Volume 03 Episode 242 – Search and Recover: Afro Blue

An hour of covers of Mongo Santamaría’s “Afro Blue” with selections from Cal Tjader, John Coltrane, Robert Glasper Experiment, Gov’t Mule Featuring John Scofield, Takao Uematsu (植松孝夫), McCoy Tyner, Anthony Braxton, Joan Chamorro and Carla Motis feat. Andrea Motis, Gary Burton, The Derek Trucks Band, and Dee Dee Bridgewater.

Air Date: 2023-03-28

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Mongo Santamaría “Afro Blue” from Afro Blue. The Picante Collection 1997

Cal Tjader “Afro-Blue” from Soul Sauce 1964

John Coltrane “Afro-Blue” from Impulse! 60: Legendary Live Performances 2021 V/A Live At Birdland Jazzclub, New York City, NY, 10/8/1963

Robert Glasper Experiment “Afro Blue (feat. Erykah Badu)” from Black Radio 2012

Gov’t Mule Featuring John Scofield “Afro Blue” from Sco-Mule 2015 Recorded at The Roxy, Atlanta, on September 23, 1999

Takao Uematsu “Afro Blue” from Straight Ahead 1977

McCoy Tyner “Afro Blue” from McCoy Tyner Plays John Coltrane: Live at the Village Vanguard 2001 Recorded live at the Village Vanguard on September 23, 1997

Anthony Braxton “Afro Blue” from 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003 2010

Joan Chamorro & Carla Motis feat. Andrea Motis “Afro Blue” from Joan Chamorro Presenta Carla Motis 2019

Gary Burton “Afro Blue” from For Hamp, Red, Bags, And Cal 2001

The Derek Trucks Band “Afro Blue” from Roadsongs 2010 Recorded over two nights in April 2009 at Chicago’s Park West

Dee Dee Bridgewater “Afro Blue” from Afro Blue 1974