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Afro Blue: The Music of Oscar Brown, Jr.

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009
Track listing: Motherless Child; Afro Blue; Mr. Kicks; Work Song; All Blues; Brother, Where Are You; But I Was Cool; When Malindy Sings; Dat Dere; Brown Baby; Harry's Hips; Strong Man; Long As You're Leaving; Motherless Child (reprise).

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Cynthia Felton: Afro Blue: The Music of Oscar Brown, Jr.

Read "Afro Blue: The Music of Oscar Brown, Jr." reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Oscar Brown, Jr. (1926-2005) was a man of many talents and interests. Brown could count himself as a singer, songwriter, arranger, playwright, poet, and civil right activist with political proclivities. In jazz, Brown is best remembered for providing lyrics to many instrumental jazz standards, including Miles Davis' “All Blues" and Bobby Timmons' “Dat Dere." Dr. Cynthia ...


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