Afro Blue (Dee Dee Bridgewater album)

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)
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
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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. The album was recorded in Tokyo with a quintet of musicians including brothers Ron and Cecil Bridgwater.