Just Family

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Just Family
Just Family - album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1978
Recorded1978
StudioChateau Recorders, North Hollywood, CA
Genre Jazz
Length39:34
Label Elektra
Producer Stanley Clarke
Dee Dee Bridgewater chronology
Dee Dee Bridgewater
(1977)
Just Family
(1978)
Bad for Me
(1979)

Just Family is the third studio album by American jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewater. [1] The album reached No. 13 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Jazzwise Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

Andy Kellman of AllMusic 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, Patrice Rushen, Minnie Riperton, and Patti Austin."

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Just Family" Stanley Clarke, Richard Duncan, Gilbert Moses 5:06
2."Maybe Today"Gilbert Moses6:54
3."Children Are the Spirit (Of the World)"Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Ray Gomez, Gilbert Moses3:07
4."Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" Elton John, Bernie Taupin 4:58
5."Sweet Rain" John Barnes, Sharon Barnes3:05
6."Open Up Your Eyes" Ronnie Foster 5:33
7."Night Moves" Michael Franks, Michael Small 3:12
8."Thank the Day (You Walked into My Life)"Gilbert Moses5:17
9."Melody Maker"William Allen2:22
Total length:39:34

Personnel

"[ Norman Fearrington] - drums

Charts

YearChartPosition
1978 Billboard Top Jazz Albums 13 [2]
Billboard 200 170

References

  1. Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family. Elektra Records. 1977.
  2. 1 2 "Billboard's Best Selling Jazz LPs" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Billboard. June 10, 1978. p. 58.
  3. Kellman, Andy. "Dee Dee Bridgewater: Just Family". allmusic.com. AllMusic.
  4. Larkin, Colin (1998). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". p. 734. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  5. Shipton, Alyn (May 2015). "Review". Jazzwise . Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  6. Cook, Richard (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings : Cook, Richard : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming. Penguin. p. 163. ISBN   9780141023274 . Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  7. Larkin, Colin (2004). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. p. 116. ISBN   978-1-85227-183-1 . Retrieved July 14, 2020.