ron and Cecil Bridgwater.^[2]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dee Dee Bridgewater – Afro Blue. Discogs. discogs.com. 20 November 2017.
2. Web site: Dee Dee Bridgewater – 1974 – Afro Blue. funkmysoul.gr. 20 November 2017.