Dee Dee Bridgewater - Dee Dee Bridgewater / Just Family / Bad For Me / Dee Dee Bridgewater - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Dee Dee takes on the mantle of disco diva on this 1979 album. InchBad For MeInch, the title cut, is one of the best club cuts of all time. The material is strong and the jazz influences give the album greater heft than the run of the mill material released by contemporary's at the time. This upbeat disco album encapsulates all that was right about the Disco Era. Sure she has graduated on to the upper echelons of jazz, but this is where she got her start. It's fun. She adds depth and fire to the dance cuts InchDon't Say ItInch and the sassy InchFor The GirlsInch, the album closes with the excellent Ashford & Simpson penned InchIs This What Feeling GetsInch from The Wiz. InchBad For MeInch was produced by George Duke.

2014 limited edition Japanese pressing 24 bit digital remastering. Warner.

Digitally remastered edition of Dee Dee's debut album. Recorded in Tokyo in 1974, the album was originally released exclusively in Japan via two different Japanese labels. Afro Blue features an exquisite collaboration of American and Japanese musicians, such as Cecil and Ron Bridgewater, Motohiko Hino and producer Takao Ishizuka. The result is a sublime deep soul-jazz masterpiece with timeless versions of 'People Make The World Go Round', 'Love From The Sun', and 'Afro Blue'. It is arguably one of the finest albums in it's genre. This record has long been a sought-after item for DJs and collectors alike, so we are delighted to finally make this wonderful music from an understated great available to all.