''Just Family'' is the third studio album by American jazz singer
Dee Dee Bridgewater.
The album reached No. 13 on the
Billboard Top Jazz Albums
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chart.
Reception
Andy Kellman of
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ...
noted "Neither 1977's ''Just Family'' nor 1979's ''Bad for Me'' can be considered Dee Dee Bridgewater's best work, but fans of mature, mid- to late-'70s R&B should find them moderately appealing. Though Bridgewater would not really hit her stride until her return to jazz in the '90s, she was more than competent when it came to fitting in with the likes of
Phyllis Hyman
Phyllis Linda Hyman (July 6, 1949 – June 30, 1995) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Hyman is best known for her music during the late 1970s through the early 1990s, some of her most notable songs were "You Know How to Love Me" ...
,
Patrice Rushen
Patrice Louise Rushen (born September 30, 1954) is an American jazz pianist and R&B singer. She is also a composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and music director.
Her 1982 single "Forget Me Nots" received a Grammy Awar ...
,
Minnie Riperton
Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979)
was an American singer-songwriter best known for her 1975 single " Lovin' You" and her four octave D3 to F7 coloratura soprano range. She is also widely known for her use ...
, and
Patti Austin."
Track listing
Personnel
*Dee Dee Bridgewater – vocals
*Stanley Clarke – arranger, bass, producer
*
Chick Corea – keyboards
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George Duke – keyboards
*Ray Gomez – guitar
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Alphonso Johnson – bass
*
Harvey Mason, Sr. – drums
*
Airto Moreira – percussion
*
Scarlet Rivera
Donna Shea, better known as Scarlet Rivera is an American violinist. She is best known for her work with Bob Dylan, in particular on his 1976 album '' Desire'' and as part of the Rolling Thunder Revue.
Career
Bob Dylan is said to have discove ...
– violin
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David T. Walker – guitar
Charts
References
External links
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1977 albums
Dee Dee Bridgewater albums
Albums produced by Stanley Clarke
Elektra Records albums